Edited by Elio Rabbone
Great summer – Dramatic. Directed by Laura Luchetti, starring Ile Vianello, Deva Casel and Andrea Bosca. Turin, 1938 Ginia is sixteen years old: it seems that the future opens up endless possibilities for her, but the shadows of the Second World War hang over the present, and not only over her. Ginya, like everyone else, wants to fall in love and finds her man in a young artist.
She is led to discover the artistic environment of bohemian Turin by Amelia, a sensual and provocative girl a little older than her, but different from all the people she has known in her life and ready to shake her confidence. Torn between a sense of duty and a desire that confuses her, Genia is overwhelmed with emotions she dares not name. During her “beautiful summer”, she finally gives in to her feelings, celebrating the courage to be herself. Duration 110 minutes. (Roman room 2)
Two brothers – Dramatic. Directed by Leonor Serray, with Annabelle Lengronn. In the late 1980s, Rose came to Paris from the Ivory Coast, bringing with her two young sons, Jean and Ernest. Life as a single mother in the suburbs is not easy, but Rose does not give up her independence and desire for freedom, even at the cost of often leaving her children alone: two brothers will grow up in different ways, each facing integration difficulties and increasingly complex relationship with mother. Duration 116 minutes. (National team, room 3 and room 4)
Next – Thriller. Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Jeremy Theobald and Alex Howe. Debut film (1998) by the author of Dunkirk and Oppenheimer. Set in London, this is the story of Bill, a young aspiring writer who finds himself unemployed and decides to start following unknown people in the hope of finding material for his novel. Bill is stalking them, trying to enter their lives and even their homes. But when he follows the wrong person, Bill gets into trouble. In fact, one day the writer is stalking a certain Cobb, who, realizing the stalking, decides to set him up to ask for an explanation. Cobb is actually a crazy thief who sneaks into other people’s property and is happy to let Bill into his secret life of burglary. Together they begin to enter empty apartments and try to understand who lives there. Through this new life, Bill meets a blonde who becomes something of an obsession for him. He begins to meet her and listen to her story, revealing her dark past: she witnessed a crime. Suddenly, a writer in search of a story finds himself at the center of an intrigue in which he is accused of a series of murders and all the evidence leads to him… Duration 70 minutes. /Greenwich Village room 1 / 2 / 3)
Brother and sister – Dramatic. Directed by: Arnaud Desplechin, with Marion Cotillard and Melville Poupot. Louis and Alice don’t talk anymore. Like parallel lines, they endlessly avoid each other. No matter how hard they try, none of them will be able to tell how it began and where the hatred that divides them got the upper hand, most of all, most stubbornly of all. Louis is a poet who has lost a child and a center of gravity, Alice is a famous theater actress with a teenage son and a hidden longing. An accident that suddenly mows down their parents takes them away and forces them to stay in the same city and by the same bed. Louis meets Alice: from this meeting, the war or possible reconciliation continues. Duration 108 minutes. (Classical)
Jeanne Dubarry – The King’s Favorite – Historical, dramatic. Directed by Maiwenn and starring Johnny Depp, Pierre Richard, Melvil Poupot and Maiwenn. Born into poverty, Jeanne du Barry is a young working-class woman, thirsty for culture and pleasure, who uses her charm to climb the rungs of the social ladder and become the favorite companion of the ruler of France.
Unaware of his status as a courtesan, Louis XV regains his zest for life through their relationship. The two fall madly in love with each other. Contrary to all decorum and etiquette, Jeanne moved to Versailles, where she shocked the whole court with her arrival. Louis XV died in 1774, and Dubarry was forced to retire to a monastery: thus, Marie Antoinette began to rule unhindered in France. Duration 116 minutes. (Ambrosio Room 2, Greenwich Village Room 3, Repository Room 3, The Space Turin, Uci Lingotto, The Space Beinasco, Uci Moncalieri)
Oppenheimer – Historical, dramatic. Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Kenneth Branagh, Matt Damon and Gary Oldman. In 1942, at the height of World War II, convinced that Hitler’s Germany was developing nuclear weapons, the United States in the greatest secrecy gave the go-ahead for the Manhattan Project to launch the first atomic bomb in history.
