Janine Gutierrez, with her striking mestiza features, could easily be mistaken for a European beauty. Yet no matter how the admiring eyes at the Venice Film Festival perceived her, she was, from head to toe and heart, a proud Filipina through and through on her glamorous debut at one of the most prestigious stages in global cinema.
Janine wowed the Italian city in early September, just as the likes of Hollywood’s George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchette, Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie arrived in haute couture hordes to grace the world premiere of their latest cinematic works. Janine flew to Venice to do the same, headlining the Philippine contingent with fellow actors Ronnie Lazaro, Hazel Orencio, Dong Abay and Paul Jake Paule, producer Paul Soriano and, of course, team captain and Venice Film Festival rock star Director Lav Diaz for his new film epic, “Phantosmia.”
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