5 Venice Award Winning Films You Should See Right Now

Films awarded in Venice for review

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Somewhere. Directed by Sofia Coppola. Cast: Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning (Infinity, PrimeVideo, Rakuten).

The 2010 Golden Lion was not without controversy. The jury was chaired by Quentin Tarantino, the director’s ex-boyfriend, who in turn was accused of being a “child” even before the term was used. Thus, the film tells the story of the privileged world of cinema. Despite the criticism, this is a gem. Minimalist yes, but not superficial. The main character is Stephen Dorff as an actor with an exaggerated life, a bit like Johnny Depp, who runs into his daughter (the wonderful debutante Elle Fanning) and doesn’t know where to start. Everything is very gentle and ironic. This year, Sofia Coppola again competes with Priscilla taken from the autobiography of Elvis Presley’s wife.

Hungry hearts.Directed by Saverio Costanzo. Cast: Adam Driver, Alba Rohrwacher (Raiplay)

Double Volpi Cup for Adam Driver and Alba Rohrwacher in 2014, this unfairly forgotten film not only brought both actors to light but, revisited today, is prophetic about some of the anti-science tendencies and a certain bigotry that we have seen manifest in society in 2014. last years. This year, Costanzo is again competing with Finally dawn, which takes place in Rome during the Hollywood years on the Tiber. Adam Driver, main character ferrari Michael Mann.

LA LA Land. Directed by Damien Chazelle. With Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone (Raiplay).

The exhibition opened in 2016, the Grande Hall was deafened by applause. Emma Stone won the Volpi Cup, the film flew to the Oscars without winning it, but coming very close.

In this original, colorful, joyful musical, the impeccable pre-Barbie Ryan Gosling demonstrates his mastery of the dancer and all his ironic nonchalance. But it is Emma Stone (hear her in the original) who signs the film with her raspy and undeniably sexy voice.

The first scene in the midst of traffic in Los Angeles to the tune Another sunny dayrightfully enters the history of the great modern film musicals along with Hair Milos Foreman e They will be famous Alan Parker.

Rome. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. With Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira. (Netflix).

One of the most deserving Golden Lions in the recent history of the festival. In 2018, which marked the beginning of a successful journey (three Oscars), this autobiographical film, shot in black and white in Roma, not the Italian capital, but the bourgeois quarter of Mexico City, where the director grew up, won. The film tells the story of the usual childhood of the future great director, as well as the story of the painful separation of parents with a look at the seventies and their conflicting desire for freedom. First of all, the cute look of the native nanny Cleo, one of the best female characters to meet in cinema in recent years. If you haven’t seen it yet RomeI envy you: this is a gem to be found. But get your tissues ready. As in life, we often smile, but very sad things also happen.

It was the hand of God. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. With Filippo Scotti, Tony Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo (Netflix)

Silver Lion 2021. The most accessible and at the same time the most personal of the director’s films. A cathartic film containing the traumatic, painful story of the sudden death of his parents, as well as the whole process of a boy with a sharp intellect approaching cinema and adulthood. Around him is the seething Naples of avant-garde theaters and the epiphanies (and wonderful goals) of Diego Armando Maradona in the stadium. Funny and easy even to handle hot matter, Sorrentino is less “Sorrentine” here, but more truthful, more Paolo, a name rather than a surname that becomes an adjective. The natural grace of Teresa Saponangelo stands out among all the performers of the role of the mother.