As some former European Shooting Stars celebrate Oscar noms for their latest films, the Europe-wide initiative to draw attention to up-and-coming performers coordinated by European Film Promotion introduces another 10 talents during the Berlinale. From Feb. 16-19, the selected actors will participate in workshops, as well as meetings with producers and casting directors.
Asta Kamma August
Sweden
The older daughter of Danish helmer Bille and Swedish actor Pernilla, August is fluent in Swedish, Danish and English, and performs for theater, film and TV in Denmark and Sweden. Her latest credits include Mikael Marcimain’s “Blackwater” for Swedish TV and Thomas Vinterberg’s “Families Like Ours” for Danish TV.
Valentina Bellè
Italy
The actor’s upcoming film projects include Marco Tullio Giordana’s “The Life Apart” and Simone Godano’s “Sei Fratelli,” as well as the series “A.C.A.B.” on tap. The Verona-born star, who is fluent in English, participates...
Asta Kamma August
Sweden
The older daughter of Danish helmer Bille and Swedish actor Pernilla, August is fluent in Swedish, Danish and English, and performs for theater, film and TV in Denmark and Sweden. Her latest credits include Mikael Marcimain’s “Blackwater” for Swedish TV and Thomas Vinterberg’s “Families Like Ours” for Danish TV.
Valentina Bellè
Italy
The actor’s upcoming film projects include Marco Tullio Giordana’s “The Life Apart” and Simone Godano’s “Sei Fratelli,” as well as the series “A.C.A.B.” on tap. The Verona-born star, who is fluent in English, participates...
- 2/15/2024
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
We’re once again proud to be a partner in the European Film Promotion’s celebration of the very best of European talent with the announcement of the 2024 Efp European Shooting Stars.
It has been a pleasure to highlight and get to know some of the brightest new stars in the sky. As before, we will look to catch up with the entire cohort to get to know them better at the 74th Berlinale next year, so check back for those interviews.
Until then, here’s a closer look at the ten Shooting Stars for 2024.
© Wil Coban Éanna Hardwicke / Ireland
Éanna Hardwicke’s first professional credit was as a child actor in Conor McPherson’s 2009 horror film The Eclipse. Before graduating from The Lír Academy in 2018 he was cast in Vivarium, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week 2019. In 2023, a busy year for Hardwicke, he was named a Screen International Rising...
It has been a pleasure to highlight and get to know some of the brightest new stars in the sky. As before, we will look to catch up with the entire cohort to get to know them better at the 74th Berlinale next year, so check back for those interviews.
Until then, here’s a closer look at the ten Shooting Stars for 2024.
© Wil Coban Éanna Hardwicke / Ireland
Éanna Hardwicke’s first professional credit was as a child actor in Conor McPherson’s 2009 horror film The Eclipse. Before graduating from The Lír Academy in 2018 he was cast in Vivarium, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week 2019. In 2023, a busy year for Hardwicke, he was named a Screen International Rising...
- 12/14/2023
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Panahi founded international sales company Celluloid Dreams in 1993.
Hengameh Panahi, a leading light of the international film sales industry over the past three decades, has died aged 67.
French-Iranian Panahi died on November 5 after a long illness, according to press agent Viviana Andriani, who handled campaigns for several films sold by Panahi.
Iranian-born executive Panahi attended the Jeanne D’Arc French School in Tehran prior to the 1979 revolution. She moved to Belgium aged 12, where she studied journalism, and founded Celluloid Dealers in 1985.
The company was relaunched as Celluloid Dreams upon Panahi’s move to Paris in 1993. Over the following three decades...
Hengameh Panahi, a leading light of the international film sales industry over the past three decades, has died aged 67.
French-Iranian Panahi died on November 5 after a long illness, according to press agent Viviana Andriani, who handled campaigns for several films sold by Panahi.
Iranian-born executive Panahi attended the Jeanne D’Arc French School in Tehran prior to the 1979 revolution. She moved to Belgium aged 12, where she studied journalism, and founded Celluloid Dealers in 1985.
The company was relaunched as Celluloid Dreams upon Panahi’s move to Paris in 1993. Over the following three decades...
- 11/9/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Italian auteur Marco Tullio Giordana, best known internationally for sweeping terrorism-themed epic “The Best of Youth” (2003) is set to soon return behind the camera on “La Vita Accanto” a psychological drama about a talented young woman contending with profound rejection due to her looks.
Shooting is set to start on June 5 in Vicenza, Northern Italy, on “Vita Accanto,” (the title can be translated as “the life beside”) which is co-written and produced by Marco Bellocchio – the Italian master who is currently competing for a Cannes Palm d’Or with “Kidnapped.”
Italy’s Intramovies has started launching pre-sales on “Vita Accanto” in Cannes.
Giordana’s new project is based on an eponymous prizewinning novel by Italian writer Mariapia Veladiano about a girl named Rebecca who from the very moment of birth becomes ostracized by her family and the world around her “because she does not conform to aesthetic canons [of beauty],” Giordana told Variety.
Shooting is set to start on June 5 in Vicenza, Northern Italy, on “Vita Accanto,” (the title can be translated as “the life beside”) which is co-written and produced by Marco Bellocchio – the Italian master who is currently competing for a Cannes Palm d’Or with “Kidnapped.”
Italy’s Intramovies has started launching pre-sales on “Vita Accanto” in Cannes.
Giordana’s new project is based on an eponymous prizewinning novel by Italian writer Mariapia Veladiano about a girl named Rebecca who from the very moment of birth becomes ostracized by her family and the world around her “because she does not conform to aesthetic canons [of beauty],” Giordana told Variety.
- 5/25/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The last French acting star to preside over the jury was Isabelle Huppert in 2009.
French actor Vincent Lindon has been named president of the jury for the 75th Cannes Film Festival, running May 17-28.
He will be joined by eight other jury members comprising UK actress and director Rebecca Hall, Indian actress Deepika Padukone, Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, Italian actress and director Jasmine Trinca, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French director Ladj Ly, US director Jeff Nichols and Norwegian director Joachim Trier.
In the same release, Cannes also announced that Trinca’s debut feature Marcel! will world premiere as a Special Screening.
French actor Vincent Lindon has been named president of the jury for the 75th Cannes Film Festival, running May 17-28.
He will be joined by eight other jury members comprising UK actress and director Rebecca Hall, Indian actress Deepika Padukone, Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, Italian actress and director Jasmine Trinca, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French director Ladj Ly, US director Jeff Nichols and Norwegian director Joachim Trier.
In the same release, Cannes also announced that Trinca’s debut feature Marcel! will world premiere as a Special Screening.
