Thursday, June 5, 1:00pm (Q&A with Daniele Luchetti) He also poignantly conveys his own coming-of-age perspective, that of a boy grappling with radical transformations inside his family and on the street, capturing it all with his brand-new Super-8 camera. Luchetti (My Brother Is an Only Child) brilliantly re-creates the atmosphere of urgency and rapid change surrounding the family.
He’s an avant-garde artist and she’s wrestling with gender roles as she discovers feminism and free love.
Luchetti’s warm-hearted, bittersweet autobiographical account of his childhood as a budding filmmaker growing up in Rome in the ’70s stars Kim Rossi Stuart and Micaela Ramazotti as unconventional parents caught up in turbulent times. Open Roads: New Italian Cinema was organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center together with Istituto Luce-Cinecittà - Filmitalia in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Antonio Monda, the Alexander Bodini Foundation, and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. With exemplary new work by Gianfranco Rosi and Vincenzo Marra, it also underscores the emergence of documentary as a breeding ground for some of the most exciting developments in contemporary Italian cinema.” “This year’s rich and diverse program, which ranges from sober drama to irreverent comedy, includes films from all across Italy, continuing the strong regionalist trend of recent years. “We are pleased to welcome some familiar faces back to Open Roads-including Daniele Luchetti for Opening Night and Gianni Amelio with his two latest films-and also to introduce so many promising emerging filmmakers,” Dennis Lim, the Film Society’s Director of Programming has said. Roberto Andò and Daniele Luchetti, top award winners, alongside promising new talents from both the commercial and independent spheres, with in-person appearances at many screenings. The calendar includes the latest work from established veterans, such as Gianni Amelio, For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.The Mafia Only Kills in Summer, Pierfrancesco Jennette McCurdy's Provocative Book 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' Is Already a No.
that even American directors have been unable to say.”įrom 'The Sandman' to 'Blonde': Books Made Into Movies and TV Series That You Should Read “It’s impressive,” he says, “from this standpoint: it’s a film about America that manages to say things about the U.S. Barbera notes that it’s a “very daring” film, and thinks this personal drama, by the Italian auteur who broke out 20 years ago with “Respiro,” will make a big international splash.Ī curious coincidence in the Lido lineup this year - two of the five films by Italian directors in competition were shot in Ohio: Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” with Chalamet and Taylor Russell as cannibal lovers on a road trip across 1980s America and Andrea Pallaoro’s “Monica,” featuring Trace Lysette as a woman who returns home to the Midwest to care for her dying mother, played by Patricia Clarkson.īarbera defines Guadagnino and Pallaoro as Italy’s “most cosmopolitan” directors and considers “Bones” “the most American film ever made by a non-American director.” The streamer’s success at the festival may continue with its competition slate: “White Noise,” which marks the first time a Netflix title will open a top-tier film festival, “Bardo,” “Blonde” and French director Romain Gavras’ modern tragedy “Athena.”īarbera calls this a testament to the fact that the streaming giant has “become among the biggest producers of contemporary auteur cinema,” and not due to “special treatment” on his part.Īdditionally, Netflix will also be debuting Nicolas Winding Refn’s neon-noir series “Copenhagen Cowboy,” which will screen out-of-competition during the second half of the fest.Īnticipated global arthouse titles making a stop in Venice include competition screeners “No Bears,” from Iran’s imprisoned filmmaker Jafar Panahi “The Son,” the follow-up of Oscar-winning drama “The Father” from Florian Zeller “The Banshees of Inisherin,” from Martin McDonough and “L’immensità,” Emanuele Crialese’s Penelope Cruz-starrer. Netflix hits Venice with force this year, after bowing Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” for which she won an Oscar, and Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God,” which earned an Oscar nomination on the Lido last year. “I would say that the impact for us of our proximity on the calendar with Toronto and Telluride was less of an issue this year,” Barbera says.