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Caesar Must Die
Italy, 2012, 76 min.
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s (Night of the Shooting Stars) docudrama tantalizingly blurs the line between fiction and reality. Inmates in a Roman prison stage a performance of Julius Caesar to profound and startling effect. Winner: Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival.... more
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Dormant Beauty
Italy, 2012, 115 min.
Isabelle Huppert and Toni Servillo (Il Divo) are superb in this caustic political critique and keenly observed social drama centering on the hot-button issue of euthanasia. Directed by Italian master Marco Bellocchio (Vincere; Good Morning, Night).... more
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Magnificent Presence
Italy, 2012, 105 min.
A penurious aspiring actor (Elio Germano) takes an apartment already occupied by the ghosts of an old theatrical troupe in this light, engaging entertainment from Italy’s leading gay filmmaker, Ferzan Ozpetek (Loose Cannons; Facing Windows). Audience Award. Moscow Film Festival... more
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Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Italy, 2012, 129 min.
Marco Tullio Giordana’s (The Best of Youth) meticulous and engrossing conspiracy thriller dissects the real-life 1969 bombing of a bank in Milan’s Piazza Fontana that killed 17 people. The excellent Valerio Mastandrea is a cop whose investigation leads down the corridors of power.... more
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Reality
Italy, 2012, 116 min.
Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone shifts gears for this Fellini-esque satire about a Neopolitan fish merchant who becomes obsessed with the idea of appearing on a Big Brother reality TV show. Winner, Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival.... more
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