- 4/26/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
In the wake of redefining the measurement of binge-watching on streaming, Netflix’s new top 10 film chart for the week of Nov. 8-14 lists Rawson Marshall Thurber’s $200M action feature Red Notice as the No. 1 film for the period with 148.7M hours watched since Nov. 12; easily the most watched movie ever on Netflix for a pic in its first weekend.
We reported yesterday that Samba TV clocked 4.2M U.S. households who tuned into the Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds movie for at least five minutes, more than any Disney+ movie to date and HBO Max theatrical titles in their respective weekend debuts.
There was also some Johnson spillover in the top 10 from Red Notice with the first weekend of Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level on Netflix which notched 10th place with 6.76M hours watched.
Also breaking into the top 10 were the streamer’s British comedy holiday...
We reported yesterday that Samba TV clocked 4.2M U.S. households who tuned into the Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds movie for at least five minutes, more than any Disney+ movie to date and HBO Max theatrical titles in their respective weekend debuts.
There was also some Johnson spillover in the top 10 from Red Notice with the first weekend of Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level on Netflix which notched 10th place with 6.76M hours watched.
Also breaking into the top 10 were the streamer’s British comedy holiday...
- 11/16/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo: ‘Yara’ ‘Yara’ - True Crime Genre On November 26, 2010, Yara Gambriasio, a thirteen-year-old girl, went missing only a few blocks from her home. After years and years of investigation, finally, a DNA match led to a man getting life in prison for her murder. Italy was obsessed with this missing case and the country followed it for years in terror. A parent’s nightmare of their child doing their routine and getting killed for absolutely no reason. ‘Yara’ is directed by Marco Tullio Giordana and tells this true story from the perspective of the lead prosecutor Letizia Ruggeri, played by Isabella Ragonese. The film begins with the discovery of her body and then backs up to the day she went missing. From an American point of view and never hearing about this case, it is a terrifying reality for the victim’s family and friends, but after watching the film...
- 11/8/2021
- by Jack Colin
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Talks on the proposed agreement within the digital single market are drawing to a close.
Leading European filmmakers including Alejandro Amenabar, Marco Bellochio, Amma Asante, the Dardenne brothers, Cristian Mungiu, Pawel Pawlikowski, Alan Parker, Ada Solomon, Betrand Tavernier and Susanna White, have signed and sent an open letter calling on the European Union (EU) to honour a key part of the pending Copyright Directive.
Article 14 calls for “fair and proportionate” payment for their work throughout its commercial life.
The open letter has been sent as negotiations on the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market are drawing to a conclusion.
Leading European filmmakers including Alejandro Amenabar, Marco Bellochio, Amma Asante, the Dardenne brothers, Cristian Mungiu, Pawel Pawlikowski, Alan Parker, Ada Solomon, Betrand Tavernier and Susanna White, have signed and sent an open letter calling on the European Union (EU) to honour a key part of the pending Copyright Directive.
Article 14 calls for “fair and proportionate” payment for their work throughout its commercial life.
The open letter has been sent as negotiations on the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market are drawing to a conclusion.
- 1/17/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
L'enkas Photo: Sarah Marx
This year's Mostra de Valencia - Cinema De Mediterrani - which runs from October 18 to 28 - will see 11 films compete in its official section as it returns from a six-year hiatus.
The festival has a focus on films from Mediterranean countries and all the films will be Spanish premieres. Those in competition include Sarah Marx's debut fiction feature L'Enkas, about a young ex-con desperate to make quick cash to help his mother and Amr Salama's Sheikh Jackson - Egypt's nomination for this year's foreign language Oscar - a drama about a cleric who has a crisis of faith when he discovers his idol Michael Jackson has died.
Other countries represented include Tunisia (Selma Balcar's El Jaida and Nace Khemir's Whispering Sands), Italy (Marco Tullio Giordana's Nome Di Donna), Turkey (Banu Sivaci's The Pigeon) and Lebanon (Lucien Bourjiely's Heaven Without People).
New artistic director Eduardo Guillot said: "This.
This year's Mostra de Valencia - Cinema De Mediterrani - which runs from October 18 to 28 - will see 11 films compete in its official section as it returns from a six-year hiatus.
The festival has a focus on films from Mediterranean countries and all the films will be Spanish premieres. Those in competition include Sarah Marx's debut fiction feature L'Enkas, about a young ex-con desperate to make quick cash to help his mother and Amr Salama's Sheikh Jackson - Egypt's nomination for this year's foreign language Oscar - a drama about a cleric who has a crisis of faith when he discovers his idol Michael Jackson has died.
Other countries represented include Tunisia (Selma Balcar's El Jaida and Nace Khemir's Whispering Sands), Italy (Marco Tullio Giordana's Nome Di Donna), Turkey (Banu Sivaci's The Pigeon) and Lebanon (Lucien Bourjiely's Heaven Without People).
New artistic director Eduardo Guillot said: "This.
- 10/10/2018
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Feature will release in Italy on March 8 to coincide with Women’s Day
Screen can reveal a first trailer for Italian director Marco Tullio Giordana’s timely sexual harassment drama Nome Di Donna ahead of its market premiere at the Efm.
Cristiana Capotondi tops a strong female cast as single mother Nina who gets a temporary job at an old people’s home.
She desperately needs the money but soon discovers the post comes with unexpected strings attached when the institution’s powerful director Marco Torri attempts to have sex with her in his office.
Nina comes to the realisation that Torri has been sexually preying on the home’s female care-workers for years and that the dark secret has been covered up by both the staff and the local priest.
With the support of a female-rights lawyer, Nina breaks her silence putting herself at odds the other staff members and the Roman Catholic Church in what promises...
Screen can reveal a first trailer for Italian director Marco Tullio Giordana’s timely sexual harassment drama Nome Di Donna ahead of its market premiere at the Efm.
Cristiana Capotondi tops a strong female cast as single mother Nina who gets a temporary job at an old people’s home.
She desperately needs the money but soon discovers the post comes with unexpected strings attached when the institution’s powerful director Marco Torri attempts to have sex with her in his office.
Nina comes to the realisation that Torri has been sexually preying on the home’s female care-workers for years and that the dark secret has been covered up by both the staff and the local priest.
With the support of a female-rights lawyer, Nina breaks her silence putting herself at odds the other staff members and the Roman Catholic Church in what promises...
- 2/13/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Celluloid sets down at Efm with biggest slate in years, adding two new Italian productions.
Paris-based sales agent Celluloid Dreams, at the European Film Market (Efm) this week with one of its biggest slates in recent years, has boarded sales on two high-profile Italian titles, Silvio Soldini’s [pictured] Emma and Marco Tullio Giordana’s Nome Di Donna.
Soldini’s Emma stars Adriano Giannini as a womanising creative director at a trendy ad agency who falls under the spell of a beautiful, married and blind osteopath. It is now in post-production. Videa has acquired Italian rights.
