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Sacro GRA
Impressionistic mosaic showing the very diverse Romans who live and work along the ring road (the GRA) around the eternal city. Fascinating, stimulatiPublished on: -
Lettera al presidente
Filmmaker Santarelli reviewed 17,000 letters at the Italian presidential archives and selected beautiful, desperate, astounding, but always dignifiedPublished on: -
Istintobrass
Exciting documentary about Italian director Tinto Brass, who for years has been a thorn in the side of the international film world. Brass made his…Published on: -
Piccola patria
Superb fiction debut from an experienced documentary maker shows a small community in northern Italy, where city and countryside merge, like a patchwoPublished on: -
Rosa pietra stella
Lively tale set in poor, multicultural Naples. Carmela struggles to keep her head above water and be a better mother to her eleven-year-old daughter.Published on: -
Thriller
This playful feminist murder mystery, a rewrite of Pucini’s La Bohème, has become a classic in feminist film theory.Published on: -
I diari di Angela – Noi due cineasti. Capitolo secondo
Gianikian created a montage of images from work trips to the USA and Jerusalem to accompany his deceased partner Ricci Lucchi’s wonderfullyPublished on: -
Castello Cavalcanti
A racing driver crashes in a picturesque Italian village. The accident has an unexpectedly positive effect in this smaller work by the great Wes AnderPublished on: -
EU 013, l’ultima frontiera
For the first time, the Italian authorities allowed a film crew into the Centres for Identification and Expulsion: selection centres for refugees. GenPublished on: -
Sicherheit123
Coincidence that the German word for nightmare is Alptraum? Rather surreal documentary observes Swiss engineers anticipating worst-case scenarios.Published on: