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Trains and Nostalgia: Il Passaggio Della Linea by Pietro Marcello

August 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Il Passaggio Della Linea (2007) is a documentary by director Pietro Marcello, which was shown last week at the Cinema Del Reale festival in Puglia, Italy. I saw it after the hour I spent waiting at Miggiano station, after I arrived (by train) [...]

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Cinema del Reale

July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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This is a small film of snatched moments from late-night screenings of Italian documentary archives, in the courtyard of Castello Risolo at the Cinema del Reale festival in Puglia last week.

I like the old music and the whispering people, and the little girl who ran [...]

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Mamma Mia, here I go again!!!

July 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Last summer, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters were in the Greek islands of Skopelos and Skiathos, as well as Pilio for the filming of the movie “Mama Mia!.” Considered as one of the most successful musicals of the past decades, “Mama [...]

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Stars parade in Cannes

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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Cannes: La reine du cinema

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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Moufida Tlatli, “La Marraine”

May 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Tunisienne, Moufida Tlatli, la marraine du Pavillon « Les cinémas du Sud », est une femme dévouée au cinéma. Issue d’une famille traditionaliste, elle a découvert le cinéma grâce à son professeur de philosophie. Mais, le succès n’a pas été rapide. Depuis 20 ans avant d’entreprendre une [...]

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Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki in News Lab

May 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

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“Une affaire de nègres ”

May 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

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En 2000, à Cameroun, le commandement opérationnel d’une unité spéciale pour lutter contre le banditisme a fait, en un an plus, d’un millier de victimes dans la région Douala à l’Ouest du pays africain. Osvalde Lewat, réalisatrice du Cameroun, raconte cette histoire terrible dans son [...]

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Madonna : Part Two

May 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

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She was among the glamorous stars who walked along the famous red carpet. Madonna was in town for Cannes Festival to present her documentary about Malawi, the warm heart of Africa, (as she says), whose beats are beginning to fade away because of AIDS. She [...]

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Madonna…..She was here!!!

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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