Special 73rd International Cinematographic Art Exhibition - Friday 2 September (DAY 3)

Thriller from Spain and Tom Ford's America, instead from Latin America a story of faith

Lido di Venezia Luigi Noera - Photo courtesy of the Biennale.On the second day of screenings, America is still playing the part of the protagonist and in the selection VENEZIA 73 presentsNocturnal Animals at Tom Ford  with a thriller that takes place on various levels, as many as i

protagonists. The language is powerful from abdominal pain and vision is not recommended for the faint hearted. That there is already a mortgage on the Golden Lion? Certainly for the script in which the most attentive cinephile will have difficulty finding even a small discrepancy. The inicipit is a tribute by the director of Fellini's memory. According to the director, Nocturnal Animals is a story that urges us to confront the choices we make throughout life and the consequences of our decisions. In an increasingly "disposable" culture, where everything, including relationships, it can be easily thrown away, this story is about loyalty, dedication and love. It is a story about the sense of isolation that we all feel, and the importance of giving value to the personal relationships that support us in life.
From Latin America, a film with Pasolini's language reduced to the essentials:

The Blind Christ of Christopher Murray it is the story of the young Michael convinced of having had a divine vision in the desert. When a childhood friend of his suffers an accident in a distant village, Michael embarks on a pilgrimage in the desert barefoot with the aim of healing his friend through a miracle. Starting from this idea, the director takes us to the desert of northern Chile, area characterized by a strong religiosity and a dramatic social reality. They are to say of the author , two aspects produced by the arrival of large companies that have unfairly exploited existing mineral resources, depriving local communities of the right to live as they deserve. instead OUT OF COMPETITION after the PERSOL TRIBUTE TO VISIONARY TALENT AWARD Award Ceremony 2016 to Liev Schreiber in the Great Hall the true story of Rocky : The Bleeder

by Philippe Falardeau or the boxer Chuck Wepner, New Jersey alcohol seller who resisted 15 round against Muhammad Ali. With some melodramatic frills so dear to the studios removed, there is a good job on the ring scenes. And although the director claimed that it's not a boxing movie, for us it is not only, but also it is a tribute to that spectacular Hollywood and one of its protagonists: Silvester Stallone. Always from the voice, the awareness that the seventies were themselves one of the protagonists: the music, the design, then fashionable clothes. And therefore in this respect it tells of the rise, the fall and redemption.For the HORIZONS section two films so different from each other, on the one hand, the Spanish thriller, which takes Tarantino fully. We are talking about Late for the wrath of Raúl

Arevalo. Well-made films that gradually rattle off the different truths offered to the viewer, leaving them freedom on the future of the protagonists for whom it will be difficult to heal the wounds of life's vicissitudes. hate, rancor, ira, repressed anger are the feelings that moved the plot with dry violence, raw, dura, as it is in real life, keeping the attention of viewers constantly high.On the other side, Die Einsiedler by Ronny Trocker set on the Alps and on the hard life of those places where a typical archaic law is in force

of alpine farms. The director shows us the difficulty of dialogue between the protagonists and each other and with the world around them. As is usual for mountainous people, green predominates, turning to black and white which, as never before, is the stage suitable for lack of communication and silence. For the Critics' Week, the only Italian film THE LAST THINGS by Irene Dionisio on the malaise of our society where, as never before, it is mammon who pushes the actions of the characters. Three stories that wearily weave together, stories of

last ones who live the day. Perhaps the author could have concentrated the story in less time, but removing a work has always been a painful action and we understand the director Irene Dionisio, documentary maker passed to fiction. Finally we want to report in the context of BIENNALE COLLEGE - CINEMA one of the four films completed by the Indian director Shubhashish Bhutiani who with Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) on the Indian tradition of going to die in the holy city of Varanasi and thus ending the cycle of rebirths, obtaining salvation. From a simple story the description of the

hotels that proliferate in the Holy City of Varanasi. The film was applauded with a ten minute stand ovation! The hot comment of the young director: The film explores the idea of ​​liberation and what this means for the three generations of a family, starting with the patriarch. The ironic thing is that it is not a story about death, but on life, and on the relationships that make us who we are, in a city that sometimes sees death as a part of its fabric and sometimes as a celebration.

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