Tullio Giordana’s Nome Di Donne stars Cristiana Capotondi as a single mother who works at an old people’s home, where she discovers that the manager is sexually abusing the staff and she sets out to bring him to justice.
Celluloid Dreams president and head of acquisitions Hengameh Panahi acquired the films through her long-time contact, Lionello Cerri at Lumière...
Paris-based sales agent Celluloid Dreams, at the European Film Market (Efm) this week with one of its biggest slates in recent years, has boarded sales on two high-profile Italian titles, Silvio Soldini’s [pictured] Emma and Marco Tullio Giordana’s Nome Di Donna.
Soldini’s Emma stars Adriano Giannini as a womanising creative director at a trendy ad agency who falls under the spell of a beautiful, married and blind osteopath. It is now in post-production. Videa has acquired Italian rights.
Tullio Giordana’s Nome Di Donne stars Cristiana Capotondi as a single mother who works at an old people’s home, where she discovers that the manager is sexually abusing the staff and she sets out to bring him to justice.
Celluloid Dreams president and head of acquisitions Hengameh Panahi acquired the films through her long-time contact, Lionello Cerri at Lumière...
- 2/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Contemporary love story set against Rome’s criminal underworld is an Italian-French co-production.
Indie Sales has acquired international rights to Italian director Michele Alhaique’s Senza Pieta starring Pierfrancesco Favino as a loner and Mafia henchman who lands on the wrong side of his boss.
“The script stood out and I felt I could help in putting this movie together. Michele Alhaique has a new voice that deserves to be heard,” said Favino.
One of Italy’s most respected actors, Favino is best known for his award-winning performances in Michele Placido’s Romanzo Criminale, and more recently Stefano Sollima’s Acab All Cops Are Bastards and Marco Tullio Giordana’s Piazza Fontana.
He has also made appearances in a dozen international pictures, including most recently World War Z and Rush.
Working-titled Senza Pieta is 34-year-old Alhaique directorial debut. The actor and filmmaker is best known at home for his performances in TV show and films such as...
Indie Sales has acquired international rights to Italian director Michele Alhaique’s Senza Pieta starring Pierfrancesco Favino as a loner and Mafia henchman who lands on the wrong side of his boss.
“The script stood out and I felt I could help in putting this movie together. Michele Alhaique has a new voice that deserves to be heard,” said Favino.
One of Italy’s most respected actors, Favino is best known for his award-winning performances in Michele Placido’s Romanzo Criminale, and more recently Stefano Sollima’s Acab All Cops Are Bastards and Marco Tullio Giordana’s Piazza Fontana.
He has also made appearances in a dozen international pictures, including most recently World War Z and Rush.
Working-titled Senza Pieta is 34-year-old Alhaique directorial debut. The actor and filmmaker is best known at home for his performances in TV show and films such as...
- 2/6/2014
- ScreenDaily
Noomi Rapace will star in What Happened To Monday? for director Tommy Wirkola.
The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.
Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.
Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet.
Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.
Vendome...
The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.
Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.
Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet.
Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.
Vendome...
- 10/28/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Noomi Rapace will star in What Happened To Monday? for director Tommy Wirkola.
The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.
Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.
Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet.
Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.
Vendome...
The story is based on Max Botkin’s Black List screenplay and Vendome is financing the project.
Rapace will play septuplet sisters who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world were a one-child policy outlaws siblings.
“Although the role was originally written for a male, I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor – male or female – to bring them to life,” said Wirkola.
Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing through Raffaella Productions along with Vendome’s Philippe Rousselet.
Raffaella Productions’ slate includes Untitled Shanghai Story to be directed by Barry Levinson and fully financed by the Shanghai Film Group; mini-series Dino to be written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana; Teenage Dream to be directed by Trey Fanjoy; and The Wreck Of The Medusa to be directed by Peter Webber.
Vendome...
- 10/28/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Finally, Italian cinema might be enjoying a resurgence fit for grown-ups. First came the Tavianis' Caesar Must Die and Matteo Garrone's Reality and now, punching out of the Walter Reade's annual Italian survey this week, Marco Tullio Giordana's Piazza Fontana, a darkling slice of history originally titled Story of a Massacre. One of the best and creepiest political espionage reportage-thrillers since Costa-Gavras's Z, Giordana's movie tracks the revolutionary tumult in 1969 Italy as authorities try to handle terrorist threats from communist, anarchist, and neo-fascist rebel brigades, leading to and spiraling out from the Piazza Fontana bank bombing. Whodunit? Our man in this gothic web—which becomes impenetrable once the rightists and lef...
- 6/5/2013
- Village Voice
Hervé Lasgouttes' "Crawl" has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film in the Venice Days section of the Venice Film Festival. By receiving the Label, "Crawl" gains promo support and better exhibition options from the Europa Cinemas network. Other winners of the Label include Marco Tullio Giordana's "Piazza Fontana" (which played at Karlovy Vary and last weekend at Telluride), Merzak Allouache's "The Repentant" (Cannes Directors Fortnight 2012) and Sally El Hosaini's "My Brother the Devil" (Berlin 2012). Official synopsis: Crawl tells the emerging romance between Martin, a young man living on casual jobs and small robberies, and Gwen, a dedicated swimmer who trains everyday in the sea. Their lives change when she gets pregnant and he is charged with murder.
- 9/7/2012
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Above: Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love.
The lineup for the 39th Telluride Film Festival has been announced, with the guest programming slot this year being given to Geoff Dyer. His program, along with the Pordenone, Medallion, and Spotlight sections, contain one of the best aspects of the Telluride festival: side-by-side programming of new films with old. Tucked away at the bottom is the program we're most excited about: short films by neglected Hollywood director Jean Negulesco.
Show
The Act Of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark)
Amour (Michael Haneke, Austria)
At Any Price (Ramin Bahrani, Us)
The Attack (Ziad Doueiri, Lebanon/France)
Barbara (Christian Petzold, Germany)
The Central Park Five (Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Us)
Everyday (Michael Winterbottom, UK)
Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, Us)
The Gatekeepers (Dror Moreh, Israel)
Ginger And Rosa (Sally Potter, UK)
The Hunt (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)
Hyde Park On Hudson (Roger Michell, Us)
The Iceman (Ariel Vromen,...
The lineup for the 39th Telluride Film Festival has been announced, with the guest programming slot this year being given to Geoff Dyer. His program, along with the Pordenone, Medallion, and Spotlight sections, contain one of the best aspects of the Telluride festival: side-by-side programming of new films with old. Tucked away at the bottom is the program we're most excited about: short films by neglected Hollywood director Jean Negulesco.
