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Cinema Retro continues to shine the spotlight on worthy independent films.
By Giacomo Selloni
Three pensioners in Rome find love where they least expect it. In themselves.
Citizen of the World is a sweet and ultimate touching story that centers around two old friends, now retired, collecting their pensions that barely keep them afloat in expensive Rome, who discuss leaving Italy to find a place where they can "live as kings" on their measly pensions. Giorgio Colangeli plays Giorgetto, a cantankerous ne'er do well who's rarely worked in his life and is addicted to scratch off lottery tickets. He lives in a ramshackle apartment, the bathroom of which is up a spiral, metal staircase. He allows a homeless immigrant from Africa, Abu, (a sweet performance by first time actor Salih Saadin Khalid), to use his shower.
The director, Gianni Di Gregorio (called Italy's...
Cinema Retro continues to shine the spotlight on worthy independent films.
By Giacomo Selloni
Three pensioners in Rome find love where they least expect it. In themselves.
Citizen of the World is a sweet and ultimate touching story that centers around two old friends, now retired, collecting their pensions that barely keep them afloat in expensive Rome, who discuss leaving Italy to find a place where they can "live as kings" on their measly pensions. Giorgio Colangeli plays Giorgetto, a cantankerous ne'er do well who's rarely worked in his life and is addicted to scratch off lottery tickets. He lives in a ramshackle apartment, the bathroom of which is up a spiral, metal staircase. He allows a homeless immigrant from Africa, Abu, (a sweet performance by first time actor Salih Saadin Khalid), to use his shower.
The director, Gianni Di Gregorio (called Italy's...
- 3/29/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Three Italian men plot a move to the east to eke out meagre pensions in Gianni Di Gregorio’s sad, sweet and slightly flimsy drama
Gianni Di Gregorio is the veteran Italian director, screenwriter and actor who has served up some lovely filmic dishes in the past, such as his Pranzo Di Ferragosto, or Mid-August Lunch (2008) about a middle-aged man caring for his elderly mother, and his Gianni e le Donne, or Gianni and the Women, released in the UK as The Salt of Life (2011) on very much the same theme. Now he has created this gentle, wistful late-life comedy, a sort of Italian version of Last of the Summer Wine. Three old guys in Rome hang around all day complaining because their modest pensions aren’t stretching very far. They are a retired classics teacher, nicknamed Professore (Di Gregorio himself), unemployed loafer Giorgetto (Georgio Colangeli) and gregarious antiques dealer Attilio.
Gianni Di Gregorio is the veteran Italian director, screenwriter and actor who has served up some lovely filmic dishes in the past, such as his Pranzo Di Ferragosto, or Mid-August Lunch (2008) about a middle-aged man caring for his elderly mother, and his Gianni e le Donne, or Gianni and the Women, released in the UK as The Salt of Life (2011) on very much the same theme. Now he has created this gentle, wistful late-life comedy, a sort of Italian version of Last of the Summer Wine. Three old guys in Rome hang around all day complaining because their modest pensions aren’t stretching very far. They are a retired classics teacher, nicknamed Professore (Di Gregorio himself), unemployed loafer Giorgetto (Georgio Colangeli) and gregarious antiques dealer Attilio.
- 6/10/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Title: Fabrizio De André – Principe Libero Director: Luca Facchini Cast: Luca Marinelli, Valentina Bellé, Elena Radonicich, Ennio Fantastichini, Davide Iacopini, Gianluca Gobbi, Lorenzo Gioielli, Anna Ferruzzo, Laura Mazzi, Orietta Notari, Orsetta De Rossi, Matteo Martari, Tommaso Ragno. If America has Bob Dylan, Italy has Fabrizio De André. The song-writer from Genoa who created musical […]
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- 1/21/2018
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Antonio Banderas, Toby Sebastian and Jordi Molla have signed on to star in Michael Radford’s The Music Of Silence.
The films is based on the life of singer Andrea Bocelli.
Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Ambi Group and Roberto Sassa of Picomedia are producing. Ambi is also financing and handling world sales.
Anna Pavignano and Michael Radford wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Bocelli.
Principal photography will begin this month in Rome.
This film will feature songs that Bocelli composed when he was young but have never before been released.
