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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Luis Gnecco and Mercedes Moran, actors of the film Neruda by Pablo Larrain from the 69th Cannes Film Festival.

Actors Luis Gnecco and Mercedes Moran, respectively Pablo Neruda and his wife in the new film by Pablo Larrain, Neruda, talk about their roles and Larrain’s way of directing them on set. Neruda was presented in the Quinzaine des Realizateurs at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.

NERUDA: It’s 1948 and the Cold War has reached Chile. In congress, Senator Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) accuses the government of betraying the Communist Party and is swiftly impeached by President Gonzalez Videla (Alfredo Castro). Police Prefect Oscar Peluchonneau (Gael García Bernal) is assigned to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to flee the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril (Mercedes Morán), but they are forced into hiding. Inspired by the dramatic events of his new life as a fugitive, Neruda writes his epic collection of poems, “Canto General”. Meanwhile, in Europe, the legend of the poet hounded by the policeman grows, and artists led by Pablo Picasso clamor for Neruda’s freedom. Neruda, however, sees this struggle with his nemesis Peluchonneau as an opportunity to reinvent himself. He plays with the inspector, leaving clues designed to make their game of cat-and-mouse more dangerous, more intimate. In this story of a persecuted poet and his implacable adversary, Neruda recognizes his own heroic possibilities: a chance to become both a symbol for liberty and a literary legend.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Soko, actress of the film The Stopover by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin from the 69th Cannes Film Festival.

With two films in which she is featured as a protagonist, The Dancer and The Stopover, actress Soko is without a doubt one of the stars of the 2016 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. In The Stopover, directed by Delephine and Muriel Coulin, she is a female soldier who, after her experiences in Afghanistan, is trying to return to her normal life but must face the demons of vulnerability, weakness and post-traumatic stress disorder. Soko reveals in this podcast that playing the character of a marine was a real challenge for her because, among other things, Soko is a totally different person from the one she portrays in this film.

THE STOPOVER: At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their unit at a five-star resort in Cyprus, among tourists. But it’s not that easy to forget the war and leave the violence behind.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews director Kôji Fukada, director of Harmonium from the 69th Cannes Film Festival.

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets Kôji Fukada, director of Harmonium, at the 69th Festival de Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. The film analyses how the harmony of a family can be broken if there are things left unsaid and unsolved. Fukada reveals his idea of how every human being is destined to live and uses protestant religion as a way to portray the feeling of guilt.

HARMONIUM: Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio’s family life…

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Gael Garcia Bernal on his role in the film Neruda by Pablo Larrain from Cannes 2016.

Neruda marks the second collaboration between Gael Garcia Bernal and director Pablo Larrain, following their previous effort No, which was presented in Cannes in 2012. Neruda, presented in Director’s Fortnight at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival is not a biopic on the Chilean poet. It is more of a can and mouse game betwee Pablo Neruda (played by Luis Gnecco) and the chaser, the Police prefect Oscar Peluchonneau (Bernal). In this interview, Bernal reveals how he loves being directed by Larrain and why, even though everytime he works with him, he doesn’t have a clue about what the director is in the process of creating until the end of the shoot.

NERUDA: It’s 1948 and the Cold War has reached Chile. In congress, Senator Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) accuses the government of betraying the Communist Party and is swiftly impeached by President Gonzalez Videla (Alfredo Castro). Police Prefect Oscar Peluchonneau (Gael García Bernal) is assigned to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to flee the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril (Mercedes Morán), but they are forced into hiding. Inspired by the dramatic events of his new life as a fugitive, Neruda writes his epic collection of poems, “Canto General”. Meanwhile, in Europe, the legend of the poet hounded by the policeman grows, and artists led by Pablo Picasso clamor for Neruda’s freedom. Neruda, however, sees this struggle with his nemesis Peluchonneau as an opportunity to reinvent himself. He plays with the inspector, leaving clues designed to make their game of cat-and-mouse more dangerous, more intimate. In this story of a persecuted poet and his implacable adversary, Neruda recognizes his own heroic possibilities: a chance to become both a symbol for liberty and a literary legend.

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PODCAST | Samantha Sartori interviews Gabriele Mainetti, director of They Call Me Jeeg, from the 2016 Open Roads: New Italian Cinema

They Call Me Jeeg is one of the most talked-about movies of the past years in Italy, where the movie was in the theater for four months and now, after great demand, is going to be re-released. They Call Me Jeeg was selected for the Open Roads New Italian Cinema Festival in New York, and will be released in the US in January following Japan, France, and South America. We meet Gabriele Mainetti to talk about the enormous success of the movie in Italy and festivals around the world, and how he worked on set with Claudio Santamaria and Luca Marinelli.

