Italian director, actor, and screenwriter Roberto Benigni returned to the scene after his timeless masterpiece “Life Is Beautiful” (1997) to present, in 2005, a work that is no less beautiful and splendid—even though it did not achieve the same level of fame and popularity. In fact, it is striking that the opinions about “The Tiger and the Snow” (2005) were so divided and varied.
In my view, there are many similarities between the two films. First, of course, is that Roberto Benigni wrote, directed, and starred in both films and in both, his real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi, plays the female lead. The chemistry and complete harmony between the two are nothing short of astonishing. The second—and, in my opinion, most important—similarity is that in both films, Benigni searches for beauty amidst ugliness. He delves into history to uncover the darkest facets of human nature, weaving love stories and portraying tender...
In my view, there are many similarities between the two films. First, of course, is that Roberto Benigni wrote, directed, and starred in both films and in both, his real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi, plays the female lead. The chemistry and complete harmony between the two are nothing short of astonishing. The second—and, in my opinion, most important—similarity is that in both films, Benigni searches for beauty amidst ugliness. He delves into history to uncover the darkest facets of human nature, weaving love stories and portraying tender...
- 23/2/2025
- Abdalah Tarek Omar के द्वारा
- High on Films
Non-violent War films can offer a unique perspective by focusing on individuals' experiences and challenges away from direct conflict. Some of the best war movies transcend the need for battle scenes, instead exploring drama, political intrigue, and moral dilemmas. Non-violent war films like Life is Beautiful and Oppenheimer can still be incredibly heavy and impactful.
War movies are often famous for their vivid portrayal of battlefields, realistic explosions, or the gruesome realities of combat, but war films without violence can offer a unique perspective on the genre. Some war films focus on the diverse experiences and challenges faced by individuals away from the direct conflict. Amazing films like The Great Escape can show the pervasiveness of war, demonstrating the hardships and the lives of those who may not bear arms but are nonetheless caught up in its effects, all without having to depict violence on screen.
While typical war films...
War movies are often famous for their vivid portrayal of battlefields, realistic explosions, or the gruesome realities of combat, but war films without violence can offer a unique perspective on the genre. Some war films focus on the diverse experiences and challenges faced by individuals away from the direct conflict. Amazing films like The Great Escape can show the pervasiveness of war, demonstrating the hardships and the lives of those who may not bear arms but are nonetheless caught up in its effects, all without having to depict violence on screen.
While typical war films...
- 27/1/2024
- Alice Caswell के द्वारा
- ScreenRant
A movie masterpiece that will go down in history as one of the greatest Italian films of all time, here is where to watch Life Is Beautiful online now.
A film that merges romance, comedy, and tragedy together into one amazing story, Life Is Beautiful allows viewers an insight into the horrors of the Holocaust and shows us that even in the darkest of times, there is always a glimmer of hope lingering nearby.
Directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, the movie received financial and critical acclaim, winning three Academy Awards in 1998, including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor for Benigni. It also won the Grand Prix Award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and is listed as number 26 on the IMDb Top 250 Movie Chart. Life Is Beautiful is available to rent on Amazon Prime Video right now.
Watch Life Is Beautiful on Amazon Prime
What to Expect from Life Is Beautiful...
A film that merges romance, comedy, and tragedy together into one amazing story, Life Is Beautiful allows viewers an insight into the horrors of the Holocaust and shows us that even in the darkest of times, there is always a glimmer of hope lingering nearby.
Directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, the movie received financial and critical acclaim, winning three Academy Awards in 1998, including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor for Benigni. It also won the Grand Prix Award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and is listed as number 26 on the IMDb Top 250 Movie Chart. Life Is Beautiful is available to rent on Amazon Prime Video right now.
Watch Life Is Beautiful on Amazon Prime
What to Expect from Life Is Beautiful...
- 3/2/2023
- Eidhne Gallagher के द्वारा
- ScreenRant
The 78th Venice Film Festival opened on Wednesday with the world premiere of Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers,” starring Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit, who strutted down the walled-in red carpet alongside other top talent, and Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella.
Venice has been forced to place a wall-like outer barrier shielding the long catwalk entirely, in order to avoid close-knit crowds. But that did not diminish the balmy evening’s glamorous mood, pervaded with a spirit of restart.
Jury president Bong Joon Ho, after taking the stage, said, “We all believe the Corona Covid [crisis] will be over soon, yet the cinema will remain with us forever.”
The ceremony was hosted by Italian actor and singer Serena Rossi, who in her opening speech paid tribute to the crisis in Afghanistan.
“My thoughts to Afghan mothers, to those skinny arms on the barbed wire; to mothers ready with an extreme gesture to separate from their children,...
Venice has been forced to place a wall-like outer barrier shielding the long catwalk entirely, in order to avoid close-knit crowds. But that did not diminish the balmy evening’s glamorous mood, pervaded with a spirit of restart.
Jury president Bong Joon Ho, after taking the stage, said, “We all believe the Corona Covid [crisis] will be over soon, yet the cinema will remain with us forever.”
The ceremony was hosted by Italian actor and singer Serena Rossi, who in her opening speech paid tribute to the crisis in Afghanistan.
“My thoughts to Afghan mothers, to those skinny arms on the barbed wire; to mothers ready with an extreme gesture to separate from their children,...
- 1/9/2021
- Nick Vivarelli and Manori Ravindran के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival, which is set to run September 1-11, 2021, today announced that Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni will receive its Lifetime Achievement Award.
The celebrated actor has been one of Italy’s most popular film figures since making his debut in the 1970s. His 1997 film La Vita è Bella (Life Is Beautiful), which he wrote, directed, and starred in, received the 1998 Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival and in 1999, of the seven Oscar nominations the movie received, it won gongs for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor.
Benigni has received multiple David di Donatello Awards for films including Life Is Beautiful, Il Piccolo Diavolo (The Little Devil, 1988) and Johnny Stecchino (1991). He is also well known for roles in Jim Jarmusch films Down by Law (1986), Night on Earth, 1992, and Coffee and Cigarettes, 2003, and more recently, he won a David di Donatello Award as...
The celebrated actor has been one of Italy’s most popular film figures since making his debut in the 1970s. His 1997 film La Vita è Bella (Life Is Beautiful), which he wrote, directed, and starred in, received the 1998 Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival and in 1999, of the seven Oscar nominations the movie received, it won gongs for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor.
Benigni has received multiple David di Donatello Awards for films including Life Is Beautiful, Il Piccolo Diavolo (The Little Devil, 1988) and Johnny Stecchino (1991). He is also well known for roles in Jim Jarmusch films Down by Law (1986), Night on Earth, 1992, and Coffee and Cigarettes, 2003, and more recently, he won a David di Donatello Award as...
- 15/4/2021
- Andreas Wiseman के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival will honor Oscar-winning Italian actor/director Roberto Benigni with its 2021 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
Benigni, whose “Life Is Beautiful” – which he co-wrote, directed and starred in – won three Oscars in 1999, including best actor, recently returned to the big screen playing Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s live-action adaptation of “Pinocchio.”
