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Duchess of York rubs shoulders with Hollywood stars at Venice Film Festival

Sarah was pictured alongside stars including Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman and the festival, ahead of the premiere of The Son.
Sarah was pictured alongside stars including Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman and the festival, ahead of the premiere of The Son. Sarah was pictured alongside stars including Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman and the festival, ahead of the premiere of The Son.

The Duchess of York rubbed shoulders with Hollywood A-listers on the red carpet of the Venice International Film Festival.

Sarah was pictured alongside stars including Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman at the festival, ahead of the premiere of The Son on Wednesday.

Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 The Son Red Carpet
Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 The Son Red Carpet Dern joined the raft of celebrities to turn heads with her eye-catching outfit: a sparkling navy ballgown (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Dern and Jackman star in the film with Vanessa Kirby and Zen McGrath, which is directed by Florian Zeller.

The Son is based on Zeller’s 2018 stage play Le Fils, and acts as a prequel to The Father 2020 film, which starred Olivia Colman and Sir Anthony Hopkins, who won the Oscar for best actor for his performance.

Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 The Son Red Carpet
Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 The Son Red Carpet The Duchess of York appeared in good spirits and donned a floor length, dark green dress, which was tied at the side with a jewelled clasp (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Sarah appeared in good spirits and donned a floor length, dark green dress, which was tied at the side with a jewelled clasp.

She married Prince Andrew, the Duke of York in 1986, though they separated in 1992.

Dern joined the raft of celebrities to turn heads with her eye-catching outfits: a sparkling navy ballgown with ornamented gems on top of a layer of pearl-beaded netting.

Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 The Son Red Carpet
Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 The Son Red Carpet Dern and Jackman star in the film with Vanessa Kirby and Zen McGrath, which is directed by Florian Zeller (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

She paired the gown with a sequins blazer that featured pink stripes and diamond-shaped cut outs on the back.

Earlier in the day she was pictured in a vibrant knitted dress, featuring a floral pattern in a bright yellow shade that was outlined in black and orange.

Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 ‘The Son’ Arrival
Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 ‘The Son’ Arrival Earlier in the day Dern was pictured in a vibrant knitted dress, featuring a floral pattern in a bright yellow shade that was outlined in black and orange (Domenico Stinellis/AP)

Her co star Kirby also sparkled on the carpet, in a floor-length dress, covered in mirrored fragments, complete with furry lining.

Jackman opted for a simple black tuxedo for the event.

Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 amfAR Dinner Arrivals
Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 amfAR Dinner Arrivals Ellie Goulding poses for photographers upon arrival at the amfAR, the foundation for aids research, dinner, during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival  (Domenico Stinellis/AP)

Elsewhere, other famous faces arrived for the annual amfAR, the foundation for aids research, dinner, including British singer Ellie Goulding, and actresses Heather Graham and Zooey Deschanel.

Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 Dreamin’ Wild Red Carpet
Italy Venice Film Festival 2022 Dreamin’ Wild Red Carpet Zooey Deschanel wore a pale blue one-shoulder gown decorated with floral applique (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Goulding opted for a dark, shiny dress with black floral patterning and a leg slit, while Deschanel wore a pale blue one-shoulder gown decorated with floral applique.