Primavera
Synopsis
Early 1700s. Venice. The Ospedale della Pietà orphanage has a storied reputation for the distinguished musical education of its residents. The young women’s ensemble performances attract the attention of audiences, patrons, and even suitors, who become enchanted by their talent, believing their training will make them more virtuous wives. Cecilia, a virtuoso violinist, has been promised to a decorated army official upon his return from the battlefield. It is with the arrival of a new musical director—the ambitious composer Antonion Vivaldi—that she is awakened to the power of her musical gift and its possibilities for joy and emancipation.
Celebrated opera and stage director Damiano Michieletto crafts a stunning cinematic work with this story of Vivaldi, underappreciated in his time, through the lens of a young muse, who herself is transformed by music as she finds the inspiration to rewrite her own destiny. Sumptuous costumes and production design are further elevated by an inspired score bringing vibrancy and immediacy to a stirring centuries-old tale.
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- Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano, Carlotta Calori, Viola Prestieri, Carlos Prada, Arturo De Simone, Marc Missonnier
- Ludovica Rampoldi
- Walter Fasano
- Daria D'Antonio
- Tecla Insolia, Michele Riondino, Andrea Pennacchi, Fabrizia Sacchi, Valentina Bellè, Stefano Accorsi
- Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
- Moana Films, Indigo Film, Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia
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Below the Clouds Sotto le nuvole
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From the Oscar-nominated director of Fire at Sea comes an immersive and impressionistic portrait of humanity at the precipice. With Below the Clouds, celebrated filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi trains his camera on communities living in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, the volcano famous for burying the city of Pompeii nearly two centuries ago. Today, the area lies at a unique juncture between historic calamity and contemporary anxieties. As museum workers labor to preserve Pompeii’s extraordinary ruins and precious artifacts, the film also ventures into tunnels and classrooms, encounters firemen and teachers, and observes Japanese archeologists in the field and Syrian sailors shipping grain from Ukraine.
Filmed in luminous black and white and replete with haunting images from smoky skies to murky depths, Below the Clouds uniquely connects the sublime with the everyday. One of its most memorable refrains is its return to an emergency call center tasked with assisting harried citizens with problems both minor and harrowing. When the region is hit with a significant earthquake, the heavy legacy of history weighs on the panicked callers seeking help. Eruptions and disruptions, it seems, continue to come in many forms.
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- Donatella Palermo, Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco
- Gianfranco Rosi with the collaboration of Carmelo Marabello, Marie-Pierre Müller
- Fabrizio Federico
- Gianfranco Rosi
- Daniel Blumberg
- 21Uno Film, Stemal Entertainment, with Rai Cinema
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The Girl in the Snow L'Engloutie
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In a remote hamlet nestled in the Alps at the turn of the 20th century, idealistic schoolteacher Aimée arrives determined to educate her promising charges and rid the community of its superstitious beliefs. Met with wariness by the village elders, Aimée perseveres, doing her best to adapt to local life and briefly finding a sense of connection with two young men. A single night of passion coincides with portents of doom, and soon, unexplained disappearances hint at further calamity.
Winner of the Prix Jean Vigo Prize, given to an emerging French filmmaker whose work demonstrates a spirit of innovation, Louise Hémon brings her documentarian’s eye to this unpredictable period drama, crafting a slow-burn tale rich in atmosphere. Sequences illuminated only by candles, lanterns, or fires punctuate the darkness that blankets the village, while a percussive score featuring both violin and vocal arrangements amplifies a sense of dread as The Girl in the Snow rushes toward its chilling conclusion.
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- Margaux Juvénal, Alexis Genauzeau
- Louise Hémon, Anaïs Tellenne
- Carole Borne
- Marine Atlan
- Galatea Bellugi, Matthieu Lucci, Samuel Kircher, Oscar Pons, Sharif Andura
- Emile Sornin
- TAKE SHELTER
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The Holy Boy La Valle dei Sorrisi
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Disruptions to the idyllic lives of the people in Remis, also known as the happiest town in Italy, are rare. But when Sergio, a former Judo champion with a tragic past, arrives to take over the school’s physical education program, his palpable pain puts him at odds with the town’s otherwise supernaturally cheerful inhabitants. Soon, he is initiated into Remis’s best-kept secret: once a week, the townspeople gather in a church to meet Matteo, a fifteen-year-old with some secrets of his own. His embrace promises to free its recipient of all their suffering, but this healing touch comes with consequences. Being the town’s savior is soul-crushing work and leaves little room for Matteo to live a life of his own or explore his blossoming queer desires. As the pressures on Matteo mount, Sergio searches for answers about this so-called angel, and the darkness inside his gift comes into disturbingly detailed focus.
Director Paolo Strippoli elegantly weaves a tapestry of contrasts and moral ambiguities that are mirrored in the film’s striking cinematography and production design. The Holy Boy thoughtfully contemplates the place of pain in our lives, matching its melancholic beauty with more than enough spine-chilling spectacle.
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- Domenico Procacci, Laura Paolucci, Ines Vasilevic, Stefano Sardo
- Jacopo Del Giudice, Paolo Strippoli, Milo Tissone
- Federico Palmerini
- Cristiano Di Nicola
- Michele Riondino, Paolo Pierobon, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Sergio Romano, Anna Bellato, Sandra Toffolatti, Roberto Citran, Giulio Feltri
- Fandango, Vision Distribution, Nightswim
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The Kidnapping of Arabella Il rapimento di Arabella
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The rambunctious Arabella, eight years old, feels like running away from her boring, distant parents. The disillusioned Holly, twenty-eight, has just been fired from yet another dead-end job; she claims her life took a wrong turn, not ending up the way she had dreamed it would when she was a kid. When the two meet by chance, Holly is convinced that Arabella is her younger self, and the mischievous little girl plays along. Their mission: to rewrite history. On the lam, they embark on an adventure to try to turn back time in the hopes that Holly might yet realize the special life she feels she deserves.
A stylized road movie full of impish hijinks, Carolina Cavalli’s sophomore feature is a whimsical, deadpan, and delightfully bizarre coming-of-age in reverse. Propelled by the dynamic duo of the parallel Hollys—and a surprising, hilarious appearance from Chris Pine speaking Italian—The Kidnapping of Arabella deftly balances the witty and the tender in an earnest exploration of the anxieties of growing up.
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- Antonio Celsi, Annamaria Morelli
- Carolina Cavalli
- Babak Jalali
- Lorenzo Levrini
- Thomas Moked Blum, Noaz Deshe
- Andrea Scrosati, Moreno Zani, Malcom Pagani
- Elsinore Film, The Apartment, Piperfilm
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