“Pinocchio,” which was a box office champ in Italy in 2019, has been recently released in the U.S. by Roadside Attractions and is nominated for 2021 Oscars in the best costume design and makeup and hairstyling categories.
Benigni’s last directorial effort is “The Tiger and the Snow,” in 2005, in which he also starred. In recent years the beloved Italian showman has been active with his stage adaptation of Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” which toured in Italy and around the world.
In praising Benigni Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera noted that “few artists have equaled his ability to combine explosive comic timing,...
Benigni, whose “Life Is Beautiful” – which he co-wrote, directed and starred in – won three Oscars in 1999, including best actor, recently returned to the big screen playing Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s live-action adaptation of “Pinocchio.”
“Pinocchio,” which was a box office champ in Italy in 2019, has been recently released in the U.S. by Roadside Attractions and is nominated for 2021 Oscars in the best costume design and makeup and hairstyling categories.
Benigni’s last directorial effort is “The Tiger and the Snow,” in 2005, in which he also starred. In recent years the beloved Italian showman has been active with his stage adaptation of Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” which toured in Italy and around the world.
In praising Benigni Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera noted that “few artists have equaled his ability to combine explosive comic timing,...
- 15/4/2021
- Nick Vivarelli के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
Corpo Celeste (Heavenly Body), Le Meravigile (The Wonders) and Lazzaro Felice (Happy As Lazzaro) director/screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher with Alba Rohrwacher Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Cannes Best Screenplay winner Happy As Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice), shot by Hélène Louvart, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, and starring Adriano Tardiolo with Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani, Agnese Graziani, David Bennent, Nicoletta Braschi, Sergi López, and Tommaso Ragno, was the opening night film in The Wonders: Alice and Alba Rohrwacher, organised by Museum of Modern Art Department of Film Curator Josh Siegel with Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero of Luce Cinecittà.
Alice Rohrwacher with Alba Rohrwacher: “I think fairy tales were very important for us. Especially the collection of Italian folktales done by Italo Calvino.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The casting of David Bennent (Volker Schlöndorff’s adaptation of Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum), the magic of Italo Calvino (Italian Folktales), Astrid Lindgren, Angela Carter (The...
Cannes Best Screenplay winner Happy As Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice), shot by Hélène Louvart, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, and starring Adriano Tardiolo with Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani, Agnese Graziani, David Bennent, Nicoletta Braschi, Sergi López, and Tommaso Ragno, was the opening night film in The Wonders: Alice and Alba Rohrwacher, organised by Museum of Modern Art Department of Film Curator Josh Siegel with Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero of Luce Cinecittà.
Alice Rohrwacher with Alba Rohrwacher: “I think fairy tales were very important for us. Especially the collection of Italian folktales done by Italo Calvino.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The casting of David Bennent (Volker Schlöndorff’s adaptation of Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum), the magic of Italo Calvino (Italian Folktales), Astrid Lindgren, Angela Carter (The...
- 22/12/2019
- Anne-Katrin Titze के द्वारा
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"I'm calling about a missing boy." Netflix has released a new Us trailer for the film Happy as Lazzaro, originally titled Lazzaro felice, the latest film by acclaimed Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher. This trailer celebrates the release of the film on Netflix today, for those who would like to catch this acclaimed, shot-on-film fable. It first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this summer, highly regarded as one of the best of the festival, despite not winning any awards. The film is about a boy named Lazzaro who works as a farming peasant on a tobacco farm in Italy. About halfway through, the film jumps in time to the modern day where he ends up in a city searching for his friends and family. Adriano Tardiolo stars as Lazzaro, along with Luca Chikovani, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López, Natalino Balasso, Tommaso Ragno, and Nicoletta Braschi. This Us trailer is...
- 30/11/2018
- Alex Billington के द्वारा
- firstshowing.net
The men and women, boys and girls crowd into the kitchen of a small house, laughing and teasing and drinking. One of the young workers who plow the fields of a tobacco farm, on the Lazio region estate where these rural laborers live, has just serenaded his true love; the young woman’s sisters tease the suitor from the window. Then they let the inebriated singers into the household, all chaos and clutter and loud celebrating. Even the dimmest of the bunch — well, not dim, but certainly the most naive — of the group,...
- 28/11/2018
- David Fear के द्वारा
- Rollingstone.com
Refresh For Updates The Last Emperor and The Dreamers producer Jeremy Thomas, collaborator with Bernardo Bertolucci on five films, has called the late filmmaker “a monumental figure.”
Multi-Oscar winner Bertolucci passed away this morning in Rome aged 77 following a battle with cancer. Thomas traveled to say goodbye to his old friend and collaborator this past weekend.
The British producer, founder of iconic UK production firm Recorded Picture Company, told me, “He was like a brother to me. We spoke very regularly. It is a tough day. He was a wonderful man, one of the greats and the best of collaborators. He was a monumental and inspirational figure, the last of the great Italian filmmakers from that era.”
Thomas and Bertolucci worked together on five films: The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha, Stealing Beauty and The Dreamers. Bertolucci first contacted the UK producer after seeing his film Merry Christmas...
Multi-Oscar winner Bertolucci passed away this morning in Rome aged 77 following a battle with cancer. Thomas traveled to say goodbye to his old friend and collaborator this past weekend.
The British producer, founder of iconic UK production firm Recorded Picture Company, told me, “He was like a brother to me. We spoke very regularly. It is a tough day. He was a wonderful man, one of the greats and the best of collaborators. He was a monumental and inspirational figure, the last of the great Italian filmmakers from that era.”
Thomas and Bertolucci worked together on five films: The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha, Stealing Beauty and The Dreamers. Bertolucci first contacted the UK producer after seeing his film Merry Christmas...
- 26/11/2018
- Andreas Wiseman and Greg Evans के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
Tributes have begun to pour in for Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci, who died Monday at the age of 77.
“A giant of Italian filmmaking, he will remain forever a leading light in world cinema,” the Cannes Film Festival tweeted. Bertolucci served as jury president at Cannes in 1990 and won an honorary Palme for lifetime achievement in 2011.
Adieu à Bernardo Bertolucci, Palme d’honneur à #Cannes2011 pour l’ensemble de sa carrière après y avoir présidé le Jury en 1990. Prima della Revoluzione, Le Conformiste, 1900, La Tragédie d’un Homme ridicule… Géant du cinéma italien, il restera un phare du cinéma mondial. pic.twitter.com/EscfWEZ9pp
— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) November 26, 2018
Famous for such major works as “Last Tango in Paris” and “The Conformist,” Bertolucci was the only Italian to win a best director Oscar, an accolade he picked up for “The Last Emperor,” which scored nine Academy Awards in all.
“A giant of Italian filmmaking, he will remain forever a leading light in world cinema,” the Cannes Film Festival tweeted. Bertolucci served as jury president at Cannes in 1990 and won an honorary Palme for lifetime achievement in 2011.
