Jude Law captivated the audience at the Venice Film Festival with his compelling portrayal of an FBI agent battling neo-Nazi terrorists in Justin Kurzel’s timely crime thriller, The Order.
The film received a seven-minute standing ovation during its premiere at the Lido.
Before the screening, Jude Law, dressed in a striking black suit without a shirt, delighted fans by taking selfies on the Palazzo del Cinema red carpet.
When the screening concluded, Law was visibly moved as he, along with director Kurzel and co-stars Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, and Jurnee Smollett, basked in the prolonged applause that lasted seven minutes.
The ovation might have continued had the cast not waved and exited the theater while the crowd continued to cheer.
Based on true events, The Order is set in 1983 Idaho. The story follows a solitary FBI agent who investigates a string of increasingly violent bank robberies and car heists, eventually realizing that these crimes are the work of a group of dangerous domestic neo-Nazi terrorists.
This group, inspired by the radical leader Robert Jay Mathews—portrayed by Hoult—is plotting an insurrection against the U.S. government.
The film, adapted from the 1989 book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, also features performances by Sheridan, Smollett, Alison Oliver, and Odessa Young.
During a press conference earlier in the day, Law discussed the film’s significance, especially in an era marked by the resurgence of far-right ideologies.
“Unfortunately, the relevance is clear,” Law stated. “It felt like a project that needed to be made now. It’s always intriguing to discover a story from the past that resonates with the present day.”
Director Justin Kurzel also emphasized the film’s contemporary relevance, noting in a statement that, “On January 6, 2021, nooses were hung in front of the Capitol Building, mimicking a fictional insurrection from the 1970s novel The Turner Diaries, the first blueprint for domestic terrorism in America.”
Kurzel described The Order as “a manhunt into the depths of that hate, a foreshadowing of a divided America, a warning shot of what has been and what may come.”
Jude Law is no stranger to the Venice Film Festival, having previously attended for his role in the satirical series The Young Pope in 2016.
Nicholas Hoult has also made multiple appearances at the festival, dating back to his role in the 2009 film *A Simple Man alongside Colin Firth.
The Order is set to be released in the U.S. by Vertical in December, with Amazon Prime Video distributing the film across multiple international territories.
