Bellocchio confronts Suleiman while tonight ends a Certain Regard

(da Cannes Luigi Noera – Photos are published courtesy of the Festival de Cannes)

In the last two days of the Festival we still hope to attend the film worthy of the Palme d'Or would question that now is the unanimous opinion about the Malick, which tells a story of the last century is still present.

We start from the movie THE TRAITOR Marco BELLOCCHIO presented on the anniversary of the Capaci massacre 1992. We are in the twilight of mafia war when the dome was dismantled precisely by judges Falcone and Borsellino. The two servants of the state were in fact able to open a gap in the conspiratorial society with the help of Mafia turncoats, whose precursor was Masino Buscetta, star of the film at Cannes. Movies that leaves freedom of opinion in the viewer to choose who actually is the traitor Buscetta and his desire to defend their loved ones or thirst for the infinite power of the bloodthirsty Toto Riina. In a script that takes care of the details is narrow idiom of the protagonists which has the praise not only to Luigi Lo Cascio but also Favino the skill of speaking in Sicilian and Brazilian. The first scene of the family is a tribute to Gattopardo by Visconti in a modern party and contains details that will be useful to the maxi-trial like the photo of the "Family" during the Feast of Santa Rosalia (ed: Patron of Palermo). But the metaphors are so dear to the director who are placed as pills to sign his personal language. In short, there are so many good points that bode well for honors to Italian cinema in which Marco Bellocchio plays a role as a representative since the Italian film of superstars such as Rossellini, Visconti and Fellini are long lasting memories.

So let's look at marathon 4 ore MEKTOUB, MY LOVE : INTERMEZZO Abdellatif Kechiche it continues its investigation which began in Venice. Many have cried to the masterpiece that it is actually a continuation of the tedious Mektoub film, My Love – Canto One with some puzzling aspects in oral sex scenes. What is disconcerting is the length of the film that exceeds the first of the trilogy of just 3 ore.

We know that Palestinian cinema is unusual and always manages to impress for the content and the language used is always fresh. And 'the case of IT MUST BE HEAVEN Elijah SULEIMAN that 90 minutes he can focus, starting from Palestine and passing through Paris and New York the world society of globalization with all its contradictions. It starts from Jerusalem, the most sacred place on Earth, where the three monotheistic religions compete for the alternating management of places of Christianity. This is followed by Paris in which it appears the skyline of the Notre Dame Cathedral recently destroyed by fire to New York looking for a loan that does not come. A criticism of the director who deserves to be honored.

The last film in competition is SIDYL Justine TRIET which again makes speaking and one wonders whether it is just a matter of quotas in determining the choice of the selectors for a film over another. Although we talk about human frailty embodied mainly by psychotherapist rather than from its patients, the folds which takes the script is not immediately understandable and indeed it is disturbing with regard to patients who are "exploited" for its own purposes by the protagonist who wants to pose as a writer and instead affirmed is the most fragile. Interesting homage to Rossellini with the scenes that take place in the charming Aeolian island of Stromboli where the Master turned the most beautiful film with Ingrid Bergman.

At the final stages of the selection Un Certain Regard Larissa SADILOVA presents ODNAZHDY V TRUBCHEVSKE, a fun and surreal story about family. A tight script that captivates the viewer. The theme is love, loyalty, the family. The two lovers are distant from each other. You ready to leave behind a marriage and the daughter was a teenager, He who retraces his steps. All of the background of the earth Russian, also made of small communities like the one where the main characters live. It is not sorry the lightness of mind directing that bodes well for the near future.

Finally, the last film in Cannes Classics LES Silences DE JOHNNY Pierre-William GLENN

Now we just have to wait for the verdict of the Un Certain Regard jury chaired by Nadine Labaki – President (Director and actress / Lebanon) and supported by:

Marina Fois (actress / France)

Confectioners Nurhan – Porst (Producer / Germany)

Lisandro Alonso (director / Argentina)

Lukas Dhont (director / Belgium) - Winner with GIRL in the past edizione.24