Adieu à Bernardo Bertolucci, Palme d’honneur à #Cannes2011 pour l’ensemble de sa carrière après y avoir présidé le Jury en 1990. Prima della Revoluzione, Le Conformiste, 1900, La Tragédie d’un Homme ridicule… Géant du cinéma italien, il restera un phare du cinéma mondial. pic.twitter.com/EscfWEZ9pp
— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) November 26, 2018
Famous for such major works as “Last Tango in Paris” and “The Conformist,” Bertolucci was the only Italian to win a best director Oscar, an accolade he picked up for “The Last Emperor,” which scored nine Academy Awards in all.
- 26/11/2018
- Henry Chu के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
The following essay was produced as part of the 2018 Nyff Critics Academy, a workshop for aspiring film critics that took place during the 56th edition of the New York Film Festival.
From the beginning of Ulrich Köhler’s “In My Room,” the timing is already off. A cameraman, later revealed to be our middling protagonist Armin (Hans Löw), has mixed up his on and off buttons, leaving footage of a conference with all the meat missing. Just as a politician is about to speak, the image and sound cut out. “Good thing we didn’t miss that,” someone mistakenly says in the background. Too bad they did.
The film’s title (presented in English) likely references the Beach Boys’ 1963 song of the same name: “There’s a world where I can go/And tell my secrets to/In my room.” The use of the song title hints at the desire...
From the beginning of Ulrich Köhler’s “In My Room,” the timing is already off. A cameraman, later revealed to be our middling protagonist Armin (Hans Löw), has mixed up his on and off buttons, leaving footage of a conference with all the meat missing. Just as a politician is about to speak, the image and sound cut out. “Good thing we didn’t miss that,” someone mistakenly says in the background. Too bad they did.
The film’s title (presented in English) likely references the Beach Boys’ 1963 song of the same name: “There’s a world where I can go/And tell my secrets to/In my room.” The use of the song title hints at the desire...
- 28/10/2018
- Susannah Gruder के द्वारा
- Indiewire
“Flatliners” is the worst reviewed movie of the Fall so far, and one of the worst-reviewed movies of the year. But it’s not the worst reviewed film of all time. Check which ones are, courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes, ranked by number of reviews.
“Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever” (2002)
Average Score: 2.59
# of Reviews: 116
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu
“One Missed Call” (2008)
Average Score: 2.48
# of Reviews: 80
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Shannyn Sossamon, Edwards Burns
“Pinocchio” (2002)
Average Score: 2.36
# of Reviews: 55
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
“A Thousand Words” (2012)
Average Score: 3.18
# of Reviews: 54
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Allison Janney
“Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2” (2004)
Average Score: 2.17
# of Reviews: 45
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Jon Voight, Scott Baio
“National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers” (2004)
Average Score: 1.8
# of Reviews: 44
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Will Friedle, Chris Owen
“Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star” (2011)
Average Score: 1.59
# of Reviews: 35
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci
“The Ridiculous 6” (2015)
Average Score: 2.36
# of Reviews: 33
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Adam Sandler,...
“Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever” (2002)
Average Score: 2.59
# of Reviews: 116
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu
“One Missed Call” (2008)
Average Score: 2.48
# of Reviews: 80
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Shannyn Sossamon, Edwards Burns
“Pinocchio” (2002)
Average Score: 2.36
# of Reviews: 55
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
“A Thousand Words” (2012)
Average Score: 3.18
# of Reviews: 54
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Allison Janney
“Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2” (2004)
Average Score: 2.17
# of Reviews: 45
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Jon Voight, Scott Baio
“National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers” (2004)
Average Score: 1.8
# of Reviews: 44
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Will Friedle, Chris Owen
“Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star” (2011)
Average Score: 1.59
# of Reviews: 35
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci
“The Ridiculous 6” (2015)
Average Score: 2.36
# of Reviews: 33
Tomatometer: 0
Cast: Adam Sandler,...
- 16/10/2018
- Beatrice Verhoeven के द्वारा
- The Wrap
"I'm calling about a missing boy. Someone important, a Marquis." The Match Factory released a new trailer for the film Happy as Lazzaro, originally titled Lazzaro felice, the latest film made by acclaimed Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher. This premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this summer in competition, and it was highly regarded as one of the best of the festival, despite not winning any awards. It's an odd, awkward film about a boy named Lazzaro who works as a farming peasant on a tobacco farm in Italy. About halfway through, the film jumps in time to the modern day where he ends up in a city searching for his friends and family. Adriano Tardiolo stars as Lazzaro, and the cast includes Luca Chikovani, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López, Natalino Balasso, Tommaso Ragno, and Nicoletta Braschi. Expect to hear a lot more about this film by the end of the year,...
- 20/6/2018
- Alex Billington के द्वारा
- firstshowing.net
Netflix has bought North American and Latin American rights to a pair of awards winners at the Cannes Film Festival — “Happy as Lazzaro” and “Girl.”
The streaming service made the announcement Saturday, the closing day of the 71st edition of the world’s most glamorous film festival. The festival created a stir in April, by announcing that Netflix movies wouldn’t be eligible for in-competition slots — which prompted Netflix to pull all of its titles for consideration, including out-of-competition screenings.
Variety reported on May 7, the day before the festival opened, that Netflix executives had expressed interest in acquiring Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows,” the opening night film. On May 11, Netflix closed a deal for the animated robot movie “Next Gen” at Cannes. The deals for “Happy as Lazzaro” and “Girl” were handled by The Match Factory.
“Happy as Lazzaro” premiered in competition and was awarded best screenplay for Alice Rohrwacher...
The streaming service made the announcement Saturday, the closing day of the 71st edition of the world’s most glamorous film festival. The festival created a stir in April, by announcing that Netflix movies wouldn’t be eligible for in-competition slots — which prompted Netflix to pull all of its titles for consideration, including out-of-competition screenings.
Variety reported on May 7, the day before the festival opened, that Netflix executives had expressed interest in acquiring Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows,” the opening night film. On May 11, Netflix closed a deal for the animated robot movie “Next Gen” at Cannes. The deals for “Happy as Lazzaro” and “Girl” were handled by The Match Factory.
“Happy as Lazzaro” premiered in competition and was awarded best screenplay for Alice Rohrwacher...
- 19/5/2018
- Dave McNary के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has acquired Cannes Film Festival award winners “Happy as Lazzaro” and “Girl.”
Just ahead of Cannes, the streaming service had closed a $30 million worldwide deal for the animated film “Next Gen.”
Below are the official descriptions and all of the relevant details for Netflix’s newest acquisitions and the latest Cannes sales.
Also Read: 'Shoplifters' Wins Palme d'Or at 2018 Cannes Film Festival
“Happy as Lazzaro” (pictured above)
Alice Rohrwacher was awarded Best Screenplay for “Happy as Lazzaro” (in a tie with Nader Saeivar for ‘3 Faces”)
Synopsis: This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping.