In his memoir The Music Of Silence, Bocelli tells his own story in the form of an autobiographical novel, naming his alter ego Amos Bardi.
Sebastian will play Amos while Banderas will play the role of Maestro, and Molla will star as Amos’s father. Luisa Ranieri will play Bocelli’s mother and Ennio Fantastichini his uncle.
The story covers his years as a young...
The films is based on the life of singer Andrea Bocelli.
Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Ambi Group and Roberto Sassa of Picomedia are producing. Ambi is also financing and handling world sales.
Anna Pavignano and Michael Radford wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Bocelli.
Principal photography will begin this month in Rome.
This film will feature songs that Bocelli composed when he was young but have never before been released.
In his memoir The Music Of Silence, Bocelli tells his own story in the form of an autobiographical novel, naming his alter ego Amos Bardi.
Sebastian will play Amos while Banderas will play the role of Maestro, and Molla will star as Amos’s father. Luisa Ranieri will play Bocelli’s mother and Ennio Fantastichini his uncle.
The story covers his years as a young...
- 11/11/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Antonio Banderas, Tony Sebastian and Jordi Molla have signed on to star in Michael Radford’s The Music of Silence.
The films is based on the life of singer Andrea Bocelli.
Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Ambi Group and Roberto Sassa of Picomedia are producing. Ambi is also financing and handling world sales.
Anna Pavignano and Michael Radford wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Bocelli.
Principal photography will begin this month in Rome.
This film will feature songs that Bocelli composed when he was young but have never before been released.
In his memoir The Music of Silence, Bocelli tells his own story in the form of an autobiographical novel, naming his alter ego Amos Bardi.
Sebastian will play Amos while Banderas will play the role of Maestro, and Molla will star as Amos’s father. Luisa Ranieri will play Bocelli’s mother and Ennio Fantastichini his uncle.
The story covers his years as a young...
The films is based on the life of singer Andrea Bocelli.
Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Ambi Group and Roberto Sassa of Picomedia are producing. Ambi is also financing and handling world sales.
Anna Pavignano and Michael Radford wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Bocelli.
Principal photography will begin this month in Rome.
This film will feature songs that Bocelli composed when he was young but have never before been released.
In his memoir The Music of Silence, Bocelli tells his own story in the form of an autobiographical novel, naming his alter ego Amos Bardi.
Sebastian will play Amos while Banderas will play the role of Maestro, and Molla will star as Amos’s father. Luisa Ranieri will play Bocelli’s mother and Ennio Fantastichini his uncle.
The story covers his years as a young...
- 11/11/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a jam-packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, November 12th 2012.
Pick(S) Of The Week
The Arrival of Wang (DVD)
When Chinese-language interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a job that pays a fortune, she can’t believe her luck. This time, however, is going to be a little different. After being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous ‘Wang’. Who is Wang and what does he want? Disturbed by the way the interrogation is conducted by...
Pick(S) Of The Week
The Arrival of Wang (DVD)
When Chinese-language interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a job that pays a fortune, she can’t believe her luck. This time, however, is going to be a little different. After being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous ‘Wang’. Who is Wang and what does he want? Disturbed by the way the interrogation is conducted by...
- 11/12/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
★★★☆☆ Italian directing duo the Manetti brothers continue their genre-hoping voyage through the cinematic universe with The Arrival of Wang (2011), an extra-terrestrial sci-fi horror that'll no doubt titillate and captivate audiences at this year's Film4 FrightFest. Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is an Italian interpreter who's persuaded by a shady government agent (Ennio Fantastichini) to translate a top-secret examination of an enigmatic gentleman known only as Mr. Wang (voiced by Li Yong).
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- 8/25/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The Arrival Of Wang
Stars: Ennio Fantastichini, Francesca Cuttica, Juliet Esey Joseph, Li Yong, Antonello Morroni | Written and directed by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti (aka Manetti Bros.)
Written and directed by the Manetti Bros., The Arrival of Wang follows Chinese-language interpreter Gaia who is called out of the blue by a former client with an offer from a mysterious person or persons who will pay Gaia handsomely is she would she carry out an extremely urgent and confidential translation assignment? Intrigued by the urgency and the money on offer Gaia accepts the job only to find herself whisked away to a secret location in Rome where she meets is ushered into a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous “Mr Wang”. Disturbed by the way the interrogation is going and intrigued to find out more about Mr. Wang, Gaia demands that the lights are switched on,...
