NYC-based auteur Adam Leon brings high-profile talent and understated storytelling to Tribeca Ff 2021 with Italian Studies, his third feature film. The indelible Vanessa Kirby stars as a mysterious woman who can’t recall her own identity. As she wanders the streets of Manhattan, people fade in and out of her life like dreams. Like The Father, we witness it all from her perspective, as if we are amnesiacs ourselves. An ensemble of youthful first-time actors play against Kirby with electric chemistry, leading to surprisingly tender moments. Leon’s actors are remarkably open to the camera, and his understated urban style is unparalleled—but if Italian Studies were to invite comparison, it could be kindred to Eliza Hittman’s 2020 gem Never Rarely Sometimes Always.…...
- 6/23/2021
- by Dylan Kai Dempsey
- IONCINEMA.com
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