Adam Driver gets overwhelmed as ‘Ferrari’ receives 7-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival

Adam Driver was spotted getting teary-eyed as his upcoming film, Ferrari, received a seven-minute standing ovation at the 80th annual Venice Film Festival.

Ferrari, a racing drama, produced by Adam Driver and Michael Mann, officially kicked off awards season with its Venice premiere at the Sala Grande Theatre.

The House of Gucci star, 39, in the video clip from the star-studded event, was fighting back tears during the thrilling applause at the theatre on Thursday.

According to Variety, Driver was reportedly “fighting back tears” and he was then helped up by Mann, and the two received another round of applause.

Ferrari, also starring Hugh Jackman, Penélope Cruz, Patrick Dempsey and Shailene Woodley, is based on the biography Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machin, written by Brock Yates.

The star-studded biopic is set in 1975. The Italian-set drama narrates the life story of the automotive mogul whose family redefined the idea of the high-powered Italian sports car and essentially developed the sport of Formula One racing.

Ferrari is scheduled to be released in theatres on December 25, 2023.

Adam Driver lashes out at Netflix and Amazon while addressing SAG-AFTRA strike:

Prior to Ferrari screening, Adam Driver attended at the Venice Film Festival press conference and addressed his concerns amid the ongoing actors’ and writers’ strikes in Hollywood.

While Ferrari was not produced under Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) contracts, the film was granted an interim agreement during the historic Hollywood shutdown.

Driver called out Amazon and Netflix for refusing to meet SAG-AFTRA’s demands, addressing, “I’m very proud to be here to be a visual representation of a movie that’s not part of the AMPTP and to promote the SAG leadership directive, which is an effective tactic, which is the interim agreement.”

Adam Driver, who worked with Netflix on 2019’s Marriage Story and 2022’s White Noise, further said, “The other objective is obviously to say, why is it that a smaller distribution company like Neon and STX International can meet the dream demands of what SAG is asking for — this is pre-negotiations — the dream version of SAG’s wishlist, but a big company like Netflix and Amazon can’t?