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Caravaggio, The Last Act
Caravaggio in Naples. Then and now. Neapolitan Martone makes a beautiful visual poem about the years that Caravaggio spent in his city after being fouPublished on: -
Il silenzio dell’Allodola
A Czech actor beautifully plays the role of hunger strike and IRA member Bobby Sands in a furious, stylised, baroque debut film by a young…Published on: -
Viva Zapatero!
Entertaining, politically coloured documentary about satire, parody and humour as a weapon. In a satirical television programme Sabina Guzzanti createPublished on: -
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Confortorio
Based on historical records from the Rome of the Popes, Confortorio is an astounding moral drama chronicling the failed attempts of Catholic prelatesPublished on: -
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Pranzo di Ferragosto
On a sweltering holiday in Rome, fifty-something Giovanni faces the unenviable task of housing several elderly ladies – ladies with a will of their owPublished on: -
Videodiario di un re prigioniero
Narrative made by an experimental video maker inspired by Gogol’s Diary of a Madman. A civil servant in two days Rome has hallucinations and decides…Published on: -
Frammento di cronaca volgare
Heavily influenced by Jean-Marie Straub, Benvenuti fictionalizes historical documents on the long conflict between Pisa and Florence at the end of thePublished on: -
Zakaria
The Arab-Italian boy Zakaria meets a namesake during preparations for prayer. Nominated for the Prix UIP Rotterdam.Published on: