Roya, a charming Iranian, wonders about existential questions. She is the protagonist in the beautiful thriller Bi Roya – Without Her by director Arian Vazirdaftari, presented at the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Recensioni, notizie e analisi dalla 15. World Film Festival Bangkok, 2.12 - 11.12 2022

I film più importanti della Mostra secondo la redazione di popcinema.org.

Director: Pedro Almodòvar

Starrings: Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma

Country: Spain

Year 2021

Directed by Mattie Do

Starrings: Yannawoutthi Chanthalungsy, Vilouna Phetmany

Country: Laos

Year: 2019

Directed: Yasushi Kawamura and Keiichi Saitô

Starring: Daisuke Ono, Mao Ichimichi, Tomohiro Kaku

Country: Japan

Year: 2016

In the 1930s, Shanghai still had parts of the city under foreign domination through concessions. England, the United States, France and others like Italy had the settlements. The city was a hotbed of languages and nationalities. With the attack on Pearl Harbor, this promiscuity turned into a dangerous mix. Shanghai became the battlefield for the secret services of the world. It is the mysterious, fascinating background, ideal for conceiving an espionage story with a theatrical structure. The film is Lan Xin Da Ju Yuan - Saturday Fiction by director Ye Lou, presented at the 76th Venice Film Festival. It is a story of spies, in a Shanghai of the past, with a bewitching woman.

Mongolia has the charm of virgin land to discover, fantastic, and especially magical.

Magical for its natural dimension, a vast steppe, a torrid summer and a cruel winter. The inhabitants have a deep and devoted spirituality. In a harsh, lonely world, inhabited by tough people, with a fascinating but also ruthless nature, the excess of spirituality could be a shock for a wealthy spoiled conformist enlightenment French person in a depressive crisis. It happens in Corine, in the film Un monde plus grand - A Bigger Worldby director Fabienne Berthaud, presented at the 76th Venice Film Festival.

Could a mother plan a merciless and cruel revenge to punish the one who caused the death of her son? The Korean mothers of director Kim Ki-duk in the film Pietà - Pieta have a deep hatred when someone is violent with their children. In the film, presented at the 69th Venice Film Festival, solitary characters appear, endowed with a violent inclination, with the structural sadism and masochism of Korean daily life. Kim Ki-duk's films, like Park Chan-wook's, represent a specific aspect of Korean life.

Bangladesh, with its vitality and contradictions, is the protagonist of the film Under Construction by director Rubaiyat Hossain. Under Construction is an intellectual, well-shot, modern story of feminine pride. Female pride is represented by Raya. She is a famous actress, wealthy, she married a rich man. The social issue is underlined by the terrible condition of textile workers, subjected to terrible conditions and pressures to contain costs. Being an actress or having a child? It's Raya's dilemma, but she will choose.