Show
The Act Of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark)
Amour (Michael Haneke, Austria)
At Any Price (Ramin Bahrani, Us)
The Attack (Ziad Doueiri, Lebanon/France)
Barbara (Christian Petzold, Germany)
The Central Park Five (Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Us)
Everyday (Michael Winterbottom, UK)
Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, Us)
The Gatekeepers (Dror Moreh, Israel)
Ginger And Rosa (Sally Potter, UK)
The Hunt (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)
Hyde Park On Hudson (Roger Michell, Us)
The Iceman (Ariel Vromen,...
- 8/30/2012
- MUBI
The most secretive of the fall festivals has now been unveiled. Kicking off Friday, Telluride 2012 has revealed their line-up, with highlights including Michael Haneke‘s Amour, Ramin Bahrani‘s At Any Price, Thomas Vinterberg‘s The Hunt, Roger Michell‘s Hyde Park on Hudson, Jacques Audiard‘s Rust & Bone, Noah Baumbach‘s Frances Ha and Sarah Polley‘s Stories We Tell.
Unfortunately absent are a few major titles, including Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master, Derek Cianfrance‘s The Place Beyond the Pines, Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder, Olivier Assayas‘ Something in the Air, but rumors point to Ben Affleck‘s Argo secretly getting a bow there, as they will announce a few more as the festival progresses this weekend. Check out the line-up and press release below, which includes more programs, such as showings of Stalker and Baraka.
The Act Of Killing (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, 2012)
Amour (d.
Unfortunately absent are a few major titles, including Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master, Derek Cianfrance‘s The Place Beyond the Pines, Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder, Olivier Assayas‘ Something in the Air, but rumors point to Ben Affleck‘s Argo secretly getting a bow there, as they will announce a few more as the festival progresses this weekend. Check out the line-up and press release below, which includes more programs, such as showings of Stalker and Baraka.
The Act Of Killing (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, 2012)
Amour (d.
- 8/30/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Rome – Paolo Sorrentino on Saturday won the Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbon) award for Director of the Best Film for his drama This Must Be the Place, while Marco Tullio Giordana was awarded the prize for Best Screenplay for his work on Romanzo di una strage (Story of a Massacre) and Magnifica presenza (Magnificent Presence) from Ferzan Ozpetek was honored for Best Story. The 67-year-old Nastri d’Argento honors, Europe’s oldest film awards, are awarded each year by the Italian National Union of Film Journalists. The awards were presented Saturday in the 2,700-year-old Teatro Antico in
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- 6/30/2012
- by Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We continue our look at the Top 50 best films of the decade.
#50-41
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#30-21
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
#50-41
#40-31
#30-21
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
- 12/31/2009
- by rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
- The Movie Fanatic
We continue our look at the Top 50 best films of the decade.
#50-41
#40-31
#30-21
Click through for the latest installment.
20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
#50-41
#40-31
#30-21
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
- 12/31/2009
- by rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
- The Movie Fanatic
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
- 12/31/2009
- by rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
- The Movie Fanatic
We continue our look at the Top 50 best films of the decade.
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
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#30-21
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
- 12/31/2009
- by rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
- The Movie Fanatic
We continue our look at the Top 50 best films of the decade.
#50-41
#40-31
#30-21
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
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#30-21
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20. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
In what can be seen as a mild precursor to No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a neo-western that is infatuated, in all the wrong ways, with love, friendship and self-discovery. Jones has created something haunting, something that makes vulnerable the human soul and shows how fragile and sad it can be. He has an eye for the imperfect as he submerges us in present-day Odessa, Texas, carefully mapping out the town’s inhabitants’ awkward mannerisms and the backwardness of a social system that has been disconnected from the contemporary world. The film follows the three different burials of one man, Melquiades, Pete’s (Jones) best friend who is an illegal immigrant,...
- 12/31/2009
- by rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
- The Movie Fanatic
- As usual, Wild Bunch comes to Cannes this year loaded up in film offerings with most notably three antcipated titles in post production status: Aronofsky's The Wrestler, Belge helmer Jaco Van Dormael's Mr Nobody and Claire Denis' White Material. The Paris-based company has a heavy slate which is comprised of Cannes selected films and market projects. A Complete History Of My Sexual Failure by Chris Waitt - Completed Afterwards by Gilles Bourdos - Post-Production Buddhas Collapsed Out Of Shame by Hana Makhmalbaf - Completed Camino by Javier Fesser - Post-Production Che - Part 1 by Steven Soderbergh - Completed Che - Part 2 by Steven Soderbergh - Completed Chelsea On The Rocks by Abel Ferrara - Completed Don't Look Back by Marina De Van - Post-Production Dorothy Mills by Agnès Merlet - Completed Downloading Nancy by Johan Renck - Completed Hollywood : I'm Sleeping Over Tonight by Antoine De Maximy
- 5/15/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Here is the complete 2008 Cannes Line Up. Main Competition: Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Three Monkeys (Turkey-France-Italy) Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne - Le Silence De Lorna (France-Belgium)Arnaud Desplechin - A Christmas Story (France) Clint Eastwood - Changeling (Us)Atom Egoyan - Adoration (Canada) Ari Folman - Waltz With Bashir (Israel) Philippe Garrel - La Frontiere De L'Aube (France) Matteo Garrone - Gomorra (Italy)Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York (Us) Eric Khoo - My Magic (Singapore) Lucretia Martel - La Mujer Sin Cabeza (Argentina-Spain) Brillante Mendoza - Serbis (The Philippines) Kornel Mondruczo - Delta (Hungary-Germany) Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas - Linha de Passe (Brazil) Paolo Sorrentino - Il Divo (Italy) Pablo Trapero - Lion's Den (Argentina-South Korea) Wim Wenders - The Palermo Shooting (Germany) Jia Zhangke - 24 City (China)Steven Soderbergh - Che (Us-Spain-France) -- one four-hour competion title comprised of The Argentine and Guerrilla Out of competitionSteven Spielberg -
- 5/14/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Surprise, surprise! Last week’s misleading speculations of titles pulling out and the odd closer for the 61st edition of the Cannes film festival were indeed debunked. Soderbergh's pair of Che films (The Argentine and Guerrilla) come as a possible four-hour epic (hopefully with at least one pee break), Woody Allen takes another out of comp slot with Vicky Cristina Barcelona and so far, there are no opening or closing titles announced. Unlike last year’s edition, this is a loaded with world preems year with the exception being Marina Zenovich's Roman Polanski docu. Films that were to be expected were confirmed, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s comes with a differently titled film that will take some getting used to from the former "Daydreams" to Three Monkeys, Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York was a shoe-in since it was first introduced at last year’s Cannes, native Arnaud Desplechin
- 4/23/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
MILAN -- The Locarno Film Festival on Monday announced the creation of Back in Locarno, an initiative that will give directors who got their start at the 60-year-old event a chance to come back and host a retrospective based on their original film.
