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Vittoria Scarpa


1918 articles available in total starting from 01/03/2007. Last article published on 04/07/2025.

Life Guidance: A man breaks free from the clutches of idyllic capitalism

Life Guidance: A man breaks free from the clutches of idyllic capitalism

VENICE 2017: Austrian Ruth Mader's film is a sterile and disturbing futuristic thriller in which a private agency is tasked with rewiring those who rebel against the system  

09/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Giornate degli Autori

Equilibrium: Beyond fear

Equilibrium: Beyond fear

VENICE 2017: Vincenzo Marra presents his fourth fiction film, which documents the daily struggle of a priest in a difficult region of Italy, the Neapolitan Terra dei fuochi or “Land of Fire”  

07/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Giornate degli Autori

M: An ode to imperfection

M: An ode to imperfection

VENICE 2017: Actress Sara Forestier presents her directorial debut, competing in the Giornate degli Autori section. A tale of visceral love that must overcome some communicative challenges  

06/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Giornate degli Autori

Where Shadows Fall: A Swiss genocide

Where Shadows Fall: A Swiss genocide

VENICE 2017: Valentina Pedicini's debut fiction feature, shocking but well grounded, is based on the true story of a eugenics programme conducted on nomadic children in Switzerland  

05/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Giornate degli Autori

Looking for Oum Kulthum: Being a female artist in the Middle East

Looking for Oum Kulthum: Being a female artist in the Middle East

VENICE 2017: Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat directs a movie about the legendary Egyptian singer, a biopic that thinks outside the box, interweaving cinema and metacinema  

03/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Giornate degli Autori

Rome, the capital of Tainted Souls

Rome, the capital of Tainted Souls

VENICE 2017: Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini have adapted the Walter Siti novel, crafting a patchwork of lives in the working-class suburbs  

02/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Giornate degli Autori

Longing: Learning to become a father

Longing: Learning to become a father

VENICE 2017: Israeli director Savi Gabizon returns after a 14-year hiatus with his new film, an acute and fascinating reflection on paternity and how to smile in the face of death  

01/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Giornate degli Autori

Samui Song: Female oppression and the imperfect crime

Samui Song: Female oppression and the imperfect crime

VENICE 2017: Pen-ek Ratanaruang opens the 14th Giornate degli Autori with a Hitchcock-inspired thriller, containing hints of social satire and blurring the lines between reality and fiction  

31/08/2017 | Venice 2017 | Giornate degli Autori

Mario Martone filming Capri - Revolution

Mario Martone filming Capri - Revolution

The Neapolitan director’s new movie is an Italian-French co-production starring Marianna Fontana, who rose to fame in Indivisible  

24/08/2017 | Production | Italy/France

Emmanuelle Devos plays the lead in Paolo Franchi's Dove non ho mai abitato

Emmanuelle Devos plays the lead in Paolo Franchi's Dove non ho mai abitato

The fourth feature by the director of The Spectator is set to be released in cinemas on 12 October with Lucky Red; Fabrizio Gifuni and Hippolyte Girardot star alongside the French actress  

23/08/2017 | Production | Italy

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