An Argentine production / Chile / Uruguay: la storia di un giovane ventunenne che ritrova uno scopo rinnovato dopo aver stretto amicizia con un gruppo di giovani disabili Recensione: Simon of the Mountain is a work that challenges expectations and labels, taking the viewer on a complex journey through the challenges of adolescence and the struggles for identity. The film opens and closes with two interviews that frame the entire film, in which Simon is subjected to a series of questions aimed at finding out who he is and what tasks
Author: Maria Vittoria Battaglia
#Vakhim by Francesca Pirani (Venetian nights) who closed #gda is proposed to #FecasaAal
Synopsis: Adopted in Cambodia at four years, Vakhim arrives in Italy in 2008. He only speaks Khmer and everything around him is unknown around him, He is a sunny child and to adapt removes the traces of his short life that, But, Don't disappear completely. In Italy there is Maklin, the older sister and after a few years a letter arrives: It is the natural mother of Vakhim who asks for her son. Francesca and Simone, adoptive parents, they decide to go looking for her. Review: Vakhim is a touching and delicate movie-documentary, which faces with extreme sensitivity
#SANTOSH the Sandhya SURI al #FESCAAL 34^ Ed. - The review of Maria Vittoria Battaglia
Presented to #Cannes77 AD is proposed in the presence of the thirty -fourth edition of the African Film Festival, D’Asia e dell’America Latina #FESCAAAL Sinossi: Debut film by Sandhya Suri who talks about a widow who became police officer in the rural areas of northern India. Review: Santosh is a film that manages to combine a compelling plot with incisive social criticism, offering a powerful and reflective cinematographic experience. The story follows the life of Santosh, a young Indian woman who, as soon as he was widowed, inherits the work of the deceased husband, a policeman who died in service during some
The cinephile tribute to #Lynch by Alexandre O. Philippe
#Lynch / Oz is a DOC presented at the Rome Film Festival in 2022 in the FREESTYLE section directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, creative director of Cinema Vertige (Denver), winner at Venezia Classics 2024 con Chain Reactions Giudizio: 5/5 Synopsis: After the highly acclaimed essay films The People vs. George Lucas and 78/52 (about the shower scene in Psycho), Alexander O. Philippe investigates the links between The Wizard of Oz (1943) by Victor Fleming and the disturbing and fairy-tale universe of David Lynch, finding the influence of the first not only where it is most evident
#Venezia81 – 28.8/7.9 2024 SPECIAL #23 (DAY 10)
Maria Vittoria's pills from the WEB (MyMovies) (from Venice Luigi Noera and Valentina Vignoli with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia, Vittorio De Agrò (RS) and Marina Pavido - the photos are published courtesy of the Venice Film Festival) Vakhim by Francesca Pirani (Venetian nights) chiude le GdA Sinossi: Adopted in Cambodia at four years, Vakhim arrives in Italy in 2008. He only speaks Khmer and everything around him is unknown around him, He is a sunny child and to adapt removes the traces of his short life that, But, does not disappear of the
#Venezia81 – 28.8/7.9 2024 SPECIAL #18 (DAYS 8&9)
Maria Vittoria's pills from the WEB (MyMovies) (from Venice Luigi Noera and Valentina Vignoli with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia, Vittorio De Agrò (RS) and Marina Pavido - the photos are published courtesy of the Venice Film Festival) Journey among the majestic peaks of the Swiss Alps, in un contesto di bellezza naturale che la regia cattura con straordinaria abilità è il film in concorso alle GdA Alpha di Jan-Willem van Ewijk Sinossi: After her mother's death, Rein moves to a small village in the Alps to immerse himself in nature,
#Venezia81 – 28.8/7.9 2024 SPECIAL #14 (DAY 6)
Maria Vittoria's pills from the WEB (MyMovies) (from Venice Luigi Noera and Valentina Vignoli with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia, Vittorio De Agrò (RS) and Marina Pavido - the photos are published courtesy of the Venice Film Festival) La BIENNALE College chiude con un film meraviglioso Honeymoon di Zhanna Ozirna (Biennale College) Honeymoon is a work that captures the viewer with an almost brutal delicacy and a relentless suspense. Set in the heart of the war in Ukraine, The film tells with extraordinary emotional power the experience of a newly married couple who
#Venezia81 – 28.8/7.9 2024 SPECIAL #9 (DAYS 4&5)
Maria Vittoria's pills from the WEB (MyMovies) (from Venice Luigi Noera and Valentina Vignoli with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia, Vittorio De Agrò (RS) and Marina Pavido - the photos are published courtesy of the Venice Film Festival) Prosegue la BIENNALE College con altri due bei film d’esordio January 2 di Zsófia Szilágyi Sinossi: January 2 It is the microrealist story of a separation from the point of view of the best friend of his wife. Klára moved away from her husband helped by her friend ági. They make a total of seven trips in
#Venezia81 – 28.8/7.9 2024 SPECIAL #5 (DAY 3)
Maria Vittoria's pills from the WEB (MyMovies) (from Venice Luigi Noera and Valentina Vignoli with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia, Vittorio De Agrò (RS) and Marina Pavido - the photos are published courtesy of the Venice Film Festival) BIENNALE College begins with a rare pearl: The Fisherman di Zoey Martinson Sinossi: Atta Oko is a retired Ghanaian traditional fisherman. His life takes a bizarre turn when he is forced to stop working and, paired with a modern, respectable talking fish and his eccentric “partners”, and
#CANNES77 – 14/25 May 2024 SPECIAL #26 (DAY10): The critical gaze of Maria Vittoria from the Croisette
The two non-competitive side sections close with two unmissable films! (from Cannes Luigi Noera and Maria Vittoria Battaglia with the kind collaboration of Vittorio De Agrò (RS) - the photos are published courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival) At the final stages, the transversal prize for all sections for the best DOC #L'Œil d'or was awarded 2024 The L'Œil d'or award 2024 –Ex aequo went to: Ernest Cole : Lost and Found di Raoul Peck Nota della giuria: «A film that follows the journey of a young South African photographer during the