She's certainly straightforward on the eyes - and Friday night (August 31) was no exception as Salma Hayek showed off her spectacular beauty even though partaking in the Venice Movie Festival festivities in Venice, Italy.

Adorned in a black cap sleeved Gucci robe with a plunging neckline, the forty five - 12 months - old major screen stunner arrived at Resort Cipriani on the arm of her tuxedo clad husband, Francois Henri Pinault, for the Gucci Award for Girls in Cinema ceremony.

As for her look, Pass up Hayek joined Imaginative Director of Gucci Frida Giannini onstage although presenting the Gucci Award for Females in Cinema to this year's recipient, editor Thelma Schoonmaker.

Apart from her Venice doings, Salma not l ong ago caught criticism for reviews she manufactured concerning her lifestyle as of late, as she claimed, " Actually, I hardly experienced any reminiscences of what it is to be Mexican. My life is totally different now."

Amongst the many adverse reactions, an disappointed blogger fired back at the Academy Award-nominated actress, posting, "What did Salma mean by in essence indicating she forgot what it is like to be a Mexican woman ? That she's also French and rich for our blood?," which alludes to Hayek's relationship to her French billionaire husband.

Delight in the photographs of Salma Hayek at the Gucci Award for Ladies in Cinema at Venice, Italy (August 31).