Session Winter 2007. Last movie.
Lampedusa, an island of 6000 people, closer to Africa than to Sicily.
They don’t even speak italian. They don’t speak anyway. This movie talks through the southern people’s glance, the wild gestures of bearfooted children, the dark thick skin of the fishermen and the close mouth of their women. Blessed by the [...]
Posted by Laura Bianconcini on 03.22.2007 at 9:48 pm// Tagged: Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, Modern Italian Cinema , Drama, Emanuele Crialese, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, lampedusa island, respiro
Franco Elica, a famous movie director, accidentally in Sicily, has been given the job by the Prince of Gravina, to shoot the movie of his daughter’s wedding.
The film opens with the scene of the wedding of his daughter (the director’s), that he initially let others film it, but then he jumps into the crowd together [...]
Posted by Laura Bianconcini on 03.20.2007 at 11:00 pm// Tagged: Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, Modern Italian Cinema , Drama, Entertainment, il regista di matrimoni, Italian Cinema, marco belloccio
The key ingredients of this film include: Academy award winner director Giuseppe Tornatore; international debut of bombshell Monica Belluci; coming of age story of a young boy in a small Sicilian village during World War II; and the timeless music of Maestro Ennio Morricone.
Yes, the film may look like an attempt to repurpose Tornatore’s success [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 03.17.2007 at 6:33 pm// Tagged: Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, Modern Italian Cinema , cinema paradiso, Drama, ennio moricone, Entertainment, giuseppe tornarore, Italian Cinema, malena, monica belluci