#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

La trilogia #Trecolori di Krzysztof Kieślowski restaurata nei Cinema

Thirty years after its creation, Lucky Red brings Krzysztof Kieślowski's color trilogy back to theaters: Blue Movie, White Film, Red Film. #tricolor - Blue movie (Three colours : Bleu) it's a film from 1993 diretto da Krzysztof Kieślowski; the first of the trilogy that the Polish director dedicated to the three colors of the French flag and, Consequently, to the motto of the French Revolution, "Freedom, Equality, Fraternity". The Color Trilogy by Krzysztof Kieślowski, composed of films "Blu," "Bianco," e "Rosso," is a critically acclaimed film series. Each film is associated

#VENICE80 – 30/8 -9/9/2023 SPECIAL #20: (DAY 12) - I PREMI

(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) Il responso della Giuria di #VENEZIA80 è stato equilibrato, anche se il film Green Border meritava una attenzione maggiore; mentre la scelta del Leone d’Oro è stata semplice e ovvia grazie al film di Yorgos Lanthimos che ha sbancato al Lido con la straordinaria interpretazione di Emma Stone. La Mostra #VENEZIA80 si è chiusa con un film adrenalinico basato su una storia vera SOCIETY OF THE SNOW

#VENICE80 – 30/8 -9/9/2023 SPECIAL #17: (DAY 10) il Focus di Vittorio De Agrò (RS) sul #GdA20

(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) Si conclude con Coup, scritto e diretto da Austin Stark, Joseph Schuman, l’edizione #GdA20 che ha assegnato il GdA Director’s Award 2023 a Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person di Ariane Louis-Seize Coup di Austin Stark e Joseph Schuman Sinossi: Barricati nella loro tenuta al mare per proteggersi dall'Influenza Spagnola del 1918, un giornalista progressista e sua moglie, una donna dell'alta società, assumono un cuoco, the

#VENICE80 – 30/8 -9/9/2023 SPECIAL #16: (DAY 9) – diario dal 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) Giorgio Diritti affronta il tema dell’uguaglianza nel film LUBO Sinossi: Lubo è un nomade, un artista di strada che nel 1939 viene chiamato nell’esercito elvetico a difendere i confini nazionali dal rischio di un’invasione tedesca. Poco tempo dopo scopre che sua moglie è morta nel tentativo di impedire ai gendarmi di portare via i loro tre figli piccoli, that, in quanto Jenisch, sono stati strappati

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