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Roberto Oggiano


66 articles available in total starting from 23/11/2015. Last article published on 24/02/2025.

Review: Portrait of a Certain Orient

Review: Portrait of a Certain Orient

Marcelo Gomes tells the story of an escape from Lebanon to Brazil by way of a black and white drama interweaving passion, memory and desire  

31/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Big Screen Competition

Review: Le Belle Estati

Review: Le Belle Estati

Mauro Santini’s loose adaptation of two Cesare Pavese novels into an experimental film plays with the limits between fiction and reality  

07/12/2023 | Turin 2023

Review: Marianne

Review: Marianne

Michael Rozek’s directorial debut is a confused homage to Isabelle Huppert’s acting prowess, which falls somewhere between absurd theatre and a clumsy parody of arthouse cinema  

01/12/2023 | Turin 2023

Review: Jeune cinéma

Review: Jeune cinéma

Yves-Marie Mahé’s documentary tells the story of the now forgotten Hyères Young Film Festival, characterised by heated debates and exceptional discoveries, at a time when film was a serious affair  

30/11/2023 | Turin 2023

Review: Les Indésirables

Review: Les Indésirables

With his new restless and chaotic film, Ladj Ly continues to tell the story of the Paris banlieue between political corruption and latent tensions that result in conflict  

19/10/2023 | London 2023

Review: Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros

Review: Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros

In his usual minimalist and direct style, Frederick Wiseman takes us on a journey inside one of the most famous Michelin-starred restaurants in the world  

13/10/2023 | London 2023

Hannes Verhoustraete  • Director of Broken View

Interview: Hannes Verhoustraete • Director of Broken View

“Cinema in itself is powerless; it becomes powerful only within an existing ideology”

The Belgian director’s film essay reflects on the role that images played in justifying his home country’s colonisation of the Congo  

06/07/2023 | /Belgium

Review: Broken View

Review: Broken View

In an abundant and charming film-essay, Hannes Verhoustraete tackles the story of Belgian colonialism and of the film production techniques which drew consensus for the colonial endeavour  

30/06/2023 | Films | Reviews | Belgium

Review: Ciompi

Review: Ciompi

Agnès Perrais tells the story of the medieval Ciompi revolt in Florence with a poetic and formal film which connects the struggles of the 14th century workers with those of today  

29/06/2023 | Films | Reviews | France

Selma Vilhunen • Director of Four Little Adults

Interview: Selma Vilhunen • Director of Four Little Adults

“I have found in the concept of polyamory the strongest form of love”

The Finnish director talks about her film, a comedy that tells the story of four individuals and their sentimental experiments  

07/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Big Screen Competition

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