The opening film of Cannes Classic #Napoléon by Abel Gance is exciting 1927 (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) OUT OF COMPETITION il Film d’apertura: THE SECOND ACT (THE SECOND ACT) di Quentin DUPIEUX ovvero la storia di quattro personaggi che si ritrovano nel remoto ristorante del titolo Recensione: #2act seems to take the baton from the film #Coupez by #MicheHazanavicius. Actually #QuentinDupiex, is characterized by its directorial style, l’ironia dissacrante e
Author: Vittorio De Agrò (RS)
#IlMioPostoèqui by Cristiano Bortone and Daniela Porto – the review by Vittorio De Agrò
#IlMioPostoèqui is based on the novel of the same name by Daniela Porto, with: Ludovica Martino e Marco Leonardi Sinossi: My place is here, film directed by Cristiano Bortone and Daniela Porto, è ambientato all'indomani del Secondo conflitto mondiale in un paesino in Calabria. Racconta l'amicizia nata tra Marta e Lorenzo (Ludovica Martino and Marco Leonardi): she is a single mother, who has been promised as a wife to a man she is not in love with; his, instead, he is a gay man, known for "organize weddings" of others. Il loro incontro porterà alla nascita di un
#IMisteriDelBarEtoile by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon – The review
#IMisteriDelBarEtoile is a noir, a ballad about memory and reconciliation with one's past, senza mai prendersi sul serio fino in fondo Film d’apertura al Festival di #Locarno, and presented by the authors, recently at the Cinema Nuovo Sacher at the #RendezVous, the French Film Festival. Synopsis: #IMisteriDelBarEtoile takes place in Brussels. Il Bar Etoile, a small place located in the historic center of the city, it is run by Boris (Dominique Abel) and his wife Kayoko (This is Kaori). Boris is a fugitive former political activist who in 1986 was involved in an attack during a
#LaSecondaVita by Vito Palmieri – The review by Vittorio De Agrò (RS)
Marianna Fontana , one of the Twins discovered by Edoardo De Angelis, si cimenta in una intensa interpretazione senza la sorella Angela #LaSecondaVita è un film del 2024 directed by Vito Palmieri, screenplay by Vito Palmieri and Michele Santeramo, Interpreti e Personaggi Marianna Fontana: Anna Giovanni Anzaldo: Antonio Lorenzo Gioielli: Marco Direttore della Biblioteca Nicola Rignanese: Father of Antonio. Synopsis: The Second Life, film directed by Vito Palmieri, tells Anna's story (Marianna Fontana), a young woman who hides a terrible past. When he moves to a small provincial town, Anna rediscovers one in the small local community
#UnMondoaParte by Riccardo Milani – the review by Vittorio De Agrò (RS)
#UnMondoaParte is a film by 2024 directed by Riccardo Milani, screenplay by Riccardo Milani and Michele Astori, with: Antonio Albanese e Virginia Raffaele Sinossi: #UnMondoaParte tells the story of Michele Cortese (Antonio Albanese), an elementary school teacher, which seems to be about to embark on a new life. After having taught for forty years in the jungle of Roman schools, the man manages to get assigned to the Cesidio Gentile Institute known as Jurico, or a school, located in the Abruzzo National Park, with a single multi-class of children ranging from 7 to 10 years. Helped by vice-principal Agnese (Virginia Raffaele)
#UnAltroFerragosto by #PaoloVirzi
Bitter vision, disillusioned, with rare truly convincing moments that still elicit a melancholic laugh about a blocked country, forgetful and lacking any foresight, prisoner of his own defects. Narrative strength anchored in Today reflected in Yesterday! #UnAltroFerragosto is a film by 2024 directed by #PaoloVirzi, screenplay by #PaoloVirzi, #Francesco Bruni, #CarloVirzi Con: Sabrina Ferilli, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Christian De Sica, Vinicio Marchioni, Rocco Papaleo, Liliana Fiorelli, Lorenzo Balducci, Andrea Carpenzano, Gigio Alberti, Silvio Vannucci, Paola Tiziana Cruciani, Anna Ferraioli Ravel Sinossi: Almost thirty years have passed since Sandro Molino and his family arrived in Ventotene
#MargheritaDelleStelle by #GiulioBase on #RAIUNO
#MargheritaDelleStelle is a TV film directed by Giulio Base,with CRISTIANA CAPOTONDI in the role of MARGHERITA HACK, FREELY INSPIRED BY NINE LIVES LIKE CATS (M. HACK; F. TADDIA) edito da Rizzoli “…Vi chiederete come abbia fatto una ragazza nata nel 1922 and grew up under the fascist regime to become a scientist? I don't know the answers, ma posso raccontarvi la mia storia...” Inizia cosi #MargheritaDelleStelle, the Rai biopic dedicated to the astrophysicist Margherita Hack who disappeared in Trieste on 29 June of 2013. It's an interesting dramaturgical start, polite, tantalizing, despite the use of the voice-over of the
Directly from #Cannes The Nature of Love by Monia Chokri
Synopsis: The Nature of Love, film directed by Monia Chokri, presented at #Cannes in the UCR section with the title Symple Comme Sylvain tells the story of Sophia (Magalie Lépine Blondeau), a philosophy professor from Montreal, coming from a wealthy family, who is in a relationship with Xavier (Francis-William Rhéaume) for ten years. The two are living in a relationship that has now come to an end, in fact they even sleep in different bedrooms. When the two decide to fix some things in the house, the woman meets Sylvain (Pierre-Yves Cardinal), his life is completely turned upside down.
Lights and shadows of #IlColoreViola by Blitz Bazawule
The Color Purple is a film by 2023 directed by Blitz Bazawule, basato sul romanzo #IlColoreViola di Alice Walker e ispirato liberamente dal musical di Marsha Norman, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis e Stephen Bray, film script : Marcus Gardley. Synopsis: In the segregationist Georgia of the early twentieth century, Celie and Nettie are sisters and are inseparable. Almeno fino al giorno in cui il padre incestuoso non 'svende' Celie al peggior offerente, Albert, an alcoholic and violent man. Inconsolabile e 'battuta' dal marito, Celie endures everything, the shots, the humiliations, the children of the first marriage.
#DieciMinuti by Maria Sole Tognazzi
Spend a few minutes doing something completely new and never done before in life, può davvero cambiare il corso di un'intera esistenza Il film #DieciMinuti è liberamente tratto dal romanzo “Per Dieci Minuti” di Chiara Gamberale, screenplay by Francesca Archibugi and Maria Sole Tognazzi, with : Barbara Ronchi, Margherita Buy, Fotini Peluso, Alessandro Tedeschi, Barbara Chichiarelli, Anna Ferruzzo, Marcello Mazzarella. Spend a few minutes doing something completely new and never done before in life, it can truly change the course of an entire existence. This is what Bianca will learn during one