Posted on February 23, 2021
Keïta is a retelling of the first third of Sundjata Keita’s 13th-century epic, Sundjata. It tells of Mabo Keïta (Dicko), a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in a middle-class family Read More
Posted on February 23, 2021
In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he Read More
Posted on February 23, 2021
Borom Sarret or The Wagoner is a 1963 film by Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène, the first film over which he had full control. It is often considered the first Read More
Posted on February 17, 2021
Alberto’s and Angelo’s “engines seized” on the same night. Angelo is a young body shop owner from a very poor background who has done a bit of everything and Read More
Posted on February 17, 2021
According to a reporter for Metro, the film “straddles the line between documentary and drama”. It follows an Italian man named Vincenzo Motta (also known as Enzo) who is Read More
Posted on February 17, 2021
Winter, 1943. Martina is 8 years old and lives on the slopes of Monte Sole, not far from Bologna. She is the only child of a peasant family who, Read More
Posted on February 17, 2021
Two brothers come of age in the 1960s in a town south of Rome. Manrico is handsome but sometimes feckless, and is a leftist assisting with the revolution. His Read More
Posted on February 17, 2021
In 1867, with Garibaldi’s forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by Read More
Posted on February 17, 2021
Ever-bumbling Nino (Nino Manfredi) is an illegal Italian immigrant working in a Swiss hotel. Waiting on the wealthy, he feels as if he’s carved out his own place in Read More
Posted on February 17, 2021
Dante (Roberto Benigni) is a sweet, bumbling school bus driver in Rome, beloved by all, but unlucky in love. That is, until he meets the gorgeous Maria (Nicoletta Braschi), Read More