Stars: Ennio Fantastichini, Francesca Cuttica, Juliet Esey Joseph, Li Yong, Antonello Morroni | Written and directed by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti (aka Manetti Bros.)
Written and directed by the Manetti Bros., The Arrival of Wang follows Chinese-language interpreter Gaia who is called out of the blue by a former client with an offer from a mysterious person or persons who will pay Gaia handsomely is she would she carry out an extremely urgent and confidential translation assignment? Intrigued by the urgency and the money on offer Gaia accepts the job only to find herself whisked away to a secret location in Rome where she meets is ushered into a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous “Mr Wang”. Disturbed by the way the interrogation is going and intrigued to find out more about Mr. Wang, Gaia demands that the lights are switched on,...
- 8/25/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
“The Arrival of Wang” is a sci-fi movie from the Mannetti brothers that’s scheduled to play Frightfest in London on Saturday 25th. (Forget about tickets. It’s sold out.) I guess you could go into this not knowing that it’s an alien movie, but one glance at the poster will pretty much ruin that. Or heck, the teaser trailer. The synopsis below certainly does a fine job of hiding it, though I’m not sure what the point is. When Chinese-language interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a job that pays a fortune, she can’t believe her luck. This time, however, is going to be a little different. After being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous ‘Wang’. Who is Wang and what does he want? Disturbed by...
- 8/17/2012
- by Nix
- SciFiCool.com
Man, seems you can’t do anything these days without being teased by Wang. Wait, what? No! Not that, you filth! We’re talking about The Manetti Bros’ intergalactic urchin, landing on DVD in the UK on October 8th. Ahead of his visit, we have a tasty little teaser trailer for you!
Synopsis::
Interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a fortune by security forces to use her Chinese-language skills on a very special, highly secretive job. Her curiosity means she accepts, and after being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room under the watchful eye of the domineering Inspector Curti (Ennio Fantastichini, Loose Cannons) where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous 'Wang'. But who exactly is the mysterious visitor, and what does he want? Gaia uncovers some startling truths that not only jeopardise her position but could also...
Synopsis::
Interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a fortune by security forces to use her Chinese-language skills on a very special, highly secretive job. Her curiosity means she accepts, and after being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room under the watchful eye of the domineering Inspector Curti (Ennio Fantastichini, Loose Cannons) where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous 'Wang'. But who exactly is the mysterious visitor, and what does he want? Gaia uncovers some startling truths that not only jeopardise her position but could also...
- 7/28/2012
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
We see plugs for independent movies here at 24fps almost daily, but its not every day that one stops us dead in out tracks, but this little gem of a sci-fi horror - The Arrival of Wang - from Italian directors the Manetti Brothers, has done just that. The Arrival of Wang has been causing a buzz on the festival circuit recently, and is due for a screening at UK premiere horror event The London Frightfest this August, following up with a release in September! Right, enough of the chit-chat...check out the new UK teaser trailer to see why it’s caught our eye....Big time. Synopsis: Interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a fortune by security forces to use her Chinese-language skills on a very special, highly secretive job. Her curiosity means she accepts and after being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside...
- 7/27/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
We've updated our Film4 Fright Fest line-up story with tons of images. Read on to see what you may have missed and what's brand spanking new! Dig it!
Programme - Screen 1
Thursday Aug 23
Opening Film - The Seasoning House (World Premiere)
Special make-up prosthetics and splatter genius Paul Hyett makes his directorial debut with a harrowing exploration into tense claustrophobia, hard-hitting action and rollercoaster suspense. In a Balkan brothel, where girls kidnapped by soldiers in war-torn zones are prostituted to the military and civilians alike, Angel (Robin Day) is the deaf mute orphan enslaved to care for the inmates. But unbeknownst to her captors, she moves between the walls and crawlspaces of the seasoning house planning her escape. Psychological horror in the nerve-shredding Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski style but with an ultra-modern twist.
89 mins Director: Paul Hyett UK 2012
Rosie Day – Angel
Sean Pertwee – Goran
Kevin Howarth – Viktor
David Lemberg...