THEY CALL ME JEEG (Lo Chiamavano Jeeg Robot): After a plunge into Rome’s toxic Tiber River, Enzo (Claudio Santamaria), a porn-addicted petty criminal, finds himself transformed into an indestructible, superhuman strongman. Against his own instincts, he becomes something of an avenging angel: the protector of an emotionally fragile, anime-obsessed young woman (who believes he is the robot hero of the 1970s manga series Steel Jeeg) and the nemesis of a sadistic, germophobic gangster (Luca Marinelli). This gritty, grimy take on the superhero film is the antidote to Hollywood-slick blockbusters. It’s bloody, bruising, bone-crunching, and a total blast. An Uncork’d Entertainment release.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Nashen Moodley, director of the Sydney Film Festival

Change your view, change your world! Nashen Moodley talks about the highlights of the 63rd edition of the Sydney film festival, explaining how a change in our frame of reference can alter our entire reality.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, director of the documentary A Mere Breath from the 15th Transilvania International Film Festival.

Monica Lazurean-Gorgan presented her latest documentary feature A Mere Breath at the 15th Transilvania International Film Festival. The director talks to us about what prompted her to follow this family over the course of her seven years, and introduces to us the film by telling us about the difficult economical situation of the village in which the story is set. Furthermore, we talk about the family feeling of the film and its universal message, as well as how Monica shot the film, and whether she established a close relationship with the family around whom the narrative of the family widely revolves.

A MERE BREATH (Doar o rasuflare): Seven years in the life of Sicrea family, capturing the trials and tribulations of Dobrin, his wife Lia and their three children. Dobrin is waiting for a miracle to happen, to enable his youngest daughter to get up from her wheelchair and walk.

A Mere Breath, trailer from MANIFEST FILM on Vimeo.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Magnus Gertten, co-director of the documentary feature Becoming Zlatan from the 2016 Transilvania International Film Festival.

With the 2016 European Cup finals just around the corner, it seems just right to talk about a documentary on the formative years of one of the famous footballers on the planet. Particularly, Becoming Zlatan deals with his coming-of-age, from his debut in Malmo FF to his transfer to Ajax and the 2005 move to Juventus, which consigned him to the international footballing stage.

Fredrik Gertten and Magnus Gertten, the directors of the film, were the first to interview him as a professional, and this led them to wanting to follow his life since. Magnus Gertten, in this interview, talks about his connection with Ibrahimovic, and how they made the film so that it has a type of fiction film narrative structure. Along with archive footage of ibrahimovic, Becoming Zlatan includes contributions and interviews from some notable names that encountered him throughout this period of time, such as Mido, Van der Meyde and Van Basten.

BECOMING ZLATAN (Den unge Zlatan): The decisive years of Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic, told through rare archive footage in which a young Zlatan speaks openly about his life and challenges. The film closely follows him, from his debut with the Malmö FF team in 1999 through his conflict-ridden years with Ajax Amsterdam, and up to his final breakthrough with Juventus in 2005.

Becoming Zlatan International trailer from WG Film on Vimeo.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interview Joyce A. Nashawati, director of Blind Sun from the 15th Transilvania International Film Festival.

Blending genre film (sometimes horror, other times even a type of post apocalyptic western) with experimental elements, Joyce A. Nashawati’s Blind Sun is inspired by environmental issues and other themes, such as cultural contrast. And, of course, the Sun is more than a definint narrative element, unbearably hot and bright – it is also a driving factor in the film, which defines its outlook and its visual style. Nashawati tells us defines this film as an immersive and sensorial experience. We not only agree, but add that it is often one that is hard to escape from. Among other things we discuss in this interview are her choice of making a film with restricted dialogue and the reason behind her setting the film in Greece.

BLIND SUN: Greece. Sometime in the near future. A seaside resort struck by a heavy heat wave. Water is rare and violence is mounting. Ashraf, a solitary immigrant, is looking after a villa while its owners are away. On a dusty road crushed by the sun, he is stopped by a police officer for an identity check…

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Jonas Roethlaender, director of the film Fado from the 15th Transilvania International Film Festival.

A guy moves to Lisbon to win his girlfriend back. But jealousy and possessiveness threaten to send the couple’s romance on a path to self destruction. Intense and unsettling, Jonas Roethlaender’s Fado is a film that takes us inside the mind of its male protagonist, in an organic way, and to the point where what is real and what is imagined is constantly mysterious and questionable.

We talk about the intentions of the film with the director and the personal influences that came into play when making the film. One of them, as the title implies, came from the nature of the title Portuguese music genre, which often talks about subjects of sorrowful longing and other elements, such as the sea. Roethlander discusses the meaning behind the title and much more in this interview from the 15th Transilvania International Film Festival.

FADO: Young doctor Fabian travels to Lisbon to win back his ex-girlfriend Doro. While the two of them are gradually getting closer again they are being haunted by their fears. Fabian’s jealousy once again puts their relationship to the test.

Feature Film: FADO – Trailer from StickUp Filmproduktion on Vimeo.

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