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Locarno 2023 / Piazza Grande

10 articles available in total starting from 05/07/2023. Last article published on 17/08/2023.

Victoria Musiedlak • Director of First Case

Interview: Victoria Musiedlak • Director of First Case

“I’m interested in how a profession can change a person, and how a person will have to change to deal with their surroundings”

The debut feature by the French director stars Noée Abita as a young defence lawyer at the very beginning of her career  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: First Case

Review: First Case

The film by French director Victoria Musiedlak shows the complicated daily life of a young lawyer at grips with her first homicide case  

16/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: I Am Not What I Am – The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare

Review: I Am Not What I Am – The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare

Italian director Edoardo Leo transports the eternal Shakespearean tale of intrigue and jealousy to modern-day Italy, but the result is tedious and fundamentally predictable  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: Antarctica Calling

Review: Antarctica Calling

Luc Jacquet returns to the icy continent once again, but this time it is actually about the filmmaker’s personal journey that entices him to keep coming back  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Dragan Bjelogrlić • Director of Guardians of the Formula

Interview: Dragan Bjelogrlić • Director of Guardians of the Formula

“The Cold War has never stopped”

The Serbian actor-director’s latest effort is a Cold War-set drama revolving around the first-ever human bone-marrow transplant  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: Guardians of the Formula

Review: Guardians of the Formula

Serbian helmer Dragan Bjelogrlić comes up with a skilfully constructed scientific drama lifting the lid on little-known historical events  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: The Beautiful Summer

Review: The Beautiful Summer

Set just before the onset of World War II, Laura Luchetti’s latest film is a coming-of-age story that is told, rather than felt  

07/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: The Path of Excellence

Review: The Path of Excellence

Frédéric Mermoud’s third feature film takes us behind the scenes at an elite school where rigour fast becomes an obsession  

04/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: The Falling Star

Review: The Falling Star

The iconic and poetic duo composed of Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel present their fifth feature film, a dancing fantasy and colourful film noir  

02/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Locarno unveils the programme of its parallel sections

Locarno unveils the programme of its parallel sections

The Cineasti del presente section, dedicated to the discovery of the cinema of tomorrow, and the Piazza Grande section, will present a well-stocked selection  

05/07/2023 | Locarno 2023

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