So far, looking forward to Valeria Golino, Tilda Swinton, and everything about Bellocchio’s ‘Sangue Del Mio Sangue’.
Italian Gangsters from Renato De Maria ( in competition in the Orizzonti, Horizons section)
50 years of violent stories from the news and from film. faces, testimonies, a tumultuous portrait of the social and political transformations across Italy.
Pecore in Erba from director Alberto Caviglia ( also in competition in the Orrizonti, Horizons section)
A comedy about life in Trastevere (a Roman neighborhood).
Out of competition:
Non Essere Cattivo from director Claudio Caligari (who died this past May)
Set in the ‘90s in the Roman suburbs and in Ostia, a world a flood with money, powerful cars, nightclubs, synthetic drugs and cocaine. Stars Luca Marinelli.
Ricordi Del Fiume from directors Gianluca De Serio and Massimiliano De Serio
A thousand immigrants live among rats and rubbish in shacks slapped together out of metal sheets and wood in “the platz”, one of the largest shanty towns in Europe, on the banks of the river Stura in Turin.
In Competition:
L”Attesa from director Piero Messina
Waiting for someone is an act of faith. Anna and Jeanne, isolated in a Sicilian country house, in Caltagirone, are waiting for Giuseppe’s arrival. He is the former’s son, the latter’s boyfriend. Stars Juliette Binoche and Lou de Laâge.
A Bigger Splash from director Luca Guadagnino
A remake of the French detective film La Piscine A Bigger Splash is a thriller featuring the rock star Marianne Lane and her fiancé, the film director Paul, who are on holiday in the idyllic and remote island of Pantelleria. Stars Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson and Corrado Guzzanti.
Sangue Del Mio Sangue from director Marco Bellocchio
Just like his twin brother, a priest, Federico is seduced by Sister Benedetta, who is condemned to be walled up alive in the ancient prison of Bobbio. Centuries later, another Federico, self-declared ministerial inspector, comes back to the same place. He discovers that the building is still inhabited by a mysterious lord who comes alive only during the night. Stars Roberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Lydiya Liberman, Fausto Russo Alesi, Alba Rohrwacher, Federica Fracassi and Filippo Timi.
Per Amor Vostro from director Giuseppe M. Gaudino
The the story of Anna, a professionally successful woman with three children and a husband with ties to organized crime. Stars Valeria Golino, Massimiliano Gallo and Adriano Giannini.
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