Un monde plus grand - A Bigger World Directed by Fabienne Berthaud
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.
Rialto Directed by Peter Mackie Burns
Father is the one who protects and nourishes. A difficult and complex task. Many men have weaknesses or are totally unreliable in fatherhood. The film Rialto by director Peter Mackie Burns, presented at the 76th Venice Film Festival, shows two fathers, different, in crisis, one young and one mature. Both have families and have become unable to fulfill their role: to protect and nourish.
Vesna - Spring Directed by Nathalia Konchalovsky
A mature woman, a young boy on the run in the great boulevards of St. Petersburg. Both have a difficult love in the movie Vesna - Spring by Nathalia Konchalovsky.
It is the story of a relationship of four.
The first are two women: Marina the mother, Olya the daughter. The third is a boy. Last is the romantic town.
Charlie Says Directed by Mary Harron
The Manson sect is history. It ends with a series of murders and convictions. Why did three young, beautiful girls from ordinary families kill on Manson's orders? This is explained by Canadian director Mary Harron with Charlie Says presented at the 75th Venice International Film Festival
Anons - The Announcement Directed by Mahmut Fazil Coskun
On July 15, 2016, a group of soldiers attempted a coup in Turkey. As in every insurrection, troopers tried to occupy ministries, television, radio, roads, and airports. There was a moment of confusion and misunderstanding, but within a few hours, the loyalists reconquered the command. The uprising failed but the consequences were painful for Turkey.
La quietud - The Quietude Directed by Pablo Trapero
Culturally in Argentina, the processing of military tyranny is not over, although it fell in 1983. The Argentine director Pablo Trapero narrates that history using as a symbol a beautiful villa in the film La quietud - The quietude. The amazing fazenda is the setting of the story. It is surrounded by greenery, in front it has a lush and well-kept garden. The villa is on one floor, long, with two symmetrical structures, painted in natural color. The walls are full of large windows. But inside lives a false and infamous family. The villa and family are used as a human and social message. Because La quietud is the cause of this slanderous tragedy.
Ozen - River Directed by Emir Baigazin
Five young boys and their father live in Kazakhstan steppe. The setting of Kazakhstan is important to understand the beautiful film Ozen - River by Kazakh director Emir Baigazin. It was presented at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, winning the prize for best direction for the Orizzonti competition. What happens when the young cousin visited them with a tablet and an electric skateboard?