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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Dongmei Li, director of the film Mama.

Dongmei Li tells the story of her childhood in the Chinese countryside, with vivid images and melancholic memories. This is the story of her life and her mother, her death and the elaboration of the closure that happens with this film. Dongmei will be mother soon, and this film about her mother was needed, before going on with her new life.

Mama tells what happens over seven days in a village in rural China during the 1990s. The story follows twelve-year-old Xiaoxian’s memories of her family and her village. During those seven days, the girl witnesses three deaths and two births, including the death of her own mother, who dies giving birth to her fourth sister.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Roger Michell, director of the film The Duke.

Notting Hill director Roger Michell lands at the 77th Venice International film festival with The Duke, presented out of competition. The film stars an unforgettable couple, Oscar winners Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent plus the emerging star Fionn Whitehead. Inspired by true events, Roger Michell describes the film as a Robin Hood story while pointing out that comedy is life and there was no other way of telling a funny but pensive story like this.

The Duke: In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Francisco Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly – he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only fifty years later did the full story emerge – Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage – how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Jim Broadbent, actor of the film The Duke.

“The Duke, in the great tradition of Ealing Comedies, shows a small man speaking truth to power. It is a serious story not to be taken too seriously”: these are the words of director Roger Michell when talking about his new film The Duke starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. The film is in competition at the 77th Venice Film Festival and sees Jim Broadbent in the role of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, who, in 1961, stole Francisco Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. Broadbent describes his character’s contradiction and comments on how the film can make us reflect about the importance of connecting to people.

The Duke: In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Francisco Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly – he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only fifty years later did the full story emerge – Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage – how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.

To watch FRED video interview, click here.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti and Angelo Acerbi interviews actor and director Matt Dillon, who was awarded the FRED Award Venice 2020.

Juror in the Venezia 77 official competition, fearless actor and upcoming second time director of El Gran Fellowe about to premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Matt Dillon is this year’s “FRED Award Venice 2020”. The actor-director describes his approach to directing and acting and finally reveals what le look for in a film as a juror and audience member.

“FRED Award Venice 2020 goes to Matt Dillon, a multifaceted artist – actor, director, painter, and music lover (as his upcoming documentary attests to) Mr. Dillon is an intense and versatile interpreter, whose range goes from blockbusters to indie films, without any genre limitation. He often choses inconvenient roles, showing uncommon autonomy and determination. Fred appreciates in particular the plurality of languages and the eclecticism of his artistic choices, which he has always pursued with consistency and authenticity”.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Majid Majidi, director of the film Sun Children.

A conversation with Majid Majidi, director of Sun Children, presented in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. In this interview, the filmmaker talks with us about the theme of child labour, which he chose to represent in his latest movie. He also shares with us that the young protagonists of his film are also child workers and it’s worth mentioning that the young lead actor, Rouhollah Zamani, was awarded with the festival’s Marcello Mastroianni award.

Sun Children: This is the story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make fast money. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find a hidden treasure underground. He recruits his gang, but first, to gain access to the tunnel, the children must enroll at the Sun School, a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child laborers, close to where the treasure is located.

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PODCAST | A virtual conversation with the actor Sam Rockwell.

Actor Sam Rockwell is the third international actor to join the Mastercard virtual conversations “Life Through a Different Lens: Contactless Connections” at the 77th Venice Film Festival. In conversation with Francesco Castelnuovo the actor comments on how cinema allowed him to see life through a different lens.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Alessandra Speciale, Head of Final Cut In Venice.

Alessandra Speciale, head of Final Cut in Venice, talks about the projects included in this year’s edition, the criteria of selection and the awards given, in this year of weirdness and necessary changes in the fruition of the event from the film industry.

To discover more about this edition of Final Cut in Venice, click here.

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PODCAST | A virtual conversation with the actress Nadine Labaki.

Filmmaker Nadine Labaki is one of the international guests to join the Mastercard virtual conversations “Life Through a Different Lens: Contactless Connections” at the 77th Venice Film Festival. The director and actress reflects on how cinema can act as an agent for social change.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Valentina Martelli, CEO ITTV Festival.

Valentina Martelli is at Fred Radio to tell us about the ITTV festival of Los Angeles, its reasons and purposes, how they are working to pursue them and which are the new goals that in this strange year the vent has come up with in order to be more relevant and useful to the film community.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Laura Gabrielalaityte, Cultural attaché Lithuanian Institute Of Culture.

We talk with Laura Gabrielalaityte from the Lithuanian Institute of Culture about their presence in Venice for two films in the line up of the festival, and also we discover the activities of the Institute in Italy and abroad.

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