Pacino pair

Al Pacino and his girlfriend Lucia Sola in Venice. (Reuters)

London, Sept. 6 (PTI): Actor Al Pacino’s date at the Venice Film Festival premiere of his new film was his girlfriend Lucia Sola who is 40 years younger to him.

Pacino, 71, who attended the festival to promote his new film Wild Salome, proved that age does not matter when he was joined by his 31-year-old girlfriend, reports the Daily Express.

Wild Salome is Pacino’s latest directorial venture and tells the tale of Oscar Wilde’s once-forbidden play about illicit love and revenge. “It’s not a documentary. It’s not a film. It’s a much more ambitious and complicated gesture of cinema,” Pacino said.

The pair were all smiles as they arrived on the red carpet with Pacino, in a navy blue suit, matching his younger partner who wore a full-length midnight blue gown. Pacino was honoured at the festival for his contribution to film.