Just ahead of Cannes, the streaming service had closed a $30 million worldwide deal for the animated film “Next Gen.”
Below are the official descriptions and all of the relevant details for Netflix’s newest acquisitions and the latest Cannes sales.
Also Read: 'Shoplifters' Wins Palme d'Or at 2018 Cannes Film Festival
“Happy as Lazzaro” (pictured above)
Alice Rohrwacher was awarded Best Screenplay for “Happy as Lazzaro” (in a tie with Nader Saeivar for ‘3 Faces”)
Synopsis: This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping.
- 19/5/2018
- Tony Maglio के द्वारा
- The Wrap
Netflix has acquired the rights to Cannes Film Festival award-winners Happy As Lazzaro and Girl for North America and Latin America.
Happy as Lazzaro premiered in competition and was awarded Best Screenplay for Alice Rohrwacher. The Camera d’Or for best first film was awarded to Lukas Dhont for Girl, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and was awarded Best Actor for Victor Polster,
Happy as Lazzaro is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping. This strange and improbable alliance is a revelation for Lazzaro. A friendship so...
Happy as Lazzaro premiered in competition and was awarded Best Screenplay for Alice Rohrwacher. The Camera d’Or for best first film was awarded to Lukas Dhont for Girl, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and was awarded Best Actor for Victor Polster,
Happy as Lazzaro is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping. This strange and improbable alliance is a revelation for Lazzaro. A friendship so...
- 19/5/2018
- Bruce Haring के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux said this morning that the finishing touches on the lineup announced today were honed until about 3 Am local time. It’s not unusual for him to go down to the wire, and there will be more titles announced in the coming weeks as the 71st edition of the venerable seaside shindig approaches. But what we got today was a mixed bag of new and familiar faces with a number of tipped movies not in the preliminary cut.
The selection looks “light on paper” was a refrain I heard coming out of the press conference and throughout the day. But critics and longtime attendees cautioned there might be gems therein. For now, only the selection committee knows — though Frémaux said that none of the films they saw was completed.
Frémaux called the selection a “generational renewal.” There is a sense that some titles to be added could raise the pulse.
The selection looks “light on paper” was a refrain I heard coming out of the press conference and throughout the day. But critics and longtime attendees cautioned there might be gems therein. For now, only the selection committee knows — though Frémaux said that none of the films they saw was completed.
Frémaux called the selection a “generational renewal.” There is a sense that some titles to be added could raise the pulse.
- 12/4/2018
- Nancy Tartaglione के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
“Flatliners” is the worst reviewed movie of the Fall so far, and one of the worst-reviewed movies of the year. But it’s not the worst reviewed film of all time. Check which ones are, courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes, ranked by number of reviews. “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever” (2002) Average Score: 2.59 # of Reviews: 116 Tomatometer: 0 Cast: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu “One Missed Call” (2008) Average Score: 2.48 # of Reviews: 80 Tomatometer: 0 Cast: Shannyn Sossamon, Edwards Burns “Pinocchio” (2002) Average Score: 2.36 # of Reviews: 55 Tomatometer: 0 Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi “A Thousand Words” (2012) Average Score: 3.18 # of Reviews: 54 Tomatometer: 0 Cast: Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Allison Janney “Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2” (2004) Average.
- 30/9/2017
- Beatrice Verhoeven के द्वारा
- The Wrap
Exclusive: German sales outfit boards Hagar Ben-Asher film set in the days following WWII.
The Match Factory is reuniting with Israeli filmmaker Hagar Ben-Asher for her third feature film The War Has Ended.
The Cologne-based company will handle world sales on the film while managing director Michael Weber will co-produce the film through his Pola Pandora Filmproduktion outfit in Berlin alongside Poland’s Madants and Israel’s Transfax Film Productions.
Pitching the €3.5m project at this week’s Polish Days in Wroclaw, Madants’ Beata Rzezniczek said the planned Polish majority production - which received development funding from the Polish-German Fund at the beginning of 2017 - is set to begin shooting at locations in Poland from late 2018.
Set in the days following the Second World War, The War Has Ended sees a marionette puppeteer rescuing a 13-year-old girl from verge of death and subsequently teaching her the art of puppeteering. Their lives become intertwined through circumstances and the...
The Match Factory is reuniting with Israeli filmmaker Hagar Ben-Asher for her third feature film The War Has Ended.
The Cologne-based company will handle world sales on the film while managing director Michael Weber will co-produce the film through his Pola Pandora Filmproduktion outfit in Berlin alongside Poland’s Madants and Israel’s Transfax Film Productions.
Pitching the €3.5m project at this week’s Polish Days in Wroclaw, Madants’ Beata Rzezniczek said the planned Polish majority production - which received development funding from the Polish-German Fund at the beginning of 2017 - is set to begin shooting at locations in Poland from late 2018.
Set in the days following the Second World War, The War Has Ended sees a marionette puppeteer rescuing a 13-year-old girl from verge of death and subsequently teaching her the art of puppeteering. Their lives become intertwined through circumstances and the...
- 10/8/2017
- screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: German sales outfit boards Hagar Ben-Asher film set in the days following WWII.
The Match Factory is reuniting with Israeli filmmaker Hagar Ben-Asher for her third feature film The War Has Ended.
The Cologne-based sales company will also serve as a co-producer on the film through its Pola Pandora Filmproduktion outfit in Berlin alongside Poland’s Madants and Israel’s Transfax Film Productions.
Pitching the €3.5m project at this week’s Polish Days in Wroclaw, Madants’ Beata Rzezniczek said the planned Polish majority production - which received development funding from the Polish-German Fund at the beginning of 2017 - is set to begin shooting at locations in Poland from late 2018.
Set in the days following the Second World War, The War Has Ended sees a marionette puppeteer rescuing a 13-year-old girl from verge of death and subsequently teaching her the art of puppeteering. Their lives become intertwined through circumstances and the belief that the war may never...
The Match Factory is reuniting with Israeli filmmaker Hagar Ben-Asher for her third feature film The War Has Ended.
The Cologne-based sales company will also serve as a co-producer on the film through its Pola Pandora Filmproduktion outfit in Berlin alongside Poland’s Madants and Israel’s Transfax Film Productions.
Pitching the €3.5m project at this week’s Polish Days in Wroclaw, Madants’ Beata Rzezniczek said the planned Polish majority production - which received development funding from the Polish-German Fund at the beginning of 2017 - is set to begin shooting at locations in Poland from late 2018.
Set in the days following the Second World War, The War Has Ended sees a marionette puppeteer rescuing a 13-year-old girl from verge of death and subsequently teaching her the art of puppeteering. Their lives become intertwined through circumstances and the belief that the war may never...
