Antonio Banderas, 64, cuts a dapper figure in a black tuxedo as he joins his glamorous partner Nicole Kimpel, 43, at the Venice Film Festival premiere of Babygirl

Antonio Banderas looked handsome as he and his partner Nicole Kimpel attended the premiere of Babygirl at the Venice Film Festival on Friday.

The 64-year-old Spanish actor, who plays Jacob in the erotic thriller, looked handsome in a black tuxedo as he put on a lovey-dovey show on the red carpet with Nicole, 43.

He paired his outfit with a pair of smart black leather shoes on the red carpet and wore orange sunglasses.

Meanwhile, Nicole exuded glamour in a red floor-length dress with asymmetrical straps, a ruffled bandeau design and a floral brooch at the chest.

The investment banker appeared even taller in a pair of gold stiletto heels.

The beauty carried her essentials in a small black Bvlgari bag and enhanced her natural beauty with an impeccable makeup palette.

At the event, Antonio was joined by Nicole Kidman, 57, who plays the role of influential CEO Romy in the film.

The actress exuded elegance in a nude corset top and a black velvet skirt as she posed for photos with her costars.

In Babygirl, Nicole plays an influential New York businesswoman who begins a risky affair with her much younger intern, played by Harris Dickinson.

She admitted she felt “vulnerable” filming multiple masturbation scenes, plus portraying a submissive/dominant relationship for the new erotic thriller.

Rising British star Harris has a career-defining role as Samuel, the intern who senses that his boss Romy, the CEO of a technology company, wants to be dominated.

Since Nicole made the erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut with her then-husband Tom Cruise 25 years ago, she has not made anything comparable.

She said an intimacy coordinator and a closed set were essential to creating the sex scenes that tell the story of her character’s existential crisis, resolved through a taboo-breaking sexual odyssey.

Nicole said, “I think this film is obviously about sex, but it’s also about desire, about your inner thoughts, about secrets, about marriage, about truth, power and consent.”

“This is one woman’s story and I hope it’s a very liberating story. It’s told by a woman through her gaze. It’s Halina’s (Reijn) script, she wrote it and she directs it and that made it unique, that I would suddenly be in the hands of a woman with this material. It was very dear to our shared instincts and very, very liberating.”

She added: ‘I don’t think there’s any judgement attached to it (about the character). It’s up to each person to react to Romy and the way she behaves. My connection to it is that I want to explore people, women, on screen, to explore what it means to be human in all the facets of that and the labyrinth of that.’

She said she felt “exposed, vulnerable and scared to put it out there,” but that her experience making it was “delicate, intimate and very deep.”

She added: ‘I knew she wouldn’t exploit me. However you interpret that, I didn’t feel exploited. I felt very involved. We were all very caring, we were all very kind to each other and helped each other. It felt very authentic, protected and real at the same time.’

The film opens with Nicole’s character, Romy Mathis, feigning a very convincing orgasm while having sex with her husband, played by Antonio. She then goes into another room and masturbates to porn.

She explores her desire to be dominated by her intern, but – unlike previous erotic dramas such as Basic Instinct – female desire does not destroy her career or family life and, without giving away the ending, she remains professionally powerful and married to the end.

Antonio and Nicole often attend red carpet events together and have been together since 2014, the year before Antonio’s divorce from his first wife Melanie Griffiths became final.

Together they overcame Antonio’s fear of cancer, his heart attack, and his battle with COVID-19.

Antonio and his ex Melanie are on good terms, with Antonio telling a Spanish digital show The break of the 7 in 2020: ‘I think we’re both reluctant to bury 20 years of marriage.’

“We’re human, we make mistakes and that’s the human condition. You have to put your egos aside and not try to prove you’re right or find out who’s to blame for what.”

‘Because it can be both or neither. There comes a point when it’s over and you have to accept it. The life I had with Melanie was beautiful.’

‘We have had 20 wonderful years, in which we gave the best of ourselves and experienced beautiful moments that I will never forget.’

“We have a beautiful daughter, who we both love very much. That is the end result of our relationship, the most beautiful thing we have ever done together.”

Antonio welcomed daughter Stella Banderas Griffiths with Melanie in September 1996.

Melanie has two other children: daughter Dakota, 31, with Don Johnson and son Alexander, 35, with Steven Bauer.