Programme - Screen 1
Thursday Aug 23
Opening Film - The Seasoning House (World Premiere)
Special make-up prosthetics and splatter genius Paul Hyett makes his directorial debut with a harrowing exploration into tense claustrophobia, hard-hitting action and rollercoaster suspense. In a Balkan brothel, where girls kidnapped by soldiers in war-torn zones are prostituted to the military and civilians alike, Angel (Robin Day) is the deaf mute orphan enslaved to care for the inmates. But unbeknownst to her captors, she moves between the walls and crawlspaces of the seasoning house planning her escape. Psychological horror in the nerve-shredding Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski style but with an ultra-modern twist.
89 mins Director: Paul Hyett UK 2012
Rosie Day – Angel
Sean Pertwee – Goran
Kevin Howarth – Viktor
David Lemberg...
- 7/3/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Happy Father's Day to all the readers celebrating their dad today whether or not he's a movie-lover. Especially big props go out to the proud papa readers out there raising their own movie-mad tots. (Please tell me you're starting them young! If so, I approve.)
Today is my first father's day without my own dad so to distract me from this distressing realization which ruined an otherwise wonderful morning chez moi, I wrote this impromptu brain vomit list. Feel free to share your own in the comments...
The royal clan in Brave (2012)
Thoughts I Had on the Six Most Recent Movie Dads Screened
"King Fergus" (Billy Connolly) in Brave
I don't want to give too much away about Pixar's first "princess" movie, but let it suffice to say that I was very surprised that the Queen and not just the princess is so major in the narrative. It really is...
Today is my first father's day without my own dad so to distract me from this distressing realization which ruined an otherwise wonderful morning chez moi, I wrote this impromptu brain vomit list. Feel free to share your own in the comments...
The royal clan in Brave (2012)
Thoughts I Had on the Six Most Recent Movie Dads Screened
"King Fergus" (Billy Connolly) in Brave
I don't want to give too much away about Pixar's first "princess" movie, but let it suffice to say that I was very surprised that the Queen and not just the princess is so major in the narrative. It really is...
- 6/17/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
L’Arrivo Di Wang (Wang’S Arrival)
Stars: Ennio Fantastichini, Francesca Cuttica, Juliet Esey Joseph, Li Yong, Antonello Morroni | Written and directed by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti (aka Manetti Bros.)
Written and directed by the Manetti Bros., L’Arrivo di Wang, follows Chinese-language interpreter Gaia who is called out of the blue by a former client with an offer from a mysterious person or persons who will pay Gaia handsomely is she would she carry out an extremely urgent and confidential translation assignment? Intrigued by the urgency and the money on offer Gaia accepts the job only to find herself whisked away to a secret location in Rome where she meets is ushered into a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous “Mr Wang”. Disturbed by the way the interrogation is going and intrigued to find out more about Mr. Wang, Gaia demands...
Stars: Ennio Fantastichini, Francesca Cuttica, Juliet Esey Joseph, Li Yong, Antonello Morroni | Written and directed by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti (aka Manetti Bros.)
Written and directed by the Manetti Bros., L’Arrivo di Wang, follows Chinese-language interpreter Gaia who is called out of the blue by a former client with an offer from a mysterious person or persons who will pay Gaia handsomely is she would she carry out an extremely urgent and confidential translation assignment? Intrigued by the urgency and the money on offer Gaia accepts the job only to find herself whisked away to a secret location in Rome where she meets is ushered into a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous “Mr Wang”. Disturbed by the way the interrogation is going and intrigued to find out more about Mr. Wang, Gaia demands...
- 2/27/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The UK’s favorite horror festival visits its second home at the Glasgow Film Festival for the 7th year with its biggest lineup ever. From Friday, February 24th, to Saturday, February 25th, Film4 FrightFest will be screening 11 new must-see genre titles, 10 of which are UK premieres.
From the Press Release:
Expect to be taken on a roller-coaster ride from hell with this ghoulish global celluloid feast featuring Argentinean demons, flesh-hungry Russian zombies, mutant cannibals, a Chinese-speaking alien, Asia’s deadliest killers, a Croatian hit-man, Pinocchio obsessed psychos, and Jack Nicholson like you’ve never seen him before.
