'Julie & Julia' to close Rome film festival

August 05, 2009 The Italian premiere of Nora Ephron's Julia Child biopic "Julie & Julia" will be the closing film at the fourth Rome International Film Festival, organizers said Wednesday. In conjunction with the screening, the festival said Streep would participate in Q&A session with the audience. The festival also announced that jury member Gabriele Muccino and Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore would continue the festival's tradition of featuring Italian figures discussing and debating current issues in the Duetto series, which has in the past paired up directors Bernardo Bertolucci and Marco Bellocchio and actors Toni Servillo and Carlo Verdone.

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