Gian Luigi Rondi

The history of a great school is the history of a great nation. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Liceo Giulio Cesare - the historical school of Rome - the journalist and director Antonello Sarno reconstructs its history with a documentary.

Docu-film directed by Carlo and Luca Verdone realized on 2013 in occasion of the tenth anniversary from the actor’s death happened on 24th February 2003. Through this documentary Verdone’s brothers with deep respect towards the Roman actor trace an affectionate and sincere portrait not only about an Artist but, above all, about a man with his habits, his ideas, his tics, his vices and his virtues. And for the first time Mrs Aurelia – Alberto Sordi’s sister who is dedicated the documentary – opens the doors of the beautiful house of Via Druso where the actor has lived since 1958. In this way we are led by Carlo Verdone (a sort of Virgilio whose Dante Alighieri wrote about but we are not in the Hell but in the Seven Heaven where there is the source of the Italian Cinema) and on the tips and staying in silence we can go into the rooms of this wonderful house which reveals the true, authentic character of Alberto Sordi.

The annual film festival in Venice is, of course, an ideal place to make a film (how come no-one has thought of it before). Everything is there in Pupi Avati's Festival: the famous hotels Des Bain and Excelsior on the Lido, the shimmering sandy beach which captivated Visconti. The film was made last spring and exploits the presence of passing film stars such as Jack Nicholson. We see the hysterical press conferences, where journalists and experts ask intelligent questions-without listening to the answers.

Siguiendo el estilo de Frank Capra, Vajda demostró todo su talento en esta comedia de tintes sobrenaturales cuyo protagonista es un antipático e inmisericorde administrador de fincas que se verá condenado a vivir como un perro hasta que consiga ganarse el cariño de alguien.

Jacinto, un antiguo torero que vive miserablemente con su sobrinito Pepote, recibe una carta en la que se le recuerda que, según lo acordado unos días antes, debe acudir a una corrida de toros que se celebrará esa misma tarde en Las Ventas. La carta enfurece a Jacinto que piensa que se trata de una broma de mal gusto, ya que él, retirado de los ruedos desde hace años, no ha firmado ningún contrato. Cuando Jacinto se encuentra en los alrededores de la plaza, recogiendo las colillas que tiran los espectadores, comprueba que la carta no era una burla, pues su nombre figura en el cartel.

Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.

Tres episodios: un hombre al que nunca vemos presenta a las tres protagonistas del film. Elizabeth, una víctima de la II Guerra Mundial; Juana, que hizo la guerra, y Lisístrata, que luchó contra la guerra.

Se cuenta en este documental la historia del brillante polímata italiano, artista, escultor, pintor, poeta, músico, escritor, filósofo, científico, botánico, geólogo, cartógrafo, matemático, anatomista, paleontólogo, arquitecto, urbanista, ingeniero e inventor. El legado del genial Leonardo (1452-1519) al mundo vino de muchas formas; en la belleza sobrecogedora de La Última Cena y La Gioconda; en su rica colección de grabados o en las anotaciones de pensamientos originales sobre astronomía, biología y fisiología.

The story of Van Gogh's life is all in his paintings and it is the story of a soul in torment. By way of the Dutch works of that period the documentary shows how the artist confronted with those dark skies and that hostile climate, felt the irresistible urge of flight that was to lead him to Paris. With the picture of his Parisian period, Van Gogh's divisionist experience reveals the painter's attempts to find a climate that was conductive to his poetic requirements.