Helmers making the trip to the lakeside Swiss village this year include Italy's Marco Bellocchio with "I Pugni in Tasca" and Hungarian director Istvan Szabo with "Almodozasok Kora" -- both of which took home Locarno's Silver Sail prize in 1965.
Also on tap are 1969 Golden Leopard winner Raul Ruiz ("Tres Tristes Tigres), 1980 Golden Leopard winner Marco Tullio Giordana ("Maledetti vi Amero"), and Catherine Breillat, a Golden Leopard nominee in 1988 for "36 Fillette".
The Locarno festival focuses on emerging directors and has prominently featured early films from such directors as Roberto Rossellini, Stanley Kubrick, Paul Verhoeven, Lucian Pintilie, Alain Tanner, Edward Yang, Alexandr Sokurov, Abbas Kiarostami and Spike Lee.
This year's festival is scheduled for Aug. 1-11.
Helmers making the trip to the lakeside Swiss village this year include Italy's Marco Bellocchio with "I Pugni in Tasca" and Hungarian director Istvan Szabo with "Almodozasok Kora" -- both of which took home Locarno's Silver Sail prize in 1965.
Also on tap are 1969 Golden Leopard winner Raul Ruiz ("Tres Tristes Tigres), 1980 Golden Leopard winner Marco Tullio Giordana ("Maledetti vi Amero"), and Catherine Breillat, a Golden Leopard nominee in 1988 for "36 Fillette".
The Locarno festival focuses on emerging directors and has prominently featured early films from such directors as Roberto Rossellini, Stanley Kubrick, Paul Verhoeven, Lucian Pintilie, Alain Tanner, Edward Yang, Alexandr Sokurov, Abbas Kiarostami and Spike Lee.
This year's festival is scheduled for Aug. 1-11.
- 5/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A triumvirate of screenwriters basing their script on a book of news reportage, not surprisingly, is a formula for story overload. Such is the case in Italian filmmaker Marco Tullio Giordana's ambitious attempt to address Italy's immigrant problem.
Essentially divided into two distinctly different parts -- a movie and a film, "Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide" has grains of what one might dub Italian Neo-neo Realism with its focus on the influx of African and Eastern European illegal immigrants into Italy. However, the opus' first movement, the movie part, is a family thriller, akin to a movie-of-the week as a young Italian boy falls overboard on his father's yacht.
Buoyed with the dynamics of the child's family, a hard-charging father (Alessio Boni) and a traditional mother (Michela Cescon), it's rousing and very involving. Most importantly, young Matteo Gadola's vibrant performance as Sandro draws us in. His decent character is, seemingly, our touchstone with Italy. Indeed, throughout this first section, Giordana's directorial hand is firm and the technical contributions top cabin, especially Roberto Forza's involving mix of subjective/objective shots
It's when the boy falls into the sea one evening that the production literally and figuratively goes overboard. After a harrowing, hallucinatory night in which the swim-team Sandro manages to keep afloat, he is picked up by what appear to be pirates. Not so, it's a boatload of African and Eastern European immigrants headed toward Italy. Crammed into a vessel that could best be called a junk( but not in the Chinese sense), the immigrants are at the mercy of their transporters, brigands. Sandro quickly bonds with a brother and sister from Rumania (Vlad Elexandru Toma, Ester Hazan), seemingly, the only Caucasians on the shabby boat.
In short, the storyline has takked from one survival trek to another as the immigrants must survive dehydration and the sadism of their transporters. They are ultimately cast adrift on their own and "saved" by Italian maritime border patrol.
Essentially, the scriptwriters have prismed the immigrant story through the most accessible foreigners, the two white European kids. The story now takks back and forth from a swing through the governmental bureaucracy to the personal reactions of Sandro's parents who contemplate adopting the youths. Ultimately, it drifts off toward ... well, toward nothing really. The film just fizzles and stops at an almost arbitrary point: We suspect that is some kind of summary statement of the whole immigrant situation, it just goes on. Indeed, another movie might involve the Ukrainian kids struggle to survive in a foreighn land that does not want them. Mainstream audiences, and even festival audiences, may not be as generous and feel like they've been cast adrift themselves.
Essentially divided into two distinctly different parts -- a movie and a film, "Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide" has grains of what one might dub Italian Neo-neo Realism with its focus on the influx of African and Eastern European illegal immigrants into Italy. However, the opus' first movement, the movie part, is a family thriller, akin to a movie-of-the week as a young Italian boy falls overboard on his father's yacht.
Buoyed with the dynamics of the child's family, a hard-charging father (Alessio Boni) and a traditional mother (Michela Cescon), it's rousing and very involving. Most importantly, young Matteo Gadola's vibrant performance as Sandro draws us in. His decent character is, seemingly, our touchstone with Italy. Indeed, throughout this first section, Giordana's directorial hand is firm and the technical contributions top cabin, especially Roberto Forza's involving mix of subjective/objective shots
It's when the boy falls into the sea one evening that the production literally and figuratively goes overboard. After a harrowing, hallucinatory night in which the swim-team Sandro manages to keep afloat, he is picked up by what appear to be pirates. Not so, it's a boatload of African and Eastern European immigrants headed toward Italy. Crammed into a vessel that could best be called a junk( but not in the Chinese sense), the immigrants are at the mercy of their transporters, brigands. Sandro quickly bonds with a brother and sister from Rumania (Vlad Elexandru Toma, Ester Hazan), seemingly, the only Caucasians on the shabby boat.
In short, the storyline has takked from one survival trek to another as the immigrants must survive dehydration and the sadism of their transporters. They are ultimately cast adrift on their own and "saved" by Italian maritime border patrol.
Essentially, the scriptwriters have prismed the immigrant story through the most accessible foreigners, the two white European kids. The story now takks back and forth from a swing through the governmental bureaucracy to the personal reactions of Sandro's parents who contemplate adopting the youths. Ultimately, it drifts off toward ... well, toward nothing really. The film just fizzles and stops at an almost arbitrary point: We suspect that is some kind of summary statement of the whole immigrant situation, it just goes on. Indeed, another movie might involve the Ukrainian kids struggle to survive in a foreighn land that does not want them. Mainstream audiences, and even festival audiences, may not be as generous and feel like they've been cast adrift themselves.
- 5/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto International Film Festival
Spanning four decades in late 20th century Italy, Marco Tullio Giordana's "The Best of Youth" (La Meglio Gioventu) focuses on the intimate lives of two brothers who take divergent paths, as well as those of friends, lovers and children whose ideals are challenged by events and tragedies in their lives.
Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli approach their screenplay in a novelistic manner, using a six-hour-plus running time to layer in the details of these lives. This recent Miramax acquisition was originally filmed for Italian television, which explains the length of a movie presented theatrically in two parts. The film proved a major theatrical hit in Italy, but its length limits North American boxoffice to dedicated cineastes and festivalgoers. They will be amply rewarded.
