Cate Blanchett looks elegant in a quirky polka dot suit as she arrives at Disclaimer photocall during Venice Film Festival

Cate Blanchett looked elegant as she arrived at a photocall for Disclaimer during the 81st Venice International Film Festival, Italy on Thursday. 

The actress, 55, who stars as journalist Catherine Ravenscroft in the series, wore a quirky polka dot suit for the event. 

She teamed the black and white oversized blazer with a matching pair of wide leg trousers.

Cate layered a white blouse underneath her jacket and elevated her height with stiletto heels. 

Arriving at the Palazzo del Casino on a boat, she was joined by her co-star Kevin Kline and director and writer Alfonso Cuarón.  

She flashed a smile while posing for photos on the jetty

Cate Blanchett looked elegant as she arrived at a photocall for Disclaimer during the 81st Venice International Film Festival, Italy on Thursday

The actress, 55, who stars as journalist Catherine Ravenscroft in the series, wore a quirky polka dot suit for the event

The actress, 55, who stars as journalist Catherine Ravenscroft in the series, wore a quirky polka dot suit for the event

Kevin opted for a smart dark grey suit, while Alfonso dressed in navy, with a pink shirt. 

Cate is back at the Venice Film Festival this year to promote her starring role in the new Apple TV+ limited series, based on the 2015 novel by Renee Knight. 

The show, scheduled to premiere at the festival on Thursday.

She stars alongside Kevin, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Lesley Manville.

Making up the cast are also Enola Holmes star Louis Partridge, South Korean actress HoYeon Jung as well as Liv Hill, Gemma Jones, and Anya Marco Harris.

The release date for the hotly-anticipated series has been confirmed, as it is due to hit screens via Apple TV+ on October 11, 2024. 

Disclaimer will tell the tale of documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate) who receives a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger on her nightstand. 

Catherine is described as ‘a successful and respected television documentary journalist’ who has built a career out of revealing the transgressions of beloved institutions, before her whole life is upturned by the delivery.

She teamed the black and white oversized blazer with a matching pair of wide leg trousers

She teamed the black and white oversized blazer with a matching pair of wide leg trousers

Arriving at the Palazzo del Casino on a boat, she was joined by her co-star Kevin Kline and director and writer Alfonso Cuarón

Arriving at the Palazzo del Casino on a boat, she was joined by her co-star Kevin Kline and director and writer Alfonso Cuarón

The trio chatted and waved to the crowd while making their way to the event

The trio chatted and waved to the crowd while making their way to the event 

Cate layered a white blouse underneath her jacket and elevated her height with stiletto heels

Her hair was styled with a slight wave

Cate layered a white blouse underneath her jacket and elevated her height with stiletto heels

Disclaimer will tell the tale of documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate) who receives a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger on her nightstand (Cate is pictured on the series)

Disclaimer will tell the tale of documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate) who receives a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger on her nightstand (Cate is pictured on the series)

Kevin opted for a smart dark grey suit, while Alfonso dressed in navy, with a pink shirt

Kevin opted for a smart dark grey suit, while Alfonso dressed in navy, with a pink shirt

At first intrigued by the novel, Catherine quickly discovers it is not fiction, but rather a recreation of the day Catherine ‘became hostage to a dark secret, a secret that only one other person knew – and that person is dead’, according to the synopsis.

The only other person who knew this secret – or so she thought – is dead, as she finds herself confronting the truth about that awful and fateful day. 

Forced into a ‘living nightmare’, Catherine’s only hope is to confront what happened on that fateful day, even if ‘the truth might destroy her’.

It began production in June 2022 and filming across London, Mexico, and Sydney, before wrapping in February last year.

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