At the halfway point the second of the Italians Piuma snatches applause and Francesco Munzi out of competition tackles a difficult issue but the lion's share is played by Asian cinema from the Lido of Venice Luigi Noera - Photo courtesy of the Biennale. Monday for VENICE 73 The Mexican film La región salvaje by Amat Escalante of dubious aesthetic value was presented which tackles a thorny theme of the Mexican province with the use of phallic visions. The aim of wanting to bare a society that does not accept gays though