The film begins in 1966, the year of the flood in Florence that brought out legions of young people determined to save that city's heritage of art and literature. It ends in the present day, which contains the film's only hint of magic realism. These years encompass the political upheaval of 1968 in Western Europe, where young people felt they could change the world
the tragedy of terrorism in the 1970s
the ups and downs of the economy
the Falcone assassination in 1992
and diversion of many characters' energies into family life and coming to terms with feelings of alienation and regret.
Of the brothers we meet in 1966, Matteo (Alessio Boni) is the more withdrawn and sullen, a man sensitive to the wrongs of society but one prone to fits of temper and frustration when things don't go his way. Nicola Luigi Lo Cascio) is more open and loving, at ease with women but reserved, engaged with the world and a seeker of love.
At a job in a mental hospital, Matteo meets Giorgia (Jasmine Trinca), a severely disturbed young woman who is being given electroshock therapy, the barbarity of which outrages him. When he, his brother and two pals take off on a summer trip to Norway, Matteo kidnaps Giorgia with the vague idea of rescuing her and returning her to her family. Only the family doesn't want her, and police pick her up at a train station.
Discouraged, Matteo abandons Nicola to return to Rome and impulsively joins the army rather than continuing with his studies. Nicola makes his way to Norway, where, out of money, he takes work in a lumber mill. He returns home to help in the flood in Florence, where he meets Giulia (Sonia Bergamasco), a free-spirited woman who becomes his lover and mother of his child, Sara.
Perhaps inspired by his encounter with Giorgia, Nicola pursues a career in psychiatry in Turin. Meanwhile, Matteo's career in the army and police -- jobs he seeks because they have "rules" -- is often jeopardized by a rebellious streak and violent behavior.
While on duty in Sicily in the late '70s, Matteo meets Mirella (Maya Sansa), a young photographer he will later encounter in Rome. They have a brief affair before tragedy overtakes Matteo. Meanwhile, Giulia becomes increasingly radicalized and deserts Nicola and Sara to enter the shadowy world of terrorism. Eventually, Nicola is faced with the decision of whether to aid police in capturing his ex-lover before she kills someone.
Perhaps the strongest influence here is Francois Truffaut in his early "Jules et Jim" period. For Giordana is less interested in social and political history than in how people fall in and out of love, how families operate and the role friendships play in the characters' lives. Giordana moves beyond psychology, viewing characters' behavior without trying to fully understand or explain them.
Lo Cascio and Boni inhabit their roles with keen intellectual and emotional vigor. Bergamasco and Sansa deliver sensitive portraits of conflicted women who struggle to bridge the gap between personal desires and responsibilities to others.
Production designer Franco Ceraolo and cinematographer Roberto Forza, shooting in Super 16mm, ably convey the changing landscape of Italy. The film's soundtrack consists in large measure of terrific pop songs from different eras.
THE BEST OF YOUTH
Miramax Films
Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana presents a Rai Fiction production
Credits:
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Screenwriters: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
Producer: Angelo Barbagallo
Director of photography: Roberto Forza
Production designer: Franco Ceraolo
Costume designer: Elisabetta Montaldo
Editor: Roberto Missiroli
Cast:
Nicola: Luigi Lo Cascio
Matteo: Alessio Boni
Giulia: Sonia Bergamasco
Carlo: Fabrizio
Mirella: Maya Sansa
Francesca: Valentina Carnelutti
Giorgia: Jasmine Trinca
Angelo: Andrea Tidona
Running time -- 373 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Spanning four decades in late 20th century Italy, Marco Tullio Giordana's "The Best of Youth" (La Meglio Gioventu) focuses on the intimate lives of two brothers who take divergent paths, as well as those of friends, lovers and children whose ideals are challenged by events and tragedies in their lives.
Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli approach their screenplay in a novelistic manner, using a six-hour-plus running time to layer in the details of these lives. This recent Miramax acquisition was originally filmed for Italian television, which explains the length of a movie presented theatrically in two parts. The film proved a major theatrical hit in Italy, but its length limits North American boxoffice to dedicated cineastes and festivalgoers. They will be amply rewarded.
The film begins in 1966, the year of the flood in Florence that brought out legions of young people determined to save that city's heritage of art and literature. It ends in the present day, which contains the film's only hint of magic realism. These years encompass the political upheaval of 1968 in Western Europe, where young people felt they could change the world
the tragedy of terrorism in the 1970s
the ups and downs of the economy
the Falcone assassination in 1992
and diversion of many characters' energies into family life and coming to terms with feelings of alienation and regret.
Of the brothers we meet in 1966, Matteo (Alessio Boni) is the more withdrawn and sullen, a man sensitive to the wrongs of society but one prone to fits of temper and frustration when things don't go his way. Nicola Luigi Lo Cascio) is more open and loving, at ease with women but reserved, engaged with the world and a seeker of love.
At a job in a mental hospital, Matteo meets Giorgia (Jasmine Trinca), a severely disturbed young woman who is being given electroshock therapy, the barbarity of which outrages him. When he, his brother and two pals take off on a summer trip to Norway, Matteo kidnaps Giorgia with the vague idea of rescuing her and returning her to her family. Only the family doesn't want her, and police pick her up at a train station.
Discouraged, Matteo abandons Nicola to return to Rome and impulsively joins the army rather than continuing with his studies. Nicola makes his way to Norway, where, out of money, he takes work in a lumber mill. He returns home to help in the flood in Florence, where he meets Giulia (Sonia Bergamasco), a free-spirited woman who becomes his lover and mother of his child, Sara.
Perhaps inspired by his encounter with Giorgia, Nicola pursues a career in psychiatry in Turin. Meanwhile, Matteo's career in the army and police -- jobs he seeks because they have "rules" -- is often jeopardized by a rebellious streak and violent behavior.
While on duty in Sicily in the late '70s, Matteo meets Mirella (Maya Sansa), a young photographer he will later encounter in Rome. They have a brief affair before tragedy overtakes Matteo. Meanwhile, Giulia becomes increasingly radicalized and deserts Nicola and Sara to enter the shadowy world of terrorism. Eventually, Nicola is faced with the decision of whether to aid police in capturing his ex-lover before she kills someone.
Perhaps the strongest influence here is Francois Truffaut in his early "Jules et Jim" period. For Giordana is less interested in social and political history than in how people fall in and out of love, how families operate and the role friendships play in the characters' lives. Giordana moves beyond psychology, viewing characters' behavior without trying to fully understand or explain them.
Lo Cascio and Boni inhabit their roles with keen intellectual and emotional vigor. Bergamasco and Sansa deliver sensitive portraits of conflicted women who struggle to bridge the gap between personal desires and responsibilities to others.
