Tag: Italy

Nights Of Cabiria

29 Nov 2000 Director: Federico Fellini Italy, France 1957 118 min Cabiria, a fiery and optimistic prostitute in Rome, dreams of finding true love and escaping her life on the streets. Despite facing a string of disappointments, including a near-death experience and a robbery by her lover, she remains resilient. She encounters various characters, from… Continue reading Nights Of Cabiria

Downfall

Der Untergang 25 Jan 2006 Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Germany, Italy, Austria 2004 156 min Traudl Junge, Hitler’s personal secretary, witnesses the last days of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich in a bunker in Berlin. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of the bunker, Hitler’s mood turns from unjustified optimism to defiance and then to rage at… Continue reading Downfall

Hotel Rwanda

2 Nov 2005 Director: Terry George UK, Italy, South Africa 2004 121 min 11 years ago one of the worst atrocities in history occurred in Rwanda when almost 1 million Tutsis were killed in a period of ethnic cleansing by Hutu gangs. Despite being in a world of global communications and 24 hour news coverage,… Continue reading Hotel Rwanda

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

21 Mar 2007 Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Ireland, UK 2006 127 min Director: Ken Loach Ken Loach’s uncompromising adaptation of Paul Laverty‘s story of the struggle for Irish independence in 1920. Damien is a promising doctor but is troubled by the brutality of the Black and Tans and his deep love and sense of duty… Continue reading The Wind That Shakes The Barley

Caché

Hidden Director: Michael Haneke 11 Oct 2006 France, Austria, Germany, Italy 2005 117 min The comfortable life of talk show host George, and his wife Anne is shattered when they receive a package containing footage shot of themselves and their family. Secretly filmed by an unknown sender they are soon followed by disturbing drawings and… Continue reading Caché

L’Armée des ombres

Army in the Shadows Director: Jean-Pierre Melville France, Italy 1969 145 mins This recently released and restored classic from Jean-Pierre Melville is an adaption of Joseph Kessel’s wartime novel. This is the haunting and sombre account of a group of mainly middle aged resistance fighters in Occupied France during World War Two. It spans a… Continue reading L’Armée des ombres

Il Divo

18 Nov 2009 Italy, France 2008 110 min Director: Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino, a leading light in the Italian new wave of directors, gives us a bird’s eye view of the controversial post-war figure of Giulio Andreotti. Leader of the centrist Christian Democracy Party, Andreotti became Prime Minister of Italy seven times and remains a… Continue reading Il Divo

Pranzo di ferragosto

Mid-August lunch 02 Nov 2011 Italy 2008 75 min Director: Gianni Di Gregorio Not as lightweight or insignificant a story as it might appear, this comedy/drama takes a loving look at the lives of four elderly ladies and the man, Gianni, (Gianni DiGregorio, who also directs) who finds himself taking care of them all almost… Continue reading Pranzo di ferragosto