Roberto Matteucci 4/14/25 Roberto Matteucci 4/14/25

Sight Directed by Hariom Mehta

The young and talented Indian director, Hariom Mehta, narrates psychological and metaphorical themes of society through the eyes of a blind character in the film Sight. The film, going from festival to festival, has collected numerous awards.

Roberto Matteucci 11/28/23 Roberto Matteucci 11/28/23

Tora's Husband Directed by Rima Das

The theme of lockdown during COVID time, combined with private and family motivation, is the background of the film Tora's Husband by director Rima Das, presented at the 15th Bangkok World Film Festival.

Roberto Matteucci 11/19/23 Roberto Matteucci 11/19/23

Nobi - Fires On the Plain Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto

In 1942, Japan conquered the Philippines from the Americans. In 1945, they would be kicked out. Due to the geography of the Philippines, many Japanese remained isolated and stuck in the jungle. The order was to join the last military resistance in Cebu. The retreat was a massacre. The Japanese were already undernourished, without rations for a long time.

This episode is filmed by Shinya Tsukamoto in the film Nobi - Fires On the Plain presented at 71 Venice Film Festival.

Roberto Matteucci 11/15/23 Roberto Matteucci 11/15/23

A hundred flowers - Hyakka Directed by Genki Kawamura

Dialogue with an Alzheimer's patient is possible and inevitable. It is the same lexical difficulty that exists between Izumi and her mother (Yuriko), who suffers from dementia. She wants to see the “half-fireworks”. Izumi does not understand; what could be “half-fireworks”?

Izumi and Yuriko are the protagonists of the moving film A Hundred Flowers – Hyakka by director Genki Kawamura, screened at the Bangkok World Film Festival 2022.

Roberto Matteucci 11/6/23 Roberto Matteucci 11/6/23

Bones and All Directed by Luca Guadagnino

Are cannibals evil? Follows this idea Luca Guadagnino in the film Bonus and All presented at the 79th Venice Film Festival. Luca Guadagnino follows this thought. He believes he is Dante Alighieri when he writes about Ugolino della Gherardesca in the Antenora, the second zone of the ninth circle of Inferno in the Divine Comedy.

Roberto Matteucci 10/28/23 Roberto Matteucci 10/28/23

Masahista - The Masseur Directed by Brillante Mendoza

In Southeast Asia, galvanized by exponential increases in GDP, a modern, educated, universal and traditional cinema is being produced at the same time. The filmmakers studied, learned their lessons but kept the communication channel open with their country of origin. Making choices, creating their own style, exploiting far-reaching stories, adapting and conveying messages make them even more influential than the decadent West.

Among many examples are Thai Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Filipino Brillante Mendoza.

In Masahista, Brillante Mendoza shocks the audience by telling with sweetness and realism. The protagonist is Iliac, a masseur for men in a brothel on the Manila outskirts. The director's style repeats. Social adaptation, the difficulties of complicated growth are the Iliac's scenario, his sufferings and his family.

Roberto Matteucci 5/14/23 Roberto Matteucci 5/14/23

Master Gardener - El maestro jardinero Directed by Paul Schrader

Enclosed garden has a duplicity: clear isolation from the outside and an internal area transformed into a paradise. An island of serenity for its inhabitants is the spectacular simile used by director Paul Schrader in the film Master Gardener presented at the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Roberto Matteucci 5/9/23 Roberto Matteucci 5/9/23

The Son Directed by Florian Zeller

Teenagers seek refuge in themselves, in solitude, in misogyny, in resignation, in agitation, in not sleeping, in feeling empty. They exclude their family, boycotting the school they thinks are useless.

Adolescence depression is the dramatic argument of the film The Son by director Florian Zeller, presented at the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Roberto Matteucci 4/18/23 Roberto Matteucci 4/18/23

Arnold Is a Model Student - Arnon pen nakrian tuayang Directed by Sorayos Prapapan

Can a student have many qualities, like being a mathematical genius, winning a distinguished prize, receiving a scholarship, attending a school in the United States but, at the same time, being dishonest, corrupt, false and cowardly?

This is Arnold, a high school student in Bangkok. He is the negative protagonist of the film Arnold Is a Model Student - Arnon pen nakrian tuayang by Thai director Sorayos Prapapa presented at the 15th Bangkok World Film Festival 2022.

Roberto Matteucci 2/9/23 Roberto Matteucci 2/9/23

Scala Directed by Ananta Thitanat

Scala was a very famous cinema in Bangkok. The most iconic. This phase of dismantling is narrated tenderly in the documentary Scala, by young filmmaker Ananta Thitanat presented at the Bangkok World Film Festival 2022 in which it won the Grand Jury Prize.

The documentary closely follows the work of tearing down the interiors and furnishings of the theatre. The style of the building was brilliant, with an extended foyer, staircase, and a huge chandelier. They removed the red seats and unclean curtains. When they fell, the dust rose; it was the dust of the history of world cinema.