The standing-room-only press conference for Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” was held Monday afternoon at the Venice Film Festival, with the director making a rare public appearance to promote the French-language thriller.
It premieres out of competition on the Lido this evening.As with Allen’s 2020 “Rifkin’s Festival,” “Coup de Chance” is a European production; Allen has not shot a film in his hometown since 2019’s “A Rainy Day in New York,” starring Timothee Chalamet and Selena Gomez.
Amazon Studios pulled that film from release following the resurgence of sexual abuse allegations against Allen stemming from his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in 1992.
Support for Allen now largely comes from abroad and at European festivals.When asked if he would make another film in New York, Allen said, “I have very good ideas in New York.
If some guy steps out of the shadows and says, ‘We’ll finance your film in New York,…
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