(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) Michele Riondino ritorna alle sue origini con un film di denuncia sociale Esordio alla regia per l’attore Michele Riondino che, presenting Palazzina LAF at the Rome Film Festival, he made an important statement: “Da noi la classe operaia non va in paradiso.” Taranto, late 90s. Caterino Lamanna (Michele Riondino, extraordinary, it reminds us of Favino's best interpretations) he works as a worker at ILVA and is the
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#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #8: (DAY 3)
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) In competition, two unmissable films from distant Peru and the Nordic countries place a mortgage on the FESTA, together with the film about the Holocaust THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Best of 2023) presentato a Cannes CONCORSO PROGRESSIVE CINEMA LA ERECCION DE TORIBIO BARDELLI di Adrián Saba, Peru, Brazil, 2023, 82’ SINOSSI: Between the Casta Diva played by Maria Callas and the Elvis songs loved by a fanatic bartender, between
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #7: (DAY 3) CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG by Alexis Bloom – VALENTINA's review
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) From the BEST OF section 2023: ANITA PALLENBERG “A witch, a murderer", that's how it was defined, il DOC fa chiarezza sulla protagonista CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG di Alexis Bloom, Svetlana Zill, United States, 2023, 112’ | Doc | Scarlett Johansson gives voice to intimate words, never published, of the model's autobiography, actress, muse Anita Pallenberg, while between interviews and archive images we discover the smiles, i
#ROMAFF18 – 18-28/10/2023 SPECIAL #6: (DAY 3) – The Focus on ALICE by Stefano Sica
ALICE NELLA CITTÀ CONCORSO Rivière di Hugues Hariche - Switzerland, France, 2023, 104’ SINOSSI La diciassettenne Manon lascia le montagne svizzere per andare alla ricerca del padre scomparso. As he forms new bonds and meets his first love, she is determined to follow the path she has set for herself: become a professional ice hockey player. RECENSIONE Direttamente dal Festival di Locarno, arrives at the Rome Film Festival Rivière: a film that combines the theme of ice sports with the growing up difficulties of teenagers. The protagonist of this story is Manon (Flavie Delangle), a girl
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #5: (DAY 3) I TOLD YOU SO by Ginevra Elkan – VALENTINA's review
At the second directorial test Ginevra Elkan presents us with illustrations depicting the Christmas angels that open this comic story, dramatic, blasphemous, per tanti versi ma anche molto sincero tutto al femminile Vediamo un atto sessuale, take place under the sacred icons, scattered throughout Gianna's apartment (an impeccable Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), religious fanatic. This carnal encounter is followed by a reckless frenzy: Gianna's daughter suffers from an eating disorder, il binge eating disorder, which leads her to ingest food straight from the fridge. The mother-daughter relationship that directs her, Geneva Elkan, puts
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #4: (DAY 2) – the portrait of Monica Vitti
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) Nessuno ne parla ma il ritratto di Monica Vitti nel film di Roberta Torre ci ha rapito CONCORSO PROGRESSIVE CINEMA FREMONT di Babak Jalali, United States, 2023, 88’ SINOSSI Donya lavora per una fabbrica cinese di biscotti della fortuna a San Francisco. Formerly a translator for the US Army in Afghanistan, he struggles to find his life again. In a moment of sudden revelation, decides to send a special message in
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #3: (DAY 2) – the Focus on ALICE by Stefano Sica
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - Photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma) ALICE NELLA CITTÀ CONCORSO Excursion di Una Gunjak - Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar, 2023, 93’ SINOSSI A Sarajevo, a teenager looking for confirmation says she had sex for the first time while playing a game of "truth or Dare" among middle school students. Trapped in her own lie, she invents a pregnancy and becomes the center of a controversy that spirals out of control. RECENSIONE La sezione autonoma della
#ROMAFF18 – 18- 28/10/2023 SPECIAL #2: (DAY 1) – The Festival turns its gaze to abused women
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Stefano Sica and Valentina Vignoli - The photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema peri Roma) Nella prima giornata i due film d’apertura hanno avuto un grande successo meritato CONCORSO PROGRESSIVE CINEMA Film di apertura: THERE'S STILL TOMORROW by Paola Cortellesi, Italy, 2023, 118’ | First work | SYNOPSIS: Delia (Paola Cortellesi) she is Ivano's wife, the mother of three children. Wife, mother. These are the roles that define her and that's enough for her. We are in the second half of the years 40 it's this one
#BERLINALE - SPOTLIGHT in October 2021 at the ROME FESTIVAL
On the occasion of the Rome Festival in ALICE NELLA CITTA a FOCUS with three films from the GENERATION section of the Berlinale 2021. (Photos are published courtesy of the Berlinale) On the occasion of the Rome Festival in ALICE NELLA CITTA a FOCUS with three films from the GENERATION section of the Berlinale: Generation a Roma Da molti anni la Berlinale è presente in tutto il mondo con programmi appositamente curati. On the occasion of the Rome Festival in ALICE NELLA CITTA a FOCUS with three films from the GENERATION section of the Berlinale. On the occasion of the Rome Festival in ALICE NELLA CITTA a FOCUS with three films from the GENERATION section of the Berlinale: On the occasion of the Rome Festival in ALICE NELLA CITTA a FOCUS with three films from the GENERATION section of the Berlinale 2021 in collaboration with Alice in the City, On the occasion of the Rome Festival in ALICE NELLA CITTA a FOCUS with three films from the GENERATION section of the Berlinale
SPECIAL # ROMAFF15 #8 – 15/25 OCTOBER 2020: (DAY 4) Fortuna by Nicolangelo Gelormini - the review by Maria Vittoria
(from Rome Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia - Photos are published courtesy of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma) Narrazione delicata di un caso di violenza su una bambina Ricordo esattamente il 2014 when the news broke the news of Fortuna Loffredo's death in Parco Verde, Caivano, and I remember the dismay of the days that happened when, as the investigation continues, we were all made aware of the circumstances of this death. Fortuna, 6 just years, died after falling from the seventh floor, Delicate narration of a case of violence against a child I remember exactly the