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Gabriele Barcaro


443 articles available in total starting from 25/06/2007. Last article published on 03/02/2011.

A Meeting in Bergamo to get to know Europe

Despite newfound competition from the Alba International Film Festival (which this year moved its dates up by two months), the Bergamo Film Meeting is avoiding controversy. After having celebrated...  

07/03/2008 | Festivals | Italy

A “big, fat” European weekend

Almost all the films hitting screens tomorrow are European (at least in part), with most of the Italian titles taking advantage of the deadline for being able to compete for the David di Donatello...  

06/03/2008 | Releases | Italy

Smutniak in Del Monte’s “hands”

Of the few Italian filmmakers to consistently delve into the feminine universe, Peter Del Monte has once again reaffirmed his calling. His latest film, In Your Hands, centres on Mavi, a young,...  

05/03/2008 | Production | Italy

Verdone’s fairy tale on the vulgarity around us

Thirteen years after Viaggi di nozze, and almost 30 after his debut feature Fun is Beautiful, with Grande grosso e… Verdone (“Big, Fat and…Verdone”) Carlo Verdone returns to the characters, and...  

04/03/2008 | Production | Italy

Persepolis, biopics and local docs

Of the 11 titles on release in Italy today, eight are European productions. The only exceptions are US film Rendition by Gavin Hood (Eagle Pictures, 160 screens), Doug Liman’s Jumper (an action...  

29/02/2008 | Releases | Italy

Marazzi’s Roses in select theatres

As the electoral campaign heats up over ethical issues, on the chance to modify abortion legislation, We Want Roses Too by Alina Marazzi is being released on March 7 (and in May on DVD). The...  

27/02/2008 | Relases | Italy

Paradise lost in Puglia

“I have helped many young and talented filmmakers debut, but they’re a cut above the rest, they’re among the most talented in Italy,” says producer Amedeo Pagani, currently wrapping up Theo...  

27/02/2008 | Production | Italy

Schmitt and Piovani for “lessons in happiness”

One of the most highly read authors of contemporary French literature, and already adapted for cinema (François Dupeyron’s Monsieur Ibrahim), Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt made his directorial debut...  

25/02/2008 | Releases | Italy

“Substitute” gives film lessons

Andrea Jublin spent a lot of time in school, not least of all the one belonging to the Genoa Repertory Theatre, where he graduated in acting. His latest short – Il supplente (“The Substitute...  

22/02/2008 | Oscar 2008 | Italy

In Africa, God is dead, or perhaps just "sick”

Nineteen years after Modì, the television biography on Modigliani released in French theatres as well, Franco Brogi Taviani is back on the big screen with the documentary Forse Dio è malato...  

21/02/2008 | Production | Italy

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