(from Venice Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia and Vittorio De Agrò (RS) – The photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Pablo Larrain e la sua favola nera sulla dittatura di Pinochet convince in parte Sinossi: El Conde is a dark comedy/horror that hypothesizes a parallel universe inspired by the recent history of Chile. The film portrays Augusto Pinochet, a symbol of world fascism, as a vampire who lives hidden in a ruined mansion on the cold southern tip of the continent: feeds his desire
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#VENICE80 – 30/8 -9/9/2023 SPECIAL #2: (DAY 2) Diary from the Lido
(from Venice Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia and Vittorio De Agrò (RS) – The photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) An unexpected flop from Caleb Landry Jones, protagonista di DOGMAN Sinossi: The extraordinary story of a child, marked by life, who will find salvation through the love of his dogs. “Wherever there is an unhappy person, Dio invia un cane.” Alphonse de Lamartine Recensione: This dramatic film, which begins on a rainy evening at a New Jersey police checkpoint, is introduced with this phrase, we would call it an animal rights activist.
#VENICE80 – 30/8 -9/9/2023 SPECIAL #1: (DAY 1) Diary from the Lido
(from Venice Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia and Vittorio De Agrò (RS) – The photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Edoardo De Angelis apre la Mostra con la storia della marineria italiana durante la seconda Guerra Mondiale I film italiani in concorso a #VENEZIA80 raggiungono il ragguardevole numero di ben otto pellicole la maggior parte nel concorso principale ed in particolare : COMMANDER - FILM DI APERTURA di EDOARDO DE ANGELIS ENEA di PIETRO CASTELLITTO FINALMENTE L’ALBA di SAVERIO COSTANZO LUBO di GIORGIO DIRITTI IO CAPITANO di MATTEO GARRONE ADAGIO di
Directly from #CANNES75 I AM YOUR FATHER by Mathieu VADEPIED
Presented in 2022 in Un Certain Regard as the opening film is a war story the film I AM YOUR FATHER (FATHER AND SOLDIER) by Mathieu VADEPIED is presented to the public in Italy. The incipit takes us into 1920 near Verdun in France where soldiers dig into the ground extracting human remains. The film begins with heavy music, and this already says a lot about the ending! 1917 Senegal a herd of oxen led by local nomads return to the village at dawn, hiding to avoid being forcibly drafted. But you don't run away
XXXVI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ORGAN MUSIC – Franciscan sanctuary of La Verna – edited by Maestro Eugenio Maria FAGIANI
Wednesday 16 August an encore after the improvised organ accompaniment of Maestro Eugenio Maria FAGIANI on Wednesday 9 August 2023 at the screening of the silent film FRATE SOLE (1918) di Mario Corsi ed Ugo Falena La proiezione ha avuto successo di pubblico tra i residenti di Chiusi della Verna e molti ospiti della foresteria. The film, shot in Umbria and dedicated to the life of Saint Francis and his choice of poverty, it is a narrative in 4 episodes: The leper's kiss, In the footsteps of the Poverello of Assisi, The temple, The stigma. Paintings that reproduce
#CANNES76 – 16/27 May 2023 SPECIAL #26 (DAY12)
Nothing to do for the Italians, the Palma d’oro goes to ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine TRIET (from Cannes Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - Photos are courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival) OUT OF COMPETITION the closing film is ELEMENTAL by Peter Sohn - Prodotto da Disney e Pixar Sinossi: Pixar's Elemental is an all-new and original film set in Element City, where the fire residents live together, of water, of the earth and the air. The story presents Ember, a tenacious young woman, witty and fiery, the
#CANNES76 – 16/27 May 2023 SPECIAL #24 (DAY11)
Today is the turn of the last of the Italians, or rather Italian: Alice ROHRWACHER which is appreciated by critics, while at Un Certain Regard a debut film wins (from Cannes Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - Photos are courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival) Alice ROHRWACHER con il suo stile pasoliniano riesce meglio degli altri italiani e ci commuove LA CHIMERA di Alice ROHRWACHER Sinossi: Everyone has their own Chimera, something he tries to achieve but can never find. For the gang of grave robbers, thieves of ancient funerary objects e
#CANNES76 – 16/27 May 2023 SPECIAL #22 (DAY10)
Wim Wenders with Perfect Days upsets the Palmares forecasts (from Cannes Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - Photos are courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival) COMPETITION L’ÉTÉ DERNIER di Catherine BREILLAT Sinossi: The film tells Anne's story, brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually embarks on a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre's son from his previous marriage, endangering his career but above all his family life. After an hour of film spinning around you don't know what
#CANNES76 – 16/27 May 2023 SPECIAL #20 (DAY9)
Nanni Moretti and his idea of Cinema in his lost illusions (from Cannes Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - Photos are courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival) COMPETITION IL SOL DELL’ AVVENIRE di Nanni MORETTI Sinossi. Giovanni, a famous Italian director, is about to start shooting a political film. But amidst his marriage in crisis, his co-producer on the verge of bankruptcy and the rapidly evolving film industry, everything seems to be working against him! Always on the edge, Giovanni will have to rethink his way of doing things if he wants to lead his own
#CANNES76 – 16/27 May 2023 SPECIAL #18 (DAY 8)
Bellocchio opens the Italian trio with a divisive film (from Cannes Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - Photos are courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival) COMPETITION RAPITO di Marco BELLOCCHIO Sinossi: In 1858, in the Jewish quarter of Bologna, the Pope's soldiers broke into the Mortara family's house. By order of the cardinal they came to take Edgardo, their seven-year-old son. The child had been secretly baptized by his nurse as a baby and the pontifical law is indisputable: must receive a Catholic education. Edgardo's parents, shocked, they will do anything