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Ellen Burstyn Deserves Better: 'Place to Be' Wraps Up Venice Day Eight
Ellen Burstyn Deserves Better: 'Place to Be' Wraps Up Venice Day Eight
<p>Ellen Burstyn plays a recently widowed woman chasing a runaway pigeon across the country in Kornél Mundruczó's gentle, safe "Place to Be." We talk through Burstyn's effortless screen presence, Taika Waititi's surprisingly grounded turn opposite her, and why the film pulls its punches right when it should be taking real risks.</p>