- 10/8/2017
- screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
The Italian Contemporary Film Festival recently wrapped up their fourth year, concluding with a black tie gala @ The Ritz-Carlton in Toronto, following the screening of "Sei Mai Stata Sulla Luna?", directed by Paolo Genovese:
Running simultaneously in six cities in Canada, the festival hosted prolific names in Italian cinema including Marco Turco, whose film "L’Oriana" premiered as opening night film.
Icff presented 28 features and 22 shorts screening over nine days, hosted in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Vaughan, Mississauga and Hamilton...
"...bringing together over 25,000 guests bridging the gap between Italy and Canada through film. Guests were invited to visit Italy without leaving Canada from the comfort of their seats..."
"We are extremely pleased that our films were so well received," said Cristiano de Florentiis, artistic director Icff. "With an average 4/5 rating from guests, Italian contemporary film has resonated with Canadians."
In collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival, Icff also...
Running simultaneously in six cities in Canada, the festival hosted prolific names in Italian cinema including Marco Turco, whose film "L’Oriana" premiered as opening night film.
Icff presented 28 features and 22 shorts screening over nine days, hosted in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Vaughan, Mississauga and Hamilton...
"...bringing together over 25,000 guests bridging the gap between Italy and Canada through film. Guests were invited to visit Italy without leaving Canada from the comfort of their seats..."
"We are extremely pleased that our films were so well received," said Cristiano de Florentiis, artistic director Icff. "With an average 4/5 rating from guests, Italian contemporary film has resonated with Canadians."
In collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival, Icff also...
- 22/6/2015
- Michael Stevens के द्वारा
- SneakPeek
The well know Indian actress and film director Nandita Das will be joining the Short Film and Cinefondation jury of the 66th Cannes Film Festival that takes place between 15th to 16th May, 2016. The jury is headed by the New Zealand filmmaker and Palme d'or winner Jane Campion for her film The Piano.The other members of the Jury are Maji-daAbdi, the Ethiopian director and producer, Nicoletta Braschi, the Italian actress, and Semih Kaplanoglu, the Turkish director.
- 18/4/2013
- GlamSham
Indian film actress and director Nandita Das is on the Cinefondation Jury of the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
She will be accompanied by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion (President), Ethiopian filmmaker Maji-da Abdl, Italian actress and producer Nicoletta Braschi and Turkish filmmaker Semih Kaplanoglu.
The Cinéfondation Selection selected 18 films (14 fiction films and 4 animated films) among the 1,550 submitted this year from 277 schools from all around the world. Cinefondation screens student films.
Das is known for her performance in films like Deepa Mehta’s Fire and Earth, Bawandar and Amaar Bhuvan. In 2008, she made her directorial debut with Firaaq.
She will be accompanied by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion (President), Ethiopian filmmaker Maji-da Abdl, Italian actress and producer Nicoletta Braschi and Turkish filmmaker Semih Kaplanoglu.
The Cinéfondation Selection selected 18 films (14 fiction films and 4 animated films) among the 1,550 submitted this year from 277 schools from all around the world. Cinefondation screens student films.
Das is known for her performance in films like Deepa Mehta’s Fire and Earth, Bawandar and Amaar Bhuvan. In 2008, she made her directorial debut with Firaaq.
- 18/4/2013
- NewsDesk के द्वारा
- DearCinema.com
This morning the official 2013 Cannes Film Festival line-up was announced from Paris, France. The committee saw 1,858 films submitted this year and while additional titles will continue to be announced, this morning we got the full Competition and Un Certain Regard lineup and it looks amazing so far. Among the films announced In Competition so far, many were expected including Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives, Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra, Roman Polanski's Venus in Fur, Asghar Farhadi's The Past and Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis. Additionally James Gray's once titled Lowlife starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner will play, but under the name The Immigrant and Takashi Miike's cop thriller Wara No Tate (Straw Shield) has also made the competition list. However, the biggest "surprise" is the inclusion of Alexander Payne's black-and-white film Nebraska, which is sure to be a big attention getter,...
- 18/4/2013
- Brad Brevet के द्वारा
- Rope of Silicon
Chicago – The Criterion Collection continues their pattern of releasing a few new titles on Blu-ray every month while also upgrading some of their catalog releases to the HD format. One of the latter for July is #166 in the legendary collection, Jim Jarmusch’s spectacular “Down by Law.” The film has no new special features but what was available on its initial release is pretty spectacular and the HD transfer is an expected beauty,
Rating: 4.0/5.0
I love the rhythym of “Down by Law,” a film that still plays wonderfully a quarter-century after its release. Much like the music of Tom Waits, who stars in the film, the movie has an non-traditional time signature, lurching forward with a fight scene and back again with a long scene of dialogue. The unusual structure of Jarmusch’s screenwriting would become one of his signatures but I find it the freshest in his earliest material,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
I love the rhythym of “Down by Law,” a film that still plays wonderfully a quarter-century after its release. Much like the music of Tom Waits, who stars in the film, the movie has an non-traditional time signature, lurching forward with a fight scene and back again with a long scene of dialogue. The unusual structure of Jarmusch’s screenwriting would become one of his signatures but I find it the freshest in his earliest material,...
- 29/7/2012
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman) के द्वारा
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Academy Award winning Life is Beautiful has been re-released on Blu-ray, with this special edition. As well known for Roberto Benigni’s Oscar acceptance as the movie itself at the time, this is a great chance for the film itself to once again take centre stage.
Co-writer/Director Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a simple, cheeky waiter with dreams of opening his own bookstore. He takes a shine to a local aristocratic school teacher, but she is being pressured to marrying a similarly wealthy man. Guido may be poor, but he is also funny and charming, sweeping Dora, literally, off her feet at her engagement party. Guido and Dora are madly in love, and have a son and a very happy life.
Happy, that is, until the effects of World War II are felt. Jewish Guido, and his young son Giosue are taken to a Nazi concentration camp, with non-Jewish wife Dora,...
Co-writer/Director Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a simple, cheeky waiter with dreams of opening his own bookstore. He takes a shine to a local aristocratic school teacher, but she is being pressured to marrying a similarly wealthy man. Guido may be poor, but he is also funny and charming, sweeping Dora, literally, off her feet at her engagement party. Guido and Dora are madly in love, and have a son and a very happy life.
Happy, that is, until the effects of World War II are felt. Jewish Guido, and his young son Giosue are taken to a Nazi concentration camp, with non-Jewish wife Dora,...
- 2/4/2012
- Barry Steele के द्वारा
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Life is Beautiful is a wondrous, multifaceted experience. At the opening of the film, we meet Guido, brilliantly portrayed by writer/director/star Roberto Benigni, a Jewish waiter living in 1930’s Tuscany. You immediately fall in love with Guido’s childlike humor and slapstick antics, reminiscent of comic legends like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. Guido then meets and falls instantly in love with Dora (Benigni’s wife in real-life, Nicoletta Braschi) a pretty schoolteacher who he hilariously keeps bumping into (literally) on the streets of Italy. He exclaims “Buongiorno Princepessa!” (Good morning, Princess!) every time he sees Dora, and becomes more and more intent upon winning her heart.
