69th Venice Film Festival - Disney girls go wild - PHOTOS
Former Disney Channel favourites Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens star alongside James Franco in the “pop poem” film “Spring Breakers” which premiered at the Venice film festival
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U.S. actresses Vanessa Hudgens (L to R), Selena Gomez, Rachel Korine and Ashley Benson pose for the photocall of the movie "Spring breakers" during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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Cast member Vanessa Hudgens poses during the photocall of the movie "Spring Breakers" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Cast member Vanessa Hudgens poses during the photocall of the movie "Spring Breakers" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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U.S. actress Selena Gomez poses on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "Spring breakers" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Cast member Rachel Korine poses during the photocall of the movie "Spring Breakers" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Model Marica Pellegrinelli poses during the red carpet of the movie "Linhas de Wellington" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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Model Marica Pellegrinelli poses during the red carpet of the movie "Linhas de Wellington" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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Actress Freida Pinto arrives to attend a party during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Argentinian director Jazmin Lopez poses during the photocall of the movie "Leones" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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French actress Carole Combes poses during the photocall of the movie "Apres mai " at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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Actress India Salvor Menuez poses during the photocall of the movie "Apres Mai" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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U.S. actress India Salvor Menuez (R) poses with French actresses Lola Creton (L) and Carole Combes on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "Apres mai" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Director Harmony Korine (R) poses with actors (L to R) Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine and James Franco on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "Spring Breakers" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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U.S. actress Ashley Benson (R) and Rachel Korine pose on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "Spring Breakers" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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U.S. actress Ashley Benson poses on the red carpet for the movie "Spring Breakers" during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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U.S. actresses Vanessa Hudgens poses on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "Spring Breakers" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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French actress Lola Creton poses during the photocall of the movie "Apres mai" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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Actress Jo Min-soo poses during the photocall of the movie "Pieta" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Actress Elsa Zylberstein poses during the photocell of the movie "Linhas de Wellington" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Actress Victoria Guerra poses during the photocall of the movie "Linhas de Wellington" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Actress Zhao Wei poses during the red carpet of the movie "Linhas de Wellington" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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British actor Clive Owen arrives to attend a party during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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REFILE - CORRECTING TYPO IN FIRST NAME Italian actress Cristiana Capotondi arrives to attend a party during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Actors Zhao Wei (R) and Clive Owen arrive to attend a party during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Actress Zhang Min poses during the photocall of the movie "Fly with the Crane" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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Actress Neslihan Atagul poses during the photocall of the movie "Araf - Somewhere In Between" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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French actress Isabelle Huppert (C) poses with Italian actresses Maya Sansa and Alba Rohwacher during the red carpet of the movie "Bella Addormentata" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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Actress Alba Rohrwacher poses on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "La bella addormentata" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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French actress Isabelle Huppert poses during the red carpet of the movie "Bella Addormentata" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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Italian actress Maya Sansa poses during the red carpet of the movie "Bella Addormentata" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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A woman dressed as U.S. actress Liz Taylor poses during the red carpet of the movie "Bella Addormentata" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
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Director Harmony Korine (L) and actress Rachel Korine pose on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "Spring Breakers" at the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Tony Gentile/ Reuters
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U.S. actor James Franco poses on the red carpet for the movie "Spring Breakers" during the 69th Venice Film Festival in Venice. PHOTO: Max Rossi/ Reuters
A concoction of deliberately trashy visuals and dream-like sequences, the film directed by Harmony Korine is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows for the pornographically-shot nudity and lesbian frolicking of its young actresses.
Screaming teen fans were out in force for the premiere, chasing Gomez — the girlfriend of pop sensation Justin Bieber — around for autographs.
“It was a dream. It was just like a fantasy,” Korine told reporters.
“I wanted to make a movie with very little dialogue, more sensory, like a pop poem. Sometimes words get in the way,” he said.
“It is also about a new generation. It is about a new vision. It is about kids that were raised with video games, You Tube videos.
TV kids.” The plot revolves around four hedonistic girls who go to Florida for their spring break university holiday — a binge of drink, drugs and flesh.
Their fortunes take a turn for the worse when they are arrested and are bailed out by Franco’s creepy gold-toothed gangster character Alien.
At this point Gomez as Faith — a name that carries weight in what at times appears a parable of an American Dream gone wrong — leaves and the three remaining members of the gang embark on a law-breaking spree with Alien.
The film builds up to a gory and garish conclusion — an inevitability that viewers are reminded of by the sound of a gun being cocked that is repeated throughout the flick as well as by bloody flash-forward scenes.
The film is one of 18 competing for the Golden Lion prize to be announced on Saturday. It is due out on general release next year.

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