Production designer Franco Ceraolo and cinematographer Roberto Forza, shooting in Super 16mm, ably convey the changing landscape of Italy. The film's soundtrack consists in large measure of terrific pop songs from different eras.
THE BEST OF YOUTH
Miramax Films
Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana presents a Rai Fiction production
Credits:
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Screenwriters: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
Producer: Angelo Barbagallo
Director of photography: Roberto Forza
Production designer: Franco Ceraolo
Costume designer: Elisabetta Montaldo
Editor: Roberto Missiroli
Cast:
Nicola: Luigi Lo Cascio
Matteo: Alessio Boni
Giulia: Sonia Bergamasco
Carlo: Fabrizio
Mirella: Maya Sansa
Francesca: Valentina Carnelutti
Giorgia: Jasmine Trinca
Angelo: Andrea Tidona
Running time -- 373 minutes
No MPAA rating...
ROME -- In a ceremony marred by news of the possible killing of one of four Italians held hostage in Iraq, Italy's top movie prizes, the David di Donatello awards, were awarded Wednesday night in Rome. Marco Tullio Giordana's La Meglio Gioventu (Best of Youth), a boxoffice hit about the lives of two Roman brothers, won the David for best film, director, screenplay, producer, editing and sound. Salvatore Mereu, a young filmmaker from Sardinia, won the debut director award for Ballo a Tre Passi (Three-Step Dance), a film based on four true interconnected stories about life in Sardinia.
- 4/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- La Meglio Gioventu, Marco Tullio Giordana's drama about the lives of two Roman brothers through the years 1966-2000, was the big winner at Italy's 59th Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) awards Tuesday. A RAI Cinema co-production, Gioventu won the prizes for best director, producer, screenplay, actress, actor, live take and editing. Gioventu has been a boxoffice success in Italy and has received rave reviews in Italian newspapers. The best actress prize was awarded to the film's entire female cast, while the best actor award went to its male cast on equal merit with actor Roberto Herlitzka (Buongiorno Notte).
ROME -- The organizers of Italy's biggest film awards ceremony, the Nastri d'Argento, have unveiled their 2004 nominations a few weeks earlier than in the past with an eye to extending the life of Italian movies at the boxoffice and help make up for last year's poor sales. Marco Bellocchio for Buongiorno, Notte (Good Morning, Night), Bernardo Bertolucci forThe Dreamers, Daniele Cipri and Franco Moresco for Il Ritorno di Cagliostro (The Return of Cagliostro), Marco Tullio Giordana for La Meglio Gioventu (The Best Youth), Ermanno Olmi for Cantandp Dietro I Paraventi (Singing Behind the Windscreen), and Paolo Virzi for Caterina Va in Citta (Caterina Goes Into Town) were nominated for the best Italian movie director award.
Toronto International Film Festival
Spanning four decades in late 20th century Italy, Marco Tullio Giordana's "The Best of Youth" (La Meglio Gioventu) focuses on the intimate lives of two brothers who take divergent paths, as well as those of friends, lovers and children whose ideals are challenged by events and tragedies in their lives.
Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli approach their screenplay in a novelistic manner, using a six-hour-plus running time to layer in the details of these lives. This recent Miramax acquisition was originally filmed for Italian television, which explains the length of a movie presented theatrically in two parts. The film proved a major theatrical hit in Italy, but its length limits North American boxoffice to dedicated cineastes and festivalgoers. They will be amply rewarded.
The film begins in 1966, the year of the flood in Florence that brought out legions of young people determined to save that city's heritage of art and literature. It ends in the present day, which contains the film's only hint of magic realism. These years encompass the political upheaval of 1968 in Western Europe, where young people felt they could change the world
the tragedy of terrorism in the 1970s
the ups and downs of the economy
the Falcone assassination in 1992
and diversion of many characters' energies into family life and coming to terms with feelings of alienation and regret.
Of the brothers we meet in 1966, Matteo (Alessio Boni) is the more withdrawn and sullen, a man sensitive to the wrongs of society but one prone to fits of temper and frustration when things don't go his way. Nicola Luigi Lo Cascio) is more open and loving, at ease with women but reserved, engaged with the world and a seeker of love.
At a job in a mental hospital, Matteo meets Giorgia (Jasmine Trinca), a severely disturbed young woman who is being given electroshock therapy, the barbarity of which outrages him. When he, his brother and two pals take off on a summer trip to Norway, Matteo kidnaps Giorgia with the vague idea of rescuing her and returning her to her family. Only the family doesn't want her, and police pick her up at a train station.
Discouraged, Matteo abandons Nicola to return to Rome and impulsively joins the army rather than continuing with his studies. Nicola makes his way to Norway, where, out of money, he takes work in a lumber mill. He returns home to help in the flood in Florence, where he meets Giulia (Sonia Bergamasco), a free-spirited woman who becomes his lover and mother of his child, Sara.
Perhaps inspired by his encounter with Giorgia, Nicola pursues a career in psychiatry in Turin. Meanwhile, Matteo's career in the army and police -- jobs he seeks because they have "rules" -- is often jeopardized by a rebellious streak and violent behavior.
While on duty in Sicily in the late '70s, Matteo meets Mirella (Maya Sansa), a young photographer he will later encounter in Rome. They have a brief affair before tragedy overtakes Matteo. Meanwhile, Giulia becomes increasingly radicalized and deserts Nicola and Sara to enter the shadowy world of terrorism. Eventually, Nicola is faced with the decision of whether to aid police in capturing his ex-lover before she kills someone.
Perhaps the strongest influence here is Francois Truffaut in his early "Jules et Jim" period. For Giordana is less interested in social and political history than in how people fall in and out of love, how families operate and the role friendships play in the characters' lives. Giordana moves beyond psychology, viewing characters' behavior without trying to fully understand or explain them.
Lo Cascio and Boni inhabit their roles with keen intellectual and emotional vigor. Bergamasco and Sansa deliver sensitive portraits of conflicted women who struggle to bridge the gap between personal desires and responsibilities to others.
Production designer Franco Ceraolo and cinematographer Roberto Forza, shooting in Super 16mm, ably convey the changing landscape of Italy. The film's soundtrack consists in large measure of terrific pop songs from different eras.
