C.ot the first of the two films in competition today we go to Ireland and in the presence of two magnificent Irish actors with an international career, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. © 2022 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (the Italian title will be The spirits of the island) by MARTIN MCDONAGH (who had already directed the two in In Bruges of 2008 and then Farrell in Seven psychopaths of 2012 and then, in 2017, with Three posters in Ebbing, Missouri had won the screenplay award in Venice) is the story of a friendship that becomes conflict. For futile reasons, or very profound ones, it depends on how you look at the issue.
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Also in LOVE LIFE by KÔJI FUKADA a relationship falls apart, the one between Taeko (Fumino Kimura), happily married to Jiro (Kento Nagayama), when her son dies. The tragedy brings the baby’s father back into the woman’s life.
Olivia Wilde’s vintage thriller
DON’T WORRY DARLING by OLIVIA WILDE, with Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Wilde herself, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan goes out of competition today. Second direction for the American actress after The revenge of the losersit is a psychological thriller in which a young couple, Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack (Harry Styles), live in the 1950s in the Victory community. Here, in the middle of the desert, some men work on an experimental project top-secret, led by the mysterious Frank (Chris Pine).
Chris Pine and Olivia Wilde in Don’t Worry Darling.
The wives do not know what lies behind the profession of their respective husbands and they live in a sort of parallel world where luxury and comfort reign. But Alice realizes that something is wrong and one day decides to break the rules to find out the truth.
The waves of the Philippines
Always Out of Competition KAPAG WALA NA ANG MGA ALON (WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE) of the Filipino LAV DIAZ is a political thriller: theLieutenant Hermes Papauran (John Lloyd Cruz) is one of the best investigators in the Philippines, but he is aware that its institution is responsible for the political campaign led by the country’s president: Rodrigo Duterte. A situation that corrodes Lieutenant Papauran both physically, he suffers from severe psoriasis caused by stress, and spiritually. A dark past chases him until he reaches him for the showdown.
Amanda’s loneliness
Orizzonti’s proposal today is AMANDA by CAROLINA CAVALLI with Benedetta Porcaroli, Galatéa Bellugi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Michele Bravi. Amanda (Porcaroli) is a twenty-four year old girl who has recently moved from Paris to Turin, where she lives with her family. Like many other young people, she is hyper-connected and alone at the same time. In a metropolitan odyssey made up of friends and unlikely missions, his story is about challenge to become adults in an increasingly fluid and incorporeal society; a challenge that can only be met with a fervent and relentless imagination.