Director Woody Allen with his wife Soon-yi Previn at the Venice Marco Polo Airport on Sept. 6, 2023.Photo:Cobra Team / BACKGRID
Cobra Team / BACKGRID
Woody Allenand his wifeSoon-Yi Previnare leaving Venice after their appearance at theVenice Film Festival.
On Wednesday, Allen, 87, and Previn, 52, were spotted departing the Italian city at Venice’s Marco Polo Airport, two days after the couple and their children Bechet, 24, and Manzie, 23, attended the world premiere of Allen’s new movieCoup de Chance.
Allen, Previn and Bechet were also photographed while out for a stroll in Venice on Tuesday. TheAnnie Hallfilmmaker, whose latest film premiereattracted protestors, was seen holding hands with daughter Bechet and onto Previn’s arm as they walked through the city.
Bechet shared a series of photos to herInstagrampage from their time in Venice, including snapshots with both Soon-Yi and Allen aboard boats in the city’s canals.
Allen’s wife Soon-Yi isMia Farrow’s daughter, whom she welcomed via adoption with ex-husband André Previn. While Allen was in a relationship with Mia,he began an affair with Soon-Yithat culminated in his breakup with Farrow in the early 1990s.
Bechet Allen (left), Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn (right) in Venice, Italy on Sept. 5, 2023.Cobra Team / BACKGRID
Allen’s appearance at the festival has stirred up longstanding controversies within the family.Dylan Farrow, whom Mia and Allen welcomed via adoption,previously accused Allen of sexually abusing heras a child, which he has denied. In an interview withVarietypublished Monday, Allensaid Dylan’s long-standing claims have “no merit.”
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Asked whether Allen has seen either Dylan or her brotherRonan Farrowin recent years, Allen responded: “No. Always willing to but no, no….”
While Allen has never been criminally charged over Dylan’s allegations, a Connecticut prosecutor once said they believed there wasprobable cause for a criminalcase against the filmmaker.
US director Woody Allen (L) and Soon-Yi Previn along with Bechet Allen and Manzie Allen attend the red carpet of the movie “Coup de Chance” presented out of competition at the 80th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2023 at Venice Lido.TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty
TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty
Varietyreportedthat Allen received a standing ovation afterCoup de Chance’s premiere, and that there was a group of protesters outside the event who distributed flyers that read “turn the spotlight off of rapists.”
Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera recently defended the decision to have controversial directors like Allen and Polanski, 90, included in this year’s lineup.
“I am on the side of those who say you have to distinguish between the responsibilities of the individual and that of the artist. … I am a festival director, not a judge," he toldVariety. “I judge the artistic qualities of films.”
source: people.com
