Few but good: there are only two Italian titles chosen at Cannes (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) This is how we can summarize the presence of Italian Cinema in this 77th edition of the Festival par excellence. In fact, there are two Italians who will represent us on the Croisette in a few weeks. We had hoped until the end that a new Italian talent would be discovered in the Quinzaine, or to the ACID section, But this did not happen.
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#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 fu coinvolto in un’aggressione durante un
#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 riscopre nella piccola comunità locale una
#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. Dopo aver insegnato per quarant'anni nella giungla delle scuole romane, l'uomo riesce a farsi assegnare all'Istituto Cesidio Gentile detto Jurico, or a school, located in the Abruzzo National Park, con un'unica pluriclasse di bambini che vanno dai 7 to 10 years. Helped by vice-principal Agnese (Virginia Raffaele)
#Portraits in the Foyer of #TeatroMassimo: #LaCantoria directed by #GiuseppeRicotta
More women protagonists in the Foyer of the #TeatroMassimo with #Portraits, il concerto della #LaCantoria del Teatro diretta da #GiuseppeRicotta Il concerto vede impegnate le voci soliste di Gabriele Majorana, Fabiola Galati, Alessandra Urrata, Arianna France, Sara Barraco, Giorgia Marramaldo, Alessia Zizzo, Helen Corallo and Chiara Perez. Sergio Calì on drums, Dario Ammirata on bass. The songs performed range from Bring me little water Silvy, work song written by Lead Belly (one of the most important exponents of blues music), to the famous Aria on the fourth string by Johann Sebastian Bach; and Hallelujah, on Leonard Cohen
#TFF 42ma ed. : the news
#TFF 42ma ed. 22-30 November from 2024 diretto da #GiulioBase “Il Torino Film Festival è sempre stato e resta un festival cinefilo e autoriale, a free-spirited film exhibition and competition, original, fresco, independent, scratchy”. This is how the new Artistic Director began, son of migrants born in Turin to whom he owes everything, according to him. This edition of the #TFF - directed by Giulio Base - it is in continuity with the past and at the same time keeps an eye on the new generations, capable of living, interpretare e condividere quell’anima forte e di
#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
#BERLINALE 74th ed. 15/25 February 2024 SPECIAL #22 (DAY 8)
There Marlene Dietrich place Luigi Noera (from Berlin Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia and Vittorio De Agrò of the RdC editorial team- The photos are published courtesy of the #BERLINALE) Il Tema della Jiad nella tragedia del film tunisino #WhoDoIBelongTo presentato in #Competition Sinossi: Aïcha lives on a farm in northern Tunisia. His eldest sons Mehdi and Amine went to war. When Mehdi returns home with a mysterious pregnant wife, a darkness emerges that threatens to engulf the entire village. More the Aïn (#WhoDoIBelongTo) di Meryam Joobeur |
#BERLINALE 74th Ed. 15/25 February 2024 SPECIAL #21 (DAY 8)
The critical gaze of Vittorio De Agrò from the Zoo Palast (from Berlin Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Maria Vittoria Battaglia and Vittorio D'Agrò of the RdC editorial team- The photos are published courtesy of the #BERLINALE) Edgar Reitz e l’amore per il Cinema #Filmstunde23 è un documentario diretto da Edgar Reitz, Jörg Adolph presentato nella sezione #BerlinaleSpecial Sinossi: In 1968 a classroom in a girls' high school in Munich is transformed into a film studio under the direction of the young Edgar Reitz. The cinema lesson begins: the first documented attempt in the history of cinema