Author: Cinema Made In Italy

Posted on

Watchlist This! Our December 2024 picks of the best new bubbling-under films

Watchlist This! Our December 2024 picks of the best new bubbling-under films

Vermiglio
Directed and written by Maura Delpero.
In select US theaters December 25.
Janus Films and Sideshow Films

On first blush, the titular quaint mountainside Italian town in Vermiglio is untouched by the outside world. There is a second World War raging, but as one character says, German soldiers haven’t been around lately. There are two Italian servicemen, however, who are hiding out in a disused shed. One is a native son of the town; the other, a dashing yet quiet Pietro (Giuseppe De Domenico), hails from Sicily. Of the two deserters, it’s the latter who catches the adoring eye of Lucia (Martina Scrinzi), the eldest daughter of the town’s learned but regressive and repressive teacher Cesare (Tommaso Ragno).

Read the article here

Posted on

‘Conclave’: Why Isabella Rossellini Chose To Play Her Nun Role “With A Lot Of Authority”

‘Conclave’: Why Isabella Rossellini Chose To Play Her Nun Role “With A Lot Of Authority”

Model, actor and animal behaviorist Isabella Rossellini has no regrets. At the golden age of 72, the child of actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian director Roberto Rossellini has learned her fair share of lessons during her five decades-long career. Now, in Edward Berger’s papal whodunnit Conclave, Rossellini transfers that resilience to Sister Agnes, a primarily …

Read the article here

Posted on

Isabella Rossellini on ‘Conclave’ and How She Almost Didn’t Get ‘Death Becomes Her’ Role Because the Studio ‘Wanted Someone More Famous, More Established’

Isabella Rossellini on ‘Conclave’ and How She Almost Didn’t Get ‘Death Becomes Her’ Role Because the Studio ‘Wanted Someone More Famous, More Established’

Despite a career with varying celebrated roles, Isabella Rossellini has never received an Academy Award nomination. This year, fans and critics alike are hoping that changes with her latest film, “Conclave.” At the Middleburg Film Festival, the iconic actress graced the grounds of the Salamander Resort to promote “Conclave,” directed by Edward Berger.

Read the article here

Posted on

‘The Leopard’: Netflix Drops Teaser Trailer For Italian Period Drama

‘The Leopard’: Netflix Drops Teaser Trailer For Italian Period Drama

It’s one of Netflix’s biggest bets for 2025 and now it has a teaser trailer.

Italian period drama The Leopard will be a six-part drama based on the the novel of the same name by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa about the Prince of Salina’s realisation his family is in danger as Italy moves towards unification and the old aristocracy is threatened.

“You are all safe here,” the Prince of Salina Don Fabrizio Corbera tells his family and friends during the trailer. However, his face betrays his fear that’s not true.

Read the article here

Posted on

VERMIGLIO looks at a 20th century village coming to terms with women’s autonomy

VERMIGLIO looks at a 20th century village coming to terms with women’s autonomy

A small mountain village called Vermiglio is far enough from World War II to not feel its effects, but war eventually is carried back to the village. Quite literally, as Pietro (Giueseppe De Domenico), a Sicilian, carries an injured Attilio all the way back home to Vermiglio to help save his life. Pietro’s arrival spurns changes and peels back the many layers of a village that is stuck in time. War, misogyny, and prejudice are all shackles that determine the fate of the people in this village. The film examines one of the bigger families in the village, but specifically three girls in this family that all are trying to find their own fortune in a world full of small, narrow chances.

Read the article here