At the halfway Norway excels and Lav Diaz moves

(Luigi Noera from Berlin in collaboration with Marina fearful – Photos are published courtesy of the Berlinale)

Earlier this week the Berlinale returns to its political character Competition, leaving behind some venial sins of the weekend. We speak of two powerful and moving film. The first Utøya 22. July (The – July 22) Norway Erik Poppe (REVIEW) with a minimalist style in which the sound predominates over the rest it shows us the state of mind that terrorism creates the collective imagination with a judgment of rejection of all forms of violence whatever it is the reason. The viewer is atterito by gunfire in the pile and he would run away. One more proof that you can make good cinema without frills or ideological judgments. The other film is also political The era of monster (Season of the Devil) Philippines di Lav Diaz (REVIEW) who he is in his third film after Venice, where he won, and a return to the Berlinale who appreciates partcolarmente. We are touched by the style of music that accompanies the atrocities of a totalitarian regime like that Filipino film in black and white. But the Berlinale there is also room for two biopic. The first in a rigorous interview the actress much-discussed black and Romy Schneider by a journalist of the magazine STERN rampant where they come out of the fragility of the well liked by the public and actress best known for the character of Princess Sissi. It is 3 Tage in Quiberon (3 Days in Quiberon) Emily Atef . The other film is the much anticipated return of Gus Van Sant but with Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot disappoint the expectations of the audience. The film has a breath thanks to the interpretation of Joaquin Phoenix who plays the famous cartoonist John Callahan, who began his career after being disabled due to an accident. Even the American film out of Competition 7 Days in Entebbe José Padilha on the hijacking of a plane by a French revolutionary German cell of the extreme left and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine does not go beyond a simple description of the facts. Too bad because the subject matter is interesting, narrzione but it fails to involve the spettaore. For those who love the Monster Hunt, film output in 2015, You can enjoy the sequel selected for Berlinale Special Gala at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and directed by Raman Hui. Finally for Berlinale Series (Zoo Palast) la serie israeliana Sleeping Bears – conceived and directed by Keren Margalit has disappointed the audience. The series is a pair of teachers of a high school struggling with several homicides to be solved. Among the cast we remind the protagonist of the film event for the bride and the protagonist in the most recent Palestinian film on the relationship children's fathers. Unfortunately Nenci does not go well for the second Italian film selected from Panorama. The land dell'abbastanza (Boys Cry) brothers Damian and Fabio D'Innocenzo does not go beyond the usual cliche outskirts of Rome dealing with the underworld. If Bruni film one of the protagonists intermmediario plays a role among the elderly and young people, The setting here is unconvincing drama reminiscent of Valerio Mastandrea. The icing on the cake is headed by Luca Zingaretti in the shoes of iun improbable malvitoso Roman. It will also be because in our imagination we remember him as the beloved Montalbano who can not shake him.

Finally we point out how interesting they are the TALENTS TALKS in which and They come and gone, besides the Chairman of the international jury Tom Tykwer the theme of this year Berlinale Talents: Secrets moderated by veteran Peter Cowie, even directors like Gus Van Sant who dealt with the theme A Place Like Home: The Cinema of Gus Van Sant modearto da Marten Rabarts, and a duet female Technically a Woman: Cinematographers Speak Out con Agnès Godard e Nancy Schreiber moderato da Vinca Wiedemann. Of these Masterclass suggest some videotaped excerpts.