Julia Roberts got emotional as her new movie, “ After the Hunt ” — Luca Guadagnino’s drama in which she plays a troubled professor — wowed Venice on Friday night.

The Amazon MGM Studios release premiered on the Lido to a 6-minute standing ovation. As the clapping continued, Roberts wiped away tears, blew kisses to the crowd and hugged her director and co-stars Ayo Edebiri (who also teared up) and Andrew Garfield .

Guadagnino and Roberts both paused to sign autographs on the red carpet before entering the packed Sala Grande to cheers of “Julia!” and “Luca!”

Roberts plays Alma Olsson, a revered Ivy League professor who is forced to grapple with her own secretive past after one of her colleagues is accused of crossing a line with her student. Garfield plays Henrik “Hank” Gibson, the c

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