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Venice Film Festival · 2018

Venice Film Festival 2018

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8 films · 2 reviews

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Arrivederci Saigon

The story of Italian musicians and the Vietnam war.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Wilma Labate; Writer: Wilma Labate, Giampaolo Simi; Stars: Rossella Canaccini, Franca Deni, Daniela Santerini, Viviana Tacchella, Rossella Canaccini, Franca Deni, Daniela Santerini, Viviana Tacchella)

Blood Kin

A true-crime story: reflections from Red Oak, Texas, where a teenage son has murdered his father.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ramin Bahrani; Writer: Ramin Bahrani)

Camorra

Review preview for Camorra

Not much explanation is needed to be immersed in the mournful and well-edited examination of a city in which the citizens become unwitting "foot soldiers" in a shapeless but enduring war.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary charting organised crime in Naples using archive footage.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Francesco Patierno; Writer: Francesco Patierno, Isaia Sales)

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Il Banchiere Anarchico

A dialogue between a wealthy banker and a colleague, explaining how he became an anarchist.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Giulio Base; Writer: Giulio Base, Fernando Pessoa; Stars: Giulio Base, Paolo Fosso, Giulio Base, Paolo Fosso)

Il ragazzo più felice del mondo

This is a true story. There is a person who for over twenty years has been sending letters to all the Italian authors of comic strips, passing himself off as a fifteen-year-old boy.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Gian Alfonso Pacinotti; Writer: Gian Alfonso Pacinotti, Gero Arnone; Stars: Gero Amone, Gian Alfonso Pacinotti, Domenico Procacci, Davide Barbafiera, Chiara Palmeri, Nathanaël Poupin, Mauro Uzzeo, Michele Rossi, Francesco Daniele, Anna Bellato, Kasia Smutniak, Jasmine Trinca, Gero Amone, Gian Alfonso Pacinotti, Domenico Procacci)

Magic Lantern

A projectionist becomes involved in a mystery.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Amir Naderi; Writer: Amir Naderi; Stars: Monk Serrell Freed, Sophie Lane Curtis, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Beltran, James Jagger, Brandon Sklenar, Ella Edwards, Jeannie Elise Mai, Angelique Maurnae, Brenna Otts, Monk Serrell Freed, Sophie Lane Curtis, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Beltran, James Jagger)

School's Out (L'Heure De La Sortie)

A group of six classmates harbour a dark and dangerous secret.

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Sébastien Marnier; Writer: Sébastien Marnier; Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Emmanuelle Bercot, Gringe)

The Tree Of Life

Review preview for The Tree Of Life

A stunning film, Malick's greatest work to date.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
The loss of a son and brother leads to a journey back through memory and the past in search of answers.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Terrence Malick; Writer: Terrence Malick; Stars: Jessica Chastain, Brad Pitt, Hunter McCracken, Sean Penn, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan)

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