With guest directors and filmmakers from all over world (to be announced shortly), surprises on screen and off, and our unique community feeling, FrightFest at the Gff has now become a must-attend occasion on the horror fantasy fan's calendar.
Alan Jones, FrightFest’s co-director said: "Film4 FrightFest is thrilled to be part of...
From the Press Release:
Expect to be taken on a roller-coaster ride from hell with this ghoulish global celluloid feast featuring Argentinean demons, flesh-hungry Russian zombies, mutant cannibals, a Chinese-speaking alien, Asia’s deadliest killers, a Croatian hit-man, Pinocchio obsessed psychos, and Jack Nicholson like you’ve never seen him before.
With guest directors and filmmakers from all over world (to be announced shortly), surprises on screen and off, and our unique community feeling, FrightFest at the Gff has now become a must-attend occasion on the horror fantasy fan's calendar.
Alan Jones, FrightFest’s co-director said: "Film4 FrightFest is thrilled to be part of...
- 1/18/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The UK’s favourite horror fantasy festival returns to its second home at the Glasgow Film Festival for the 7th year with its biggest line-up ever.
From Friday Feb 24 to Saturday Feb 25, Film4 FrightFest will be screening eleven new must-see genre titles. ten of which are UK premieres. So expect to be taken of the roller-coaster ride from hell with this ghoulish global celluloid feast, featuring Argentinean demons, flesh-hungry Russian zombies, mutant cannibals, a Chinese-speaking alien, Asia’s deadliest killers, a Croatian hit-man, Pinocchio obsessed psychos and Jack Nicholson like you’ve never seen him before.
With guest directors and filmmakers from all over world (to be announced shortly), surprises on screen and off, and our unique community feeling, FrightFest at the Gff has now become a must-attend occasion on the horror fantasy fan’s calendar.
Here is the full line-up
Fri 24
13:30 Corman’S World: Exploits Of A Hollywood...
From Friday Feb 24 to Saturday Feb 25, Film4 FrightFest will be screening eleven new must-see genre titles. ten of which are UK premieres. So expect to be taken of the roller-coaster ride from hell with this ghoulish global celluloid feast, featuring Argentinean demons, flesh-hungry Russian zombies, mutant cannibals, a Chinese-speaking alien, Asia’s deadliest killers, a Croatian hit-man, Pinocchio obsessed psychos and Jack Nicholson like you’ve never seen him before.
With guest directors and filmmakers from all over world (to be announced shortly), surprises on screen and off, and our unique community feeling, FrightFest at the Gff has now become a must-attend occasion on the horror fantasy fan’s calendar.
Here is the full line-up
Fri 24
13:30 Corman’S World: Exploits Of A Hollywood...
- 1/18/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
My favourite horror film festival, FrightFest, have announced the line-up for next month’s Glasgow Ff, which takes place as part of the Glasgow Film Festival – with what looks to be the biggest line-up ever. Says Alan Jones, FrightFest’s co-director:
Film4 FrightFest is thrilled to be part of the Glasgow Film Festival for its seventh and biggest year. We’ll be showing eleven fantastic premieres, previews and special events to shock, thrill and amaze over two days – plus those must-meet guests from all corners of the genre. So, be part of the best community spirit in the country while watching the best fright stuff currently on offer. There couldn’t be a better way to delve into 2012 and ready yourselves for FrightFest the 13th in August
From Friday February 24th to Saturday February 25th, Film4 FrightFest will be screening Eleven new genre titles, ten of which are UK premieres...
Film4 FrightFest is thrilled to be part of the Glasgow Film Festival for its seventh and biggest year. We’ll be showing eleven fantastic premieres, previews and special events to shock, thrill and amaze over two days – plus those must-meet guests from all corners of the genre. So, be part of the best community spirit in the country while watching the best fright stuff currently on offer. There couldn’t be a better way to delve into 2012 and ready yourselves for FrightFest the 13th in August
From Friday February 24th to Saturday February 25th, Film4 FrightFest will be screening Eleven new genre titles, ten of which are UK premieres...
