Venice To Fete Ellen Burstyn & Screen New Maggie Gyllenhaal-Directed Short About Marilyn Monroe Starring The Actress

The Venice Film Festival is to celebrate Ellen Burstyn with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.  The award will be presented to Burstyn at the screening of Flesh Impact, a short film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in which Burstyn also stars.  The synopsis for the short provided by Venice reads: “Dedicated to Marilyn Monroe on…