The 13th edition of the Rome Film
Festival got into full swing over the weekend, focusing on
high-quality films and events showcasing film stars, experts and
the public.
The festival began on Thursday and will run through October
28 with many more stars and premieres in the coming days.
This year's edition will not have an international jury, only
a prize awarded by the public and an emphasis on movies
regardless of whether they have been screened before.
One of the world premieres is 'Muse e Dei', a documentary
that brings together the late well-known Italian film directors
Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Michelangelo Antonioni and the muses
that inspired them.
Much has been written about these men, the director of the
documentary Gianfrancesco Lazotti told ANSA, "but the women, the
actresses in their films, manage to have a more original
perspective and highlight a few aspects a bit more".
Some of the actresses making "an appearance" in the film,
either in interviews or through archival material, are Ornella
Muti, Alessandra Panaro, Catherine Spaak, Fanny Ardant, Isabella
Ferrari, Giovanna Ralli, Stefania Sandrelli, Lucia Bosè and
Monica Vitti.
In another documentary, 'Le Avventure Del Lupo - La Storia
Quasi Vera di Stefano Benni " by Enza Negroni, the Italian
satirical writer, poet and journalist's life is brought to life.
It will debut at MAXXI in the 'Riflessi ' section and later
come out on DVD for Feltrinelli Real Cinema and broadcast by
LaEffe.
"Kursk" is instead a 2018 English-language French-Belgian
drama directed by Thomas Vinterberg and based on Robert Moore's
book "A Time to Die".
It revolves around the story story of the 2000 Kursk
submarine disaster in the Barents Sea and deals with such issues
as families, injustice, men against bureaucracy, indignation
towards politics, love, anger, loss and death. The 118 people
onboard died in the incident, with 23 not immediately killed but
who ended up dying before rescuers could get to them.
The film will be released in Italian cinemas in 2019 and
showcases the human tragedy as well as the Russian initial
indecisiveness towards accepting international help.
Vinterberg said that Putin does not appear in the film but
that "there was no intimidation from Russians on the basis of
the decision not to include him".
Then there is the Italian Manfredi Lucibello's film "Tutte le
Mie Notti" starring Barbora Bobulova, Benedetta Porcaroli and
Alessio Boni.
The film features young prostitutes, wealthy businessmen,
excesses, fears, fragility and lies as part of a 'duel' between
two women.The protagonists of the duel are a strict lawyer from
an important law firm (Bobulova) under a no-holds-barred
businessman (Boni) and a 17-year-old named Sara (Porcaroli) who
believes she can handle her secret life.
"Characters like Sara or like the one I play in 'Baby' (a
series on the Rome scandal of very young prostitutes that will
debut on Netflix in November)," Porcaroli told ANSA, "can be
dealt with only by not judging them. I tried to see them
objectively, understand what makes them tick. These stories do
not provide any answers; they simply offer the public the chance
to ask themselves questions."
photo: Antonioni on set
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