- 1/18/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Loose Cannons/Mine Vaganti
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Writtem by Ivan Cotroneo & Ferzan Ozpetek
Italy, 2010
Ferzan Ozpetek’s comedy drama Loose Cannons springs a few surprises – not least the long-forgotten voices of Spanish disco duo Baccara on the soundtrack. The dubious musical selections sound a jarring note in what is otherwise a witty and well-crafted tale of dysfunction within a bourgeois Italian family. To borrow that memorable last line from one of the greatest screen comedies: “Nobody’s perfect.”
Tommaso Cantone (Riccardo Scamarcio) and his elder brother Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) are about to take over the reins of the family’s pasta business in southern Italy. But Tommaso, a writer who now lives in Rome, is determined to go his own way. He confides to his brother that he plans to come out to his relatives at an important dinner that evening. In the ultimate act of filial betrayal, Antonio steals...
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Writtem by Ivan Cotroneo & Ferzan Ozpetek
Italy, 2010
Ferzan Ozpetek’s comedy drama Loose Cannons springs a few surprises – not least the long-forgotten voices of Spanish disco duo Baccara on the soundtrack. The dubious musical selections sound a jarring note in what is otherwise a witty and well-crafted tale of dysfunction within a bourgeois Italian family. To borrow that memorable last line from one of the greatest screen comedies: “Nobody’s perfect.”
Tommaso Cantone (Riccardo Scamarcio) and his elder brother Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) are about to take over the reins of the family’s pasta business in southern Italy. But Tommaso, a writer who now lives in Rome, is determined to go his own way. He confides to his brother that he plans to come out to his relatives at an important dinner that evening. In the ultimate act of filial betrayal, Antonio steals...
- 4/7/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
A sentimental and treacly Italian comedy about secrets and lies in a family business. By Peter Bradshaw
Turkish-born Ferzan Özpetek directs this self-conscious, treacly Italian comedy about secrets and lies in a family business; it's set in Puglia and bathed in the biscuity-ochre sunlight that Italian films often favour. Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini) is the owner of a pasta firm, uneasily aware that he must hand over the reins of power to his sons. But Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio) would rather be a writer, and is in any case nerving himself up to come out to his father as gay. There is something very sentimental in the comedy, and despite the notional daring of the subject matter, it is a very conservative and complacent film.
World cinema
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Turkish-born Ferzan Özpetek directs this self-conscious, treacly Italian comedy about secrets and lies in a family business; it's set in Puglia and bathed in the biscuity-ochre sunlight that Italian films often favour. Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini) is the owner of a pasta firm, uneasily aware that he must hand over the reins of power to his sons. But Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio) would rather be a writer, and is in any case nerving himself up to come out to his father as gay. There is something very sentimental in the comedy, and despite the notional daring of the subject matter, it is a very conservative and complacent film.
World cinema
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- 12/17/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
While his last few films may have failed to make any headway with discerning film fans, it seems Ferzan Ozpetek’s latest effort is set to reward faithful audiences the world over.
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
- 12/9/2010
- Shadowlocked
While his last few films may have failed to make any headway with discerning film fans, it seems Ferzan Ozpetek’s latest effort is set to reward faithful audiences the world over.
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
- 12/9/2010
- Shadowlocked
While his last few films may have failed to make any headway with discerning film fans, it seems Ferzan Ozpetek’s latest effort is set to reward faithful audiences the world over.
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
- 12/9/2010
- Shadowlocked
While his last few films may have failed to make any headway with discerning film fans, it seems Ferzan Ozpetek’s latest effort is set to reward faithful audiences the world over.
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
- 12/9/2010
- Shadowlocked
This is the Pure Movies trailer for Loose Cannons, directed by Ferzan Ozpetek and starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Ennio Fantastichini, Lunetta Savino, Ilaria Occhini, Elena Sofia Ricci, Bianca Nappi, Massimiliano Gallo, Paola Minaccioni and Crescenza Guarnieri. Celebrated award-winning director Ferzan Özpetek’s outrageous family comedy lifts the lid on a multi-generational household coming to terms with a rapidly modernising world, and the broadening social acceptance that comes with it. No other nationality respects their food and family gatherings with the fervour and zest of the Italians, but when it comes to the Cantone family, some things are better left well away from the dinner table and in the closet!
- 10/16/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
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