With the global success of Fellini’s 1960 La Dolce Vita, Cinecitta’ the glorious studio in Rome continued the theme of love in modern times, featuring four leading directors: Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica. The last three were considered veterans back then, whereas Monicelli an up and coming director that his… Continue reading Boccaccio ’70: Renzo e Luciana (Mario Monicelli – 1962)
Category: Romance
Giulia non esce la sera – Giulia Doesn’t Date at Night (Giuseppe Piccioni – 2009)
In this film Giuseppe Piccioni returns to familiar themes of alienation and the decline of modern family structures, the resulting need for companionship and our value system that wraps it all in good and bad labels. The film’s 3 protagonists: Giulia, Guido and their swimming pool The film runs 3 main parallel plot lines: the… Continue reading Giulia non esce la sera – Giulia Doesn’t Date at Night (Giuseppe Piccioni – 2009)
The Slow Match – La partita lenta (Paolo Sorrentino – 2009)
It’s part of the trio short movies proposed by Per Fiducia, the project already described in the review of Il Premio. This is an intense shot on reality. When we say the eloquence of silence. He makes the silence speak. Slowly, sweetly, deeply. Black and white, and we are already into a poem. Every single… Continue reading The Slow Match – La partita lenta (Paolo Sorrentino – 2009)
The Award – Il premio (Ermanno Olmi – 2009)
This short film is part of “Per Fiducia” (“Through Trust”), an ambitious project that unites three award-winning directors Ermanno Olmi, Gabriele Salvatores, and Paolo Sorrentino in cooperation with Intessa Sanpaolo – to answer a simple, yet timely question: Can movies, as mirrors to reality, change it and give hope, especially in dark moments? The answer… Continue reading The Award – Il premio (Ermanno Olmi – 2009)
Sonetaula (Salvatore Mereu – 2008)
From Los Angeles Independent Festival in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. Great excitement for this movie which is again from and about Sardinia. The fact that the director was there presenting the film and holding the discussion makes it even more interesting. Sonetaula is a book by Giuseppe Fiori that he… Continue reading Sonetaula (Salvatore Mereu – 2008)