Read more...
Read more...
- 12/10/2011
- Marissa Quenqua के द्वारा
- JustPressPlay.net
Rank the week of October 4th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time: New Releases Fast Five
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #803
Win Percentage: 57%
Times Ranked: 5781
Top-20 Rankings: 40
Directed By: Justin Lin
Starring: Dwayne Johnson • Vin Diesel • Paul Walker • Jordana Brewster • Elsa Pataky
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Chase Movie • Crime • Drama • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Scream 4
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #1420
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 6843
Top-20 Rankings: 26
Directed By: Wes Craven
Starring: Alison Brie • Neve Campbell • David Arquette • Hayden Panettiere • Courteney Cox
Genres: Horror • Mystery • Slasher Film • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Submarine
(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #2772
Win Percentage: 60%
Times Ranked: 1079
Top-20 Rankings: 10
Directed By: Richard Ayoade
Starring: Craig Roberts • Yasmin Paige • Sally Hawkins • Paddy Considine • Noah Taylor
Genres: Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
Rank This Movie
Classics & Re-releases Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom
(Criterion Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 1976)
Flickchart Ranking: #4386
Win Percentage: 43%
Times Ranked:...
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #803
Win Percentage: 57%
Times Ranked: 5781
Top-20 Rankings: 40
Directed By: Justin Lin
Starring: Dwayne Johnson • Vin Diesel • Paul Walker • Jordana Brewster • Elsa Pataky
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Chase Movie • Crime • Drama • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Scream 4
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #1420
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 6843
Top-20 Rankings: 26
Directed By: Wes Craven
Starring: Alison Brie • Neve Campbell • David Arquette • Hayden Panettiere • Courteney Cox
Genres: Horror • Mystery • Slasher Film • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Submarine
(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #2772
Win Percentage: 60%
Times Ranked: 1079
Top-20 Rankings: 10
Directed By: Richard Ayoade
Starring: Craig Roberts • Yasmin Paige • Sally Hawkins • Paddy Considine • Noah Taylor
Genres: Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
Rank This Movie
Classics & Re-releases Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom
(Criterion Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 1976)
Flickchart Ranking: #4386
Win Percentage: 43%
Times Ranked:...
- 4/10/2011
- Jonathan Hardesty के द्वारा
- Flickchart
Filed under: Columns, Cinematical
Welcome to Where Everyone Has Gone Before, the weekly column where I continue my film education before your very eyes by seeking out and watching all of the movies I should have seen by now. I will first judge the movie before I've watched it, based entirely on its reputation (and my potentially misguided thoughts). Then I will give the movie a fair chance and actually watch it. You will laugh at me, you may condemn me, but you will never say I didn't try!
The Film: 'Mystery Train' (1989), Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinque Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi, Tom Noonan and the raspy tones of the great Tom Waits.
Why I Haven't Seen It Until Now: My first exposure to director Jim Jarmusch was when Teenage Me (perhaps you remember...
Welcome to Where Everyone Has Gone Before, the weekly column where I continue my film education before your very eyes by seeking out and watching all of the movies I should have seen by now. I will first judge the movie before I've watched it, based entirely on its reputation (and my potentially misguided thoughts). Then I will give the movie a fair chance and actually watch it. You will laugh at me, you may condemn me, but you will never say I didn't try!
The Film: 'Mystery Train' (1989), Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinque Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi, Tom Noonan and the raspy tones of the great Tom Waits.
Why I Haven't Seen It Until Now: My first exposure to director Jim Jarmusch was when Teenage Me (perhaps you remember...
- 19/2/2011
- Jacob Hall के द्वारा
- Moviefone
Filed under: Columns, Cinematical
Welcome to Where Everyone Has Gone Before, the weekly column where I continue my film education before your very eyes by seeking out and watching all of the movies I should have seen by now. I will first judge the movie before I've watched it, based entirely on its reputation (and my potentially misguided thoughts). Then I will give the movie a fair chance and actually watch it. You will laugh at me, you may condemn me, but you will never say I didn't try!
The Film: 'Mystery Train' (1989), Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinque Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi, Tom Noonan and the raspy tones of the great Tom Waits.
Why I Haven't Seen It Until Now: My first exposure to director Jim Jarmusch was when Teenage Me (perhaps you remember...
Welcome to Where Everyone Has Gone Before, the weekly column where I continue my film education before your very eyes by seeking out and watching all of the movies I should have seen by now. I will first judge the movie before I've watched it, based entirely on its reputation (and my potentially misguided thoughts). Then I will give the movie a fair chance and actually watch it. You will laugh at me, you may condemn me, but you will never say I didn't try!
The Film: 'Mystery Train' (1989), Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Youki Kudoh, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cinque Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi, Tom Noonan and the raspy tones of the great Tom Waits.
Why I Haven't Seen It Until Now: My first exposure to director Jim Jarmusch was when Teenage Me (perhaps you remember...
- 19/2/2011
- Jacob Hall के द्वारा
- Cinematical
Warner Bros. Pictures is keen to bring the beloved "Pinocchio" to life via producer Dan Jinks. Bryan Fuller has been tapped to pen the screenplay. Nick Nantell, vice president of development at the Dan Jinks Co., will also produce. Jinks told Daily Variety that he was inspired by Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" to begin work on a new version of "Pinocchio." The story tells of a puppet created by the aged Geppetto who dreams of becoming a real boy and first appeared in 1883 in Carlo Collodi's "The Adventures of Pinocchio." Disney made the first feature film cartoon back in 1940. The most recent version was 2002's film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, Carlo Giuffrè and Nicoletta Braschi.
- 16/9/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
“Was that a gun?”
“Probably. This is America.”
Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Mystery Train’ and I have had a tumultuous relationship with one another since it came out in 1989. I saw the film three times and each time I just disliked it to the point of hatred, because I didn’t feel connected with the characters, the film or the director’s vision at all. Fast forward to 2010 and ‘Mystery Train’ has been released onto Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection. And watching this film for the first time in about 7 years, it was as if I was watching this film for the first time in brand new eyes.
‘Mystery Train’ is a wonderful love letter to the city of Memphis, its people and the musical legacy it has given the world. It’s filled with characters that could easily carry one feature length film, but Jarmusch gives us a trilogy of stories within this film,...
“Probably. This is America.”
Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Mystery Train’ and I have had a tumultuous relationship with one another since it came out in 1989. I saw the film three times and each time I just disliked it to the point of hatred, because I didn’t feel connected with the characters, the film or the director’s vision at all. Fast forward to 2010 and ‘Mystery Train’ has been released onto Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection. And watching this film for the first time in about 7 years, it was as if I was watching this film for the first time in brand new eyes.
‘Mystery Train’ is a wonderful love letter to the city of Memphis, its people and the musical legacy it has given the world. It’s filled with characters that could easily carry one feature length film, but Jarmusch gives us a trilogy of stories within this film,...
