The Villainess **1/2 Since she was a little girl, Sook-hee was brought up to become a deadly assassin. She gets a second chance in life when South Korea’s Intelligence Agency’s Chief Kwon recruits her to become a sleeper cell. “Work for us for 10 years, you’ll gain freedom.” Her new identity is Chae Yeon-soo, 27… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. The Villainess
Quinzaine des réalisateurs Jeannette. L'enfance de Jeanne D'Arc *** France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the suffering caused… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. Jeannette. L’enfance de Jeanne D’Arc
The Beguiled - L'inganno *** The Beguiled is a thriller from acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola. The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension… Continua a leggere The Beguiled – L’inganno
Rodin * Paris 1880, Auguste Rodin aged 40, finally receives his first State commission: he creates The Gates of Hell, composed of figurines. Some of these will become his most famous works, such as The Kiss and The Thinker. He shares his life with Rose, his lifelong partner, when he meets the young Camille Claudel.… Continua a leggere Cannes 2017. Rodin
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
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