Who is the author of the novel which provided the inspiration for a film shown at the opening of the  64th annual Venice International Film Festival?
64th Venice International Film Festival The 64th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, opened on August 29, 2007, with Joe Wright's "Atonement" and closed September 8, 2007. Host of the event was Italian actress Ambra Angiolini. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to American director Tim Burton. Once again all the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premieres in keeping with the festival tradition since the Second World War.
The Right Hand of the Grand Master The Right Hand of the Grand Master (Georgian: დიდოსტატის კონსტანტინეს მარჯვენა , "The Right Hand of the Grand Master Constantine"), also published as The Hand of the Great Master is a historical novel by 20th century Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, who first published it in 1939 in a literary magazine "Mnatobi". Subtitled "knightly novel" by the author, the book received much critical acclaim in Georgia and in Soviet Union as a whole, selling 700,000 copies of 12 publications of its Russian-translated version in the author's lifetime alone. A two-episode feature film "The Right Hand of the Grand Master" based on the novel and directed by Vakhtang Tabliashvili and Devi Abashidze was premiered in 1969.