THE BEST OF YOUTH
Miramax Films
Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana presents a Rai Fiction production
Credits:
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Screenwriters: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
Producer: Angelo Barbagallo
Director of photography: Roberto Forza
Production designer: Franco Ceraolo
Costume designer: Elisabetta Montaldo
Editor: Roberto Missiroli
Cast:
Nicola: Luigi Lo Cascio
Matteo: Alessio Boni
Giulia: Sonia Bergamasco
Carlo: Fabrizio
Mirella: Maya Sansa
Francesca: Valentina Carnelutti
Giorgia: Jasmine Trinca
Angelo: Andrea Tidona
Running time -- 373 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Spanning four decades in late 20th century Italy, Marco Tullio Giordana's "The Best of Youth" (La Meglio Gioventu) focuses on the intimate lives of two brothers who take divergent paths, as well as those of friends, lovers and children whose ideals are challenged by events and tragedies in their lives.
Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli approach their screenplay in a novelistic manner, using a six-hour-plus running time to layer in the details of these lives. This recent Miramax acquisition was originally filmed for Italian television, which explains the length of a movie presented theatrically in two parts. The film proved a major theatrical hit in Italy, but its length limits North American boxoffice to dedicated cineastes and festivalgoers. They will be amply rewarded.
The film begins in 1966, the year of the flood in Florence that brought out legions of young people determined to save that city's heritage of art and literature. It ends in the present day, which contains the film's only hint of magic realism. These years encompass the political upheaval of 1968 in Western Europe, where young people felt they could change the world
the tragedy of terrorism in the 1970s
the ups and downs of the economy
the Falcone assassination in 1992
and diversion of many characters' energies into family life and coming to terms with feelings of alienation and regret.
Of the brothers we meet in 1966, Matteo (Alessio Boni) is the more withdrawn and sullen, a man sensitive to the wrongs of society but one prone to fits of temper and frustration when things don't go his way. Nicola Luigi Lo Cascio) is more open and loving, at ease with women but reserved, engaged with the world and a seeker of love.
At a job in a mental hospital, Matteo meets Giorgia (Jasmine Trinca), a severely disturbed young woman who is being given electroshock therapy, the barbarity of which outrages him. When he, his brother and two pals take off on a summer trip to Norway, Matteo kidnaps Giorgia with the vague idea of rescuing her and returning her to her family. Only the family doesn't want her, and police pick her up at a train station.
Discouraged, Matteo abandons Nicola to return to Rome and impulsively joins the army rather than continuing with his studies. Nicola makes his way to Norway, where, out of money, he takes work in a lumber mill. He returns home to help in the flood in Florence, where he meets Giulia (Sonia Bergamasco), a free-spirited woman who becomes his lover and mother of his child, Sara.
Perhaps inspired by his encounter with Giorgia, Nicola pursues a career in psychiatry in Turin. Meanwhile, Matteo's career in the army and police -- jobs he seeks because they have "rules" -- is often jeopardized by a rebellious streak and violent behavior.
While on duty in Sicily in the late '70s, Matteo meets Mirella (Maya Sansa), a young photographer he will later encounter in Rome. They have a brief affair before tragedy overtakes Matteo. Meanwhile, Giulia becomes increasingly radicalized and deserts Nicola and Sara to enter the shadowy world of terrorism. Eventually, Nicola is faced with the decision of whether to aid police in capturing his ex-lover before she kills someone.
Perhaps the strongest influence here is Francois Truffaut in his early "Jules et Jim" period. For Giordana is less interested in social and political history than in how people fall in and out of love, how families operate and the role friendships play in the characters' lives. Giordana moves beyond psychology, viewing characters' behavior without trying to fully understand or explain them.
Lo Cascio and Boni inhabit their roles with keen intellectual and emotional vigor. Bergamasco and Sansa deliver sensitive portraits of conflicted women who struggle to bridge the gap between personal desires and responsibilities to others.
Production designer Franco Ceraolo and cinematographer Roberto Forza, shooting in Super 16mm, ably convey the changing landscape of Italy. The film's soundtrack consists in large measure of terrific pop songs from different eras.
THE BEST OF YOUTH
Miramax Films
Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana presents a Rai Fiction production
Credits:
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Screenwriters: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
Producer: Angelo Barbagallo
Director of photography: Roberto Forza
Production designer: Franco Ceraolo
Costume designer: Elisabetta Montaldo
Editor: Roberto Missiroli
Cast:
Nicola: Luigi Lo Cascio
Matteo: Alessio Boni
Giulia: Sonia Bergamasco
Carlo: Fabrizio
Mirella: Maya Sansa
Francesca: Valentina Carnelutti
Giorgia: Jasmine Trinca
Angelo: Andrea Tidona
Running time -- 373 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/18/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Miramax Films has snapped up North American rights to Marco Tullio Giordana's six-hour Italian feature La Meglio Gioventu (Best of Youth), which won the top prize in the Festival de Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar this year. As part of the Youth pact with Italy's Rai Trade, the mini-major also picked up rights for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Although the film screened over two nights at Cannes (HR 5/27) and is also being released in two parts in Italy, Miramax said Monday that it has yet to be determined how the film will be rolled out domestically.
CANNES -- La Meglio Gioventu (The Best of Youth), a six-hour miniseries from Italian director Marco Tullio Giordana, snatched the top prize in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar, one of a raft of awards presented at the festival during the weekend. The film, which screened over two nights in Cannes, is a portrait of an Italian family spanning four decades from the 1960s to the turn of the millennium. It stars Luigi Lo Cascio and Alessio Boni as brothers Nicola and Matteo, whose lives go in starkly different directions after a prescient meeting with mentally ill girl Giorgia (Jasmine Trinca). The runner-up Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard went to Iranian helmer Jafar Panahi for his Talaye Sorgh (Crimson Gold), the story of lowly pizza delivery man Hussein (Hossain Emadeddin), who longs for the life of luxury he sees represented in the windows of a Tehran jewelry shop. The award for best first film in the Un Certain Regard selection went to Moroccan director Faouzi Bensaidi's feature-length debut Mille Mois (A Thousand Months), about a child living in a village in the Atlas Mountains of North Africa.
- 5/27/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
La Meglio Gioventu (The Best Of Youth), a six-hour miniseries from Italian director Marco Tullio Giordana, snatched the top prize in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar, one of a raft of awards presented at the festival over the weekend. The film, which screened over two nights in Cannes, is a portrait of an Italian family spanning four decades from the 1960s to the turn of the millennium. It stars Luigi Lo Cascio and Alessio Boni as brothers Nicola and Matteo, whose lives go in starkly different directions after a prescient meeting with a mentally ill girl Giorgia (Jasmine Trinca). The runner-up Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar went to Iranian helmer Jafar Panahi for his Talaye Sorgh (Crimson Gold), the story of lowly pizza delivery man Hussein (Hossain Emadeddin) who longs for the life of luxury he sees represented in the windows of a Tehran jewelry shop. The award for first film in the Un Certain Regard selection went to Moroccan director Faouzi Bensaidi's feature-length debut Mille Mois (A Thousand Months), about a child living in a village in the Atlas Mountains of North Africa.
- 5/26/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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