Italian Cinema Today

Roberto And ò 's latest film " Le confessioni"   (The Confessions)   is making its way through North America.  And ò  presented the film last week in New York at the annual Italian film series Open Roads: New Italian cinema . Tonight, the film will premiere in Quebec at Canada's annual Italian Contemporary Film Festival . The political thriller blends money, power and politics to give a contemporary portrait of the effect of capitalism throughout the world and how a select few economists, lacking in moral ground, are worsening the lives of the weak for their own benefit. A monk is at the center of a suspicious death and through his silence and wisdom, calls out the corruption, leading a few to second guess their choices. Four languages are spoken in the film and several nations are represented. The screenplay was articulately written, equally distributing the responsibility of each nation. I spoke with Roberto And ò  while he wa...