Tilda Swinton: Venetian Heritage Gala with Richard Gere!

Tilda Swinton meets up with Richard Gere at the 2012 Venetian Heritage Gala held at NYC’s Pershing Square Signature Center on Monday (April 23).

The 51-year-old actress’s new movie, Moonrise Kingdom, will be one of the competing films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off May 16.

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The drama, co-starring Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, and Edward Norton, centers around a pair of lovers who flee their New England town, causing a local search party to fan out and find them.

FYI: Tilda is wearing Haider Ackermann.