- 22/6/2010
- James McCormick के द्वारा
- CriterionCast
I'm not much of a fan of Jim Jarmusch's films, but this is only based on the small selection of his films I've seen, most of which are his later pictures while his more celebrated films have eluded me. I haven't seen Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law or Dead Man, which tells me I haven't really seen the Jarmusch most people think of when his name is mentioned. I have, though, seen his last four films starting with Ghost Dog and ending with last year's The Limits of Control and I haven't been much of a fan of any of them. So, when Mystery Train arrived in my mailbox I felt it would be yet another Jarmusch feature I just wouldn't connect with... I was wrong.
I was gliding along with Criterion's Blu-ray presentation of Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train. It felt like another Jarmusch feature to me,...
I was gliding along with Criterion's Blu-ray presentation of Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train. It felt like another Jarmusch feature to me,...
- 9/6/2010
- Brad Brevet के द्वारा
- Rope of Silicon
The Tiger and the Snow
With "The Tiger and the Snow", writer-director Roberto Benigni once again uses the backdrop of war to validate the resilience of the human spirit, but unlike his Oscar favorite "Life Is Beautiful", his latest tragicomedy, taking place in war-torn Baghdad, yields less beautiful results.
Released in his native Italy last year to boxoffice that didn't live up to expectations, "Tiger" certainly isn't lacking those Chaplin-esque/Fellini-esque qualities that worked to that acclaimed 1997 film's considerable advantage, but the sentiments feel recycled this time around.
Here we have Benigni playing the role of Attilio, a poet and university lecturer whose sleeping hours are taken up by recurring dreams of marriage to the lovely but unattainable Vittoria (his real-life wife and usual co-star Nicoletta Braschi), an author who, during his waking hours, finds herself being constantly bombarded (in some states they would call it stalking) with declarations of his undying love for her.
But Attilio's head-in-the-clouds daily existence receives a rude awakening in the form of a phone call from Fuad (Jean Reno), an Iraqi colleague, with news that Vittoria, who had returned to Baghdad with him to put the finishing touches on his biography, received a critical head wound during an Anglo-American bombing raid.
Despite all obstacles, Attilio somehow manages to find his way to Vittoria, who lies unconscious in a seriously depleted Iraqi hospital, refusing to abandon hope for his true beloved.
While the decision to set this love story in contemporary Iraq (played by Tunisia) would seem like a bold proposition, Benigni -- aside from making some benign observations about the folly of conflict -- has been careful not to let international politics intrude upon his meditation on the healing power of passion.
Perhaps a greater passage of time was needed to provide a more effective historical perspective, but "Tiger" has a bigger problem with a dramatic structure that sags conspicuously in the middle, never to completely correct itself.
The picture is not without its lyrically absurdist moments of pleasure, especially during Attilio's dream sequences, which feature a guest appearance by Tom Waits in the role of Tom Waits. His performance of the yearning, mournful "You Can Never Hold Back Spring", which he co-wrote with Kathleen Brennan especially for the film, is woven in and out of composer Nicola Piovani's typically lush score.
Released in his native Italy last year to boxoffice that didn't live up to expectations, "Tiger" certainly isn't lacking those Chaplin-esque/Fellini-esque qualities that worked to that acclaimed 1997 film's considerable advantage, but the sentiments feel recycled this time around.
Here we have Benigni playing the role of Attilio, a poet and university lecturer whose sleeping hours are taken up by recurring dreams of marriage to the lovely but unattainable Vittoria (his real-life wife and usual co-star Nicoletta Braschi), an author who, during his waking hours, finds herself being constantly bombarded (in some states they would call it stalking) with declarations of his undying love for her.
But Attilio's head-in-the-clouds daily existence receives a rude awakening in the form of a phone call from Fuad (Jean Reno), an Iraqi colleague, with news that Vittoria, who had returned to Baghdad with him to put the finishing touches on his biography, received a critical head wound during an Anglo-American bombing raid.
Despite all obstacles, Attilio somehow manages to find his way to Vittoria, who lies unconscious in a seriously depleted Iraqi hospital, refusing to abandon hope for his true beloved.
While the decision to set this love story in contemporary Iraq (played by Tunisia) would seem like a bold proposition, Benigni -- aside from making some benign observations about the folly of conflict -- has been careful not to let international politics intrude upon his meditation on the healing power of passion.
Perhaps a greater passage of time was needed to provide a more effective historical perspective, but "Tiger" has a bigger problem with a dramatic structure that sags conspicuously in the middle, never to completely correct itself.
The picture is not without its lyrically absurdist moments of pleasure, especially during Attilio's dream sequences, which feature a guest appearance by Tom Waits in the role of Tom Waits. His performance of the yearning, mournful "You Can Never Hold Back Spring", which he co-wrote with Kathleen Brennan especially for the film, is woven in and out of composer Nicola Piovani's typically lush score.
- 29/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Big release planned for new Benigni film
ROME -- Hoping to build on some recent homegrown boxoffice momentum, Italy is gearing up for an unprecedented blanket rollout for the release of Roberto Benigni's highly anticipated project, The Tiger and the Snow. The romantic comedy, which stars Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Jean Reno and Tom Waits, will have its official release on Oct. 14 with 800 prints. But that number could come close to 1,000 when accounting for regional theaters outside the purview of national box office tracking agency Cinetel. That will surpasses The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (738 prints) and Troy (703 prints) as the largest opening weekend release.
- 4/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Roberto Fires Himself
Italian Oscar winner Roberto Benigni has pulled his voice from the English-language version of his hit new movie Pinocchio because he isn't happy with the dub. Rat Race star Breckin Meyer will now voiceover Benigni's part in the classic fantasy fable, which has already broken cinema records in Italy. Life Is Beautiful star Benigni spent two weeks working on the voiceovers, but wasn't satisfied with them. The actor also pulled his wife Nicoletta Braschi's voice from the project - her role as The Blue Fairy will now be voiced by Glenn Close. Other English-speaking stars brought in to dub the film include Queen Latifah and Eddie Griffin.
- 5/12/2002
- WENN
Maybe if he's good, he'll become a real movie star . er, boy! Variety reports that Breckin Meyer (Kate & Leopold) will dub the voice of Roberto Benigni in the Italian star's Pinocchio, which is being released in a dubbed version in the U.S. Benigni had originally planned to do the voice-over himself, but after two weeks of working on the dubbing, failed to come up with a version that he and distributor Miramax found satisfactory. Other actors on board to provide voices for the comedy are Glenn Close (as the Blue Fairy, played by Benigni's wife Nicoletta Braschi), Cheech Marin, Kevin James, Queen Latifah, and Eddie Griffin. Pinocchio is scheduled for a Christmas release.
- 4/12/2002
- IMDbPro News
Film review:'Life Is Beautiful'
Got a yen for "A Day at the Races" or "A Night at the Opera" and a dose of "The Dictator"? Italy's Roberto Benigni has paid homage to both the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin in "La Vita e Bella" (Life Is Beautiful). It's a nimble romantic farce that combines the mayhem antics of the Marx boys with the romantic and political elements of a Chaplin escapade.
