Jude Law set the Lido alight with his powerful performance as an FBI agent battling neo-Nazi terrorists in Justin Kurzel's timely crime thriller "The Order." The film received a seven-minute standing ovation at its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
Live: Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult arrive at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of The Order
Before the film screening, Jude Law, looking handsome in a shirtless black suit, took selfies with screaming fans on the red carpet of the Palazzo del Cinema.
When the lights came up, Law beamed as he, director Kurzel and co-stars Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan and Jurnee Smollett soaked up the seven-minute applause. The applause could have lasted longer if they hadn't left the theater waving to the still cheering audience.
The film is based on true events and is set in Idaho in 1983. The story follows an FBI agent who single-handedly undertakes a series of increasingly violent bank robberies and car thefts. He soon discovers that these are the work of a group of dangerous domestic neo-Nazi terrorists, inspired by radical leader Robert Jay Mathews, played by Hoult. They are plotting to wage war against the U.S. government.
