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Summary Sofia Loren launched annual international film festival in Acapulco, Mexico.
Italian film legend Sofia Loren and acclaimed French actor Alain Delon flew into Mexicos picturesque city of Acapulco earlier this week to help kick off its international film festival on Friday.Backed by the Guerrero state government, the film festival gives the embattled coastal city an opportunity to shine its spotlight away from the drug gangs that have ravaged the region and back onto its cultural pursuits and its stunning shoreline.At a packed news conference in the iconic Las Brisas hotel, the Italian siren toldThe festival programme features a homage to Mexican screen legend Cantinflas and a diverse selection of films from around the world ranging from Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovars The Skin I Live In to the highly-anticipated Muppets Movie.The seventh annual event runs for eight days from November 18.