The American government decides to entrust the project to the brilliant physicist Robert J. Oppenheimer. Born in New York in 1904 to a family of German and Jewish origin, he has already made a great contribution to the development of modern physics for just under forty years. In the secret laboratories of Los Alamos, a scientist and his team of experts begin to develop a revolutionary weapon whose dire consequences continue to be felt to this day. Duration 184 minutes. (Massawa also VO, Due Giardini Nirvana room and Ombrerosse room, Marx Brothers Harpo room and Groucho room, Greenwich Village room 1 and room 2 VO, Ideal, Lux room 2, Nazionale room 1 and room 2, also VO and room 3 , room Reposi 1, The Space Turin, Uci Lingotto also voice acting, The Space Beinasco, Uci Moncalieri)
The order of time is Dramatic. Directed by Liliana Cavani and starring Alessandro Gassmann, Claudia Gerini, Edoardo Leo and Xenia Rappoport. A group of friends gather in a large villa to celebrate the birthday of one of them: while the news hangs over everyone that a giant asteroid is about to collide with the Earth. An ending that brings everyone to personal confessions. Paolo Mereghetti wrote on the columns of the Corriere della Sera after the Venetian vision (accompanied by the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement given to the ninety-year-old author of The Night Porter and Francesco): “Everything becomes the champion of the idea of life that needs to be ‘explained’ to the public (sometimes convincingly, sometimes a little less) in the name of cinema, which openly declares its didactic function and its pedagogical ambitions. Duration 112 minutes. (Ambrosio, room 1)
Transitions – Dramatic. Directed by Ira Sachs, with Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adelr Exarchopoulos. After completing his latest project, director Thomas begins an intense relationship with a young teacher, Agatha. For Thomas, the novelty of being with a woman is an exhilarating experience that he wants to deepen despite his marriage to Martin. When Martin also begins an extramarital affair, a sullen Thomas will turn his attention back to her husband. Duration 91 minutes. (Roman Hall 3)
Family portrait – Dramatic. Directed by Roshdi Zem, with Sami Buahila, Maiwen and Roshdi Zem. Moussa has always been kind, selfless and has always been there for his family. He is the exact opposite of his brother Ryad, a TV presenter who is accused of selfishness. He is only protected by Moussa, who admires him deeply. One day Moussa falls and hits his head hard. He has a head injury, he is unrecognizable, he talks to his family without filters. He will end up arguing with everyone except Riad. Duration 85 minutes. (Classical)
The taste of happiness Comedy. Directed by: Slony Sow, starring Gerard Depardieu, Pierre Richard and Sandrine Bonner. None of the beauty of life captures Gabriel Craven, the multi-star chef, nor his family, nor, above all, his business in the prestigious restaurant he ran and made famous.
A heart attack also sets in, after which he needs an operation: but the course of the postoperative period reveals a deterioration in his outlook on life. Gabriel also recalls how he was defeated in an ancient competition by a Japanese chef who gave him nothing but a bowl of spaghetti in broth. He decides to go in search of the person who helped destroy his existence and ask him what the secret of this dish is. Something is bound to come out of this trip. Duration 105 minutes. (Central also VO, Due Giardini Sala Ombrerosse)
A woman named Meishabelle Dramatic. Directed by Isyar Bollen, with Blanca Portillo. The story of a woman after her husband was killed by ETA. The murder took place 200 and eleven years after the tragedy. Maykabel is contacted by one of Juan’s killers. The man broke off all relations with the terrorist group, the woman cast aside all doubts and her own suffering in order to accept the meeting. When asked why she is ready to look Juan’s killer in the eye, the woman replies that everyone in life deserves a second chance. Duration 115 minutes. (Greenwich Village Room 3)
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