Movies: Paolo Fresu

For John Cuttin it all started with the first sip of the wine of her life. A "Marzemino", a typical wine of the province of Trento, quoted by Lorenzo Da Ponte in his libretto for "Don Giovanni" by Mozart. The instant he tasted the blood-red drop of ...

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World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story that unfolds in the space of one night. Events follow one after the other without any kind of pattern: ...

Ezio Bosso reveals his real self and takes us into his world and his imagination, as if were a diary....

The film focuses on Ernesto Rossi (1897 – 1967), who was imprisoned by the fascist regime between 1930 and 1943 for his political ideas. Exiled on the island of Ventotene, he co-authored the Ventotene manifesto....

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Two former partners reignite their spark at a wedding reception, but as the night wears on, fond memories fade into mutual regrets and their brief affair turns into a desperate attempt to recapture lost time....

Thanks to archive material, reminiscences by those who knew her, and her own reflections vividly recited by actress Paola Cortellesi, the personal story and political career of Nilde Iotti transcends the biographical and touches the core of our own l...

OMAR SOSA'S 88 WELL-TUNED DRUMS is a feature-length documentary on the life and music of Cuban-born pianist and composer, Omar Sosa (b. 1965). Multiple Grammy-nominee Omar Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists on the scene today....

Italian comedy...

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The film reconstructs with care and tactile and optical sensuality the path and legacy of a unique figure of woman and artist: from the turn of the sixties with the "Looms", the "Sewn Canvas", the "Breads", the "Scriptures", the collective action car...

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In QUANDO DAL CIELO, Italian filmmaker Fabrizio Ferraro rises to the challenge of filming music, or rather filming musicians in the midst of the creative act to reinforce the idea that the dimension of listening is active....

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A trip in an automobile described in the style of the phonetic poetry by Patrizia Vicinelli....

ZULU meets JAZZ provides an opportunity to learn the history of Jazz music in the townships of Durban, a link between the music and the social movement, "a long walk toward freedom", which brought an end to Apartheid....

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