Italian Cinema Today

I'm fascinated by this image from Antonio Capuano’s 2020 “Il buco in testa," which premiered out of competition at the Torino Film Festival. Brava to Antonella Di Martino for her masterful set design and Bravo to Gianluca Laudadio for his cinematography. If the film is as beautiful as the press images, I can’t wait to see it!  According to Luce Cincittà, the film follows Maria who lives nearby the sea within the province of Naples. “She has a precarious job and no love ahead. Her mother is essentially mute. Forty years before, an extreme left-wing activist killed her father, a near-twenty-year old vice-brigadier, during a political rally. Maria was born two months after the killing. One day she found out that the killer had a name, a face and a job; he now lives in Milan after having paid for his murder in prison. “Now I know the person to detest,” thinks Maria. Then, she dyes her hair and takes a high-speed train to get to know him.”  The cast includes Teresa Saponangelo, To...

Photo by Storyboard Media Nanni Moretti's new film, Santiago, Italia will close the 36th edition of the Torino Film Festival in November. The docufilm, which features interviews and archival footage of the months following the coup of 11 September 1973 that ended the democratic government of Salvador Allende in Chile, focuses on the role played by the Italian embassy in Santiago, which gave shelter to hundreds of opponents of the regime of Pinochet, allowing them to reach Italy. The film will be released in Italy on December 6. Click here for more information on the Torino Film Festival screening. The festival runs November 23 - December 1.