(Luigi Noera from Venice with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido and Annamaria Stramondo and from the WEB room Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Michel Franco continues his sociological investigation of Mexico with an amazing Tim Roth, the Italians Laura Bispuri and Federica Di Giacomo unfortunately disappoint, while Led Zeppelin wow! #VE78 CONCORSO MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON di ANA LILY AMIRPOUR è una fotografia degli anni ottanta e novanta dell’America e delle sue periferie dove alla ordinarietà si accompagna la straordinarietà di eccentricità.
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SPECIAL # VENICE78 #8 – 1/11SETTEMBER 2021: (Daya4) the reviews of Maria Vittoria Battaglia
(Luigi Noera from Venice with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido and Annamaria Stramondo and from the WEB room Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Orizzonti ci consegna un film sconvolgente che fa trattenere il respiro fino all’ultima scena: Amira, di Mohamed Diab (Horizons) 4/5 Un film sconvolgente che fa trattenere il respiro fino all’ultima scena. Amira, ragazza giordana figlia di un combattente per la libertà si trova a fare i conti con i segreti del suo passato che d’improvviso emergono con forza e prepotenza, sconvolgendo la
SPECIAL # VENICE78 #7 – 1/11SETTEMBER 2021: (DAY 4) Becoming Led Zeppelin by Bernhard MacMahon - the review by Marina Pavido
(Luigi Noera from Venice with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido and Annamaria Stramondo and from the WEB room Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Un coinvolgente ed entusiasmante viaggio nella storia del rock degli anni Sessanta Presentato fuori concorso a Venezia78, Becoming Led Zeppelin is Bernhard MacMahon's latest documentary, dedicated to the legendary Led Zeppelin band. Becoming Led Zeppelin is the fruit of a long, accurate (and not at all simple!) research work. A research work started many years ago that makes use of numerous
SPECIAL # VENICE78 #6 – 1/11SETTEMBER 2021: (DAYS 2&3)
(Luigi Noera from Venice with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido and Annamaria Stramondo and from the WEB room Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Dopo l’apertura gli sguardi cinefili sono rivolti a SORRENTINO ma anche a Pablo Larrain #VE78 CONCORSO THE CARD COUNTER di PAUL SCHRADER L’incipit è una musica greve sullo sfondo del tavolo verde. As happens with Schrader's films, the red thread of the script is revealed in small steps and this is its strong point.. The story is that of William
SPECIAL # VENICE78 #5 – 1/11SETTEMBER 2021: (DAY 2) 107 Mothers by Peter Kerekes - the review by Marina Pavido
(Luigi Noera from Venice with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido and Annamaria Stramondo and from the WEB room Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Un approccio registico di pedinamento zavattiniano è alla base del film di Peter Kerekes Presentato all’interno della sezione Orizzonti a Venezia78, 107 Mothers is the latest feature film directed by Peter Kerekes. The Greek film about the Shoah in Greece, but many stories set in a special Odessa prison. A women's prison where numerous mothers and pregnant women are housed, each of which has a prison sentence to serve,
SPECIAL # VENEZIA78 # 4 - 1 / 11SEPTEMBER 2021: (DAY 1): The opening films
The opening films commented by Anna Maria Stramondo (Luigi Noera from Venice with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido and Annamaria Stramondo and from the WEB room Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Anna Maria Stramondo comments on the opening of the exhibition in the second edition struggling with COVID with a touch of optimism: La Mostra si apre con il film di #VE78 CONCORSO MADRES PARALELAS - FILM DI APERTURA di PEDRO ALMODÓVAR con Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Juliet Serrano, rosy depalma / Spain /
SPECIAL # VENEZIA78 # 3 - 1 / 11SEPTEMBER 2021: (DAY 1) Les Promesses by Thomas Kruithoff - the review by Marina Pavido
Politics, the corruption, il desiderio di potere interpretati dalla grande Isabelle Huppert Presentato in anteprima a Venezia78, within the Horizons section, Les Promesses is the latest feature by French director Thomas Kruithoff, starring Isabelle Huppert and Reda Kateb. In the city of Clémence, therefore, chaos reigns, the underworld and unemployment. Some residents of a large suburban apartment building complain about the poor condition of their homes. They were in their time cheated by those who had the task of managing the maintenance of their building. Clémence is about to conclude the
SPECIAL # VENICE78 #2 – 1/11SETTEMBER 2021: (DAY -1) The advances in the pre-opening of # Venezia78 and I FILM
(Luigi Noera from Venice with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido and Annamaria Stramondo and from the WEB room Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) At the pre-opening we witnessed the memory we have of last year's exhibition which, among many difficulties, managed to attract interest in a very brief moment of the pandemic. Thanks to LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA: IL CINEMA AL TEMPO DEL COVID di Andrea Segre Andrea Segre ci riprova a documentare cosa è successo a Venezia e soprattutto alla Mostra in questi
Criticism film from the #SNCCI: EUROPA at Haider Rashid
EUROPA at Haider Rashid, presented at the 74th Festival de Cannes in the collateral section Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and distributed by I Wonder Pictures Distribution (release in theaters 2 September), was designated Film of the Critics by the National Union of Italian Film Critics SNCCI with the following motivation: Totally adhering to the dramatic experience of a young Iraqi immigrant, fleeing along the "via Balkan", the film is proposed as an immersive experience in bewilderment, in the fear and violence that mark the life of those seeking refuge in Europe. By adopting a perspective that holds in
SPECIAL # VENICE78 #1 – 1/11SETTEMBER 2021: (DAY -10) The parallel sections SIC and GdA
(Luigi Noera from Venice with the kind collaboration of Marina Pavido and Annamaria Stramondo and from the WEB room Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) The edition will open in less than two weeks 2021 directed by Alberto Barbera in this second year in the times of COVID-19. We want to take stock of the two parallel sections where we can draw on new talents and languages. Let's start with the 18th AUTHORS' DAYS. The definition that the artistic direction has given of itself fully describes it: The geography of the Authors' Days yes