Un certain regard Dopo la guerra ** Bologna, 2002. The opposition to the Labor Law explodes in universities. The murder of a judge reopens old political wounds between Italy and France. Marco, a former left-wing activist, sentenced for murder and exiled in France for 20 years, thanks to the Mitterrand doctrine, is accused of having… Continua a leggere Dopo la guerra
Un certain regard Montparnasse Femminile Singolare - Jeune Femme **1/2 Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back in Paris after a long absence. As she meets different people along the way, there is one thing she knows for sure: she’s determined to make a new… Continua a leggere Montparnasse Femminile Singolare
Hikari - Radiance * Misako is a passionate writer of film versions for the visually impaired. At a screening, she meets Nakamori, an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight. Misako soon discovers Nakamori’s photographs, who will strangely bring her back to her past. Together, they will learn to see the radiant world that… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. Hikari – Radiance
Il meglio proprio alla fine. 'Sul nostro personalissimo cartellino' , l'ultimo film del concorso, You Were Never Really Here di Lynne Ramsay vola in testa, spodestando il trio composto da Loveless di Zvyagintsev e The Killling of a Sacred Deer del greco Lanthimos assieme a The Beguiled di Sofia Coppola. Più indietro l'irrisolto e ambiziosissimo Happy… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. La classifica definitiva dei film del concorso
Claire's Camera ** On a business trip to the Cannes Film Festival, Manhee is accused of being dishonest, and fired. A teacher named Claire goes around taking photos with a Polaroid camera. She gets to know Manhee and sympathizes with her. Claire is like a person who can see Manhee's possible future or past selves,… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. Claire’s Camera
The Day After **1/2 It is Areum's first day of work at a small publisher. Her boss Bongwan loved and recently broke up with the woman who previously worked there. Today too, the married Bongwan leaves home in the dark morning and sets off to work. The memories of the woman who left weigh down… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. The Day After
Il sacrificio del cervo sacro - The Killing of a Sacred Deer *** Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behaviour of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister. Il secondo film americano di Yorgos Lanthimos, talento cristallino… Continua a leggere Il sacrificio del cervo sacro
Happy End ** "All around us, the world, and we, in its midst, blind". A snapshot from the life of a bourgeois European family. Il nuovo film di Michael Haneke naturalmente non ha nulla di felice. Tantomeno la fine. Come sempre, il regista austriaco nato a Monaco, gioca a spiazzare le attese e mettere alla… Continua a leggere Happy End
Quinzaine des realisateurs L'amant d'un jour *** Il cinema di Philippe Garrel e' diventato nel corso degli anni sempre piu' essenziale, diretto, apparentemente semplice, lineare. I tempi di J'entend plus la guitare sono lontani. L'amant d'un jour l'ultimo film di un'ideale trilogia sui rapporti d'amore, comincia con La Jalousie e proseguita con L'ombres des femmes. Tre film girati in… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. L’amant d’un jour
How To Talk To Girls At Parties ** A story about the birth of punk, the exuberance of first love, and the universe’s greatest mystery of all: how to talk to girls at parties. A sette anni di distanza dall'ultimo drammatico Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell - noto soprattutto per l'esordio glam rock di Hedwig… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. How To Talk To Girls At Parties
In occasione del lancio su Netflix del nuovo film di Noah Baumbach, ripubblichiamo la recensione scritta durante il Festival di Cannes. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) ** The intergenerational tale of adult siblings contending with the influence of their aging father. Il decimo film di Noah Baumbach, sceneggiatore e regista newyorkese di Brooklyn, e'… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Il mio Godard **1/2 Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior. They are happy, attractive, in love, they marry. But the film’s reception unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc. The events of May ’68 will amplify this… Continua a leggere Il mio Godard
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