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Venice 2012


59 articles available in total starting from 08/03/2012. Last article published on 26/09/2012.

Inheritance: Hiam Abbass’ directing debut

Actress Hiam Abbass turns to directing and paints the portrait of a Palestinian family in Israel torn between tradition and modernity  

06/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Venice Days

Listening and waiting: a journey inside a prison's walls with Il gemello

Fourth installment of an investigation into the places that define Naples - a new documentary film by the Neapolitan director is based out of Secondigliano prison  

05/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Venice Days

War and Peace in the footsteps of Raúl Ruiz

Entwined destinies in war-torn 19th century Portugal in Valeria Sarmiento’s historical drama unveiled in the competition in Venice  

05/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Competition

Jean-Pierre Bacri finds love in Cherchez Hortense

Pascal Bonitzer's sixth film as a director has brought a lighter note to the 69th Venice Film Festival's sometimes quite dark selection  

05/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Out of competition

Eat Sleep Die: Sweden wakes up differently

Gabriela Pincher gives us some insight into a country to have lost its innocence  

04/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Critics’ week

A Hijacking: A surge of adrenaline

Tobias Lindholm's intense thriller explores the consequences of a hijacking by the Somali pirates  

04/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Orizzonti

Eyes that reach beyond the sea in Stefano Mordini’s Acciaio

The author of Provincia meccanica once more exposes harsh realities void of any prospect. Among the main actors, Michele Riondino and Vittoria Puccini  

04/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Venice Days

Something in the Air: Idealism as sincere sign of the times

"I live in fantasies and when reality comes knocking on my door, I don't open," says the protagonist of Something in the Air, the latest film by French writer-director Olivier Assayas  

04/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Competition

The financial crisis wins with a knock-out punch in Boxing Day

British director Bernard Rose takes an allegorical look at capitalism in the third and last instalment of his trilogy of Tolstoy story adaptations. Screened in the Orizzonti section in Venice  

03/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Orizzonti

Welcome Home: A love-hate ode to Brussels

Tom Heene's three shorts turned into a feature lack direction, but benefit from powerful performances  

03/09/2012 | Venice 2012 | Critics Week

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