The latest film by director Emanuele Crialese (who also did 2002 Respiro) is a fine example of modern Italian cinema at its best – amazing photography, supported by clever screenplay and pounding soundtrack that will keep you relishing the experience days after watching.

The film vividly tells the story of Italian emigration to America through [...]

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 [...]