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Being a part of the fourth Rome International Film Festival's out-of-competition official selection, "Julie & Julia" is given the honor to be the closing movie at the festival which will run from October 15 to 23. The festival's organizers announced the picking up of the culinary dramedy on Wednesday, August 5.

The Nora Ephron-directed movie will be introduced by one of its stars, Meryl Streep, at the gala screening to be held on Friday, October 23, which also marks its Italian premiere. In conjunction with the screening, Streep, who will be honored with the Eternal City extravaganza's Golden Marcus Aurelius acting award, would participate in Q&A session with the audience.

Beside unraveling "Julie & Julia" as the closing film, the organizers also let out three Italian titles included in the competition. The three are Donatella Maiorca's Sicilian costumer "Viola Di Mare", Alessandro Angelini's boxing drama "Alza La Testa" and Giorgio Diritti's movie about Second World War Marzabatto massacre, "L'Uomo Che Verra".

Combining stories from both Julie Powell's book "Julie & Julia" and Julia Child's book "My Life in France", "Julie & Julia" depicts events in the life of famed chef Julia as well as temp secretary Julie. While it covers the years Julia and her husband Paul spent in Paris during the 1940s and 1950s, it also chronicles Julie's trials and tribulations when she embarks on a year-long culinary quest to cook all 524 recipes in Julia's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".

In this first major motion picture based on a blog, Meryl Streep stars opposite her "Doubt" co-star Amy Adams. They are joined by cast ensemble that include Stanley Tucci, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Chris Messina. It will be screened in theaters across the U.S. starting this Friday, August 7.