Stacked with deliriously funny slapstick, this Miramax film is marvelously manic entertainment. Unfortunately, Benigni's comic dexterity loses its wallop in the film's laborious second half, a good-hearted but forced treatise on the evils of fascism. Despite its second-half ponderousness, "Bella" should do mucho bella boxoffice in select sites for Miramax.
Set during the World War II era, the comic romp stars Benigni as Guido, an innocent in the Little Tramp tradition whose kind-hearted naivete is mixed with a mischievous moxie. Guido has dreams: He wants to open a book store and yearns to marry beautiful young schoolteacher Dora (Nicoletta Braschi). In both instances, his energy and yearnings outdistance his personal qualities; he knows little or nothing about business, and he's not exactly a dashing romantic figure with his tiny frame and spindly hair. Like most guys, he's pitted against the establishment bureaucracy for his business interests and a dashingly rich rival for his lady love. Yes, he's woefully overmatched, which is what makes him so endearing.
What's funniest about "Bella" is when little Guido is trouncing authority figures -- be they pompous women in big hats, smarmy functionaires, priggish romantic rivals or the Third Reich. The comedy is keenest when it's lightweight, with Benigni's slapdash sorcery making mockery of authority figures and social ogres. His noodly movements, combined with some blazing farce, make for constant belly laughs and gurgly chuckles. Unfortunately, Benigni founders when he turns big-themed and serious. The narrative takes a massive leap into a treatise against fascism and the horrors of anti-Semitism. Although Benigni's feelings are to be lauded, his eloquence -- so powerful in his goofy farce -- is muted when he turns preachy and serioso. Paradoxically, but not surprisingly, he's at his most powerful thematically when he's being the silliest -- same as Chaplin.
Despite the film's preachy and overreaching qualities, "Bella" is a genuine delight, recalling the great era of silent comedy. Once again like Chaplin, Benigni is not particularly resourceful with a camera, but his gag construction is truly gifted and articulate. To his credit, he doesn't resort to cute close-ups and overpunctuation in the excessive manner that Chaplin was prone to indulge in. In short, his character is a captivating Everyman, identifiable and resilient. Braschi is indeed entrancing as his lady love, exuding both innocence and desire.
The technical contributions are mucho bella, particularly composer Nicola Piovani's bursting-at-the-seams musical flourishes, which add sparkle and sly counterpoint to the foolery.
La Vita E Bella
Miramax
Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori present
A Melampo Cinematografica production
Credits:
Producers:Elda Ferri, Gialluigi Braschi
Director:Roberto Benigni
Screenwriters:Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Line producer:Mario Cotone
Director of photography:Tonino Delli Colli
Production designer:Danilo Donati
Music:Nicola Piovani
Editor:Simona Paggi
Cast:
Guido:Roberto Benigni
Dora:Nicoletta Braschi
Giosue:Giorgio Cantarini
Ferruccio:Sergio Bustric
Zio Eliseo:Giustino Durano
Dottor Lessing:Horst Bucholz
¥Running time: 114 minutes...
Stacked with deliriously funny slapstick, this Miramax film is marvelously manic entertainment. Unfortunately, Benigni's comic dexterity loses its wallop in the film's laborious second half, a good-hearted but forced treatise on the evils of fascism. Despite its second-half ponderousness, "Bella" should do mucho bella boxoffice in select sites for Miramax.
Set during the World War II era, the comic romp stars Benigni as Guido, an innocent in the Little Tramp tradition whose kind-hearted naivete is mixed with a mischievous moxie. Guido has dreams: He wants to open a book store and yearns to marry beautiful young schoolteacher Dora (Nicoletta Braschi). In both instances, his energy and yearnings outdistance his personal qualities; he knows little or nothing about business, and he's not exactly a dashing romantic figure with his tiny frame and spindly hair. Like most guys, he's pitted against the establishment bureaucracy for his business interests and a dashingly rich rival for his lady love. Yes, he's woefully overmatched, which is what makes him so endearing.
What's funniest about "Bella" is when little Guido is trouncing authority figures -- be they pompous women in big hats, smarmy functionaires, priggish romantic rivals or the Third Reich. The comedy is keenest when it's lightweight, with Benigni's slapdash sorcery making mockery of authority figures and social ogres. His noodly movements, combined with some blazing farce, make for constant belly laughs and gurgly chuckles. Unfortunately, Benigni founders when he turns big-themed and serious. The narrative takes a massive leap into a treatise against fascism and the horrors of anti-Semitism. Although Benigni's feelings are to be lauded, his eloquence -- so powerful in his goofy farce -- is muted when he turns preachy and serioso. Paradoxically, but not surprisingly, he's at his most powerful thematically when he's being the silliest -- same as Chaplin.
Despite the film's preachy and overreaching qualities, "Bella" is a genuine delight, recalling the great era of silent comedy. Once again like Chaplin, Benigni is not particularly resourceful with a camera, but his gag construction is truly gifted and articulate. To his credit, he doesn't resort to cute close-ups and overpunctuation in the excessive manner that Chaplin was prone to indulge in. In short, his character is a captivating Everyman, identifiable and resilient. Braschi is indeed entrancing as his lady love, exuding both innocence and desire.
The technical contributions are mucho bella, particularly composer Nicola Piovani's bursting-at-the-seams musical flourishes, which add sparkle and sly counterpoint to the foolery.
La Vita E Bella
Miramax
Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori present
A Melampo Cinematografica production
Credits:
Producers:Elda Ferri, Gialluigi Braschi
Director:Roberto Benigni
Screenwriters:Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Line producer:Mario Cotone
Director of photography:Tonino Delli Colli
Production designer:Danilo Donati
Music:Nicola Piovani
Editor:Simona Paggi
Cast:
Guido:Roberto Benigni
Dora:Nicoletta Braschi
Giosue:Giorgio Cantarini
Ferruccio:Sergio Bustric
Zio Eliseo:Giustino Durano
Dottor Lessing:Horst Bucholz
¥Running time: 114 minutes...
- 22/5/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMDb.com, Inc. उपरोक्त न्यूज आर्टिकल, ट्वीट या ब्लॉग पोस्ट के कंटेंट या सटीकता के लिए कोई ज़िम्मेदारी नहीं लेता है. यह कंटेंट केवल हमारे यूज़र के मनोरंजन के लिए प्रकाशित किया गया है. न्यूज आर्टिकल, ट्वीट और ब्लॉग पोस्ट IMDb के विचारों का प्रतिनिधित्व नहीं करते हैं और न ही हम गारंटी दे सकते हैं कि उसमें रिपोर्टिंग पूरी तरह से तथ्यात्मक है. कंटेंट या सटीकता के संबंध में आपकी किसी भी चिंता की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए कृपया संदेह वाले आइटम के लिए जिम्मेदार स्रोत पर जाएं.