If you've been a fan of Italian series My Brilliant Friend, you'll definitely want to tune in to the fourth and final season of the show. So when exactly can you start watching? We've got all the details for you so you don't miss an episode!
My Brilliant Friend season 4 premieres tonight, Sept. 9, 2024, at 9 p.m. Et on HBO and Max. That's right. If you'd like to stream the series, then you'll need to wait until later tonight as well since the release time apples to both the television debut and streaming release. One new episode will air/stream on Mondays at that time until the series finale on Nov. 11. Check out the episode release schedule below:
Episode 1, "The Separation" - Sept. 9Episode 2 - Sept. 16Episode 3 - Sept. 23Episode 4 - Sept. 30Episode 5 - Oct. 7Episode 6 - Oct. 14Episode 7 - Oct. 21Episode 8 - Oct. 28Episode 9 - Nov. 4Episode 10 - Nov. 11Episode...
My Brilliant Friend season 4 premieres tonight, Sept. 9, 2024, at 9 p.m. Et on HBO and Max. That's right. If you'd like to stream the series, then you'll need to wait until later tonight as well since the release time apples to both the television debut and streaming release. One new episode will air/stream on Mondays at that time until the series finale on Nov. 11. Check out the episode release schedule below:
Episode 1, "The Separation" - Sept. 9Episode 2 - Sept. 16Episode 3 - Sept. 23Episode 4 - Sept. 30Episode 5 - Oct. 7Episode 6 - Oct. 14Episode 7 - Oct. 21Episode 8 - Oct. 28Episode 9 - Nov. 4Episode 10 - Nov. 11Episode...
- 9/9/2024
- by Aysha Ashley Househ
- ShowSnob
From Naples to Gotham City, let Max pick your end-of-summer destination!
This September, leading up to the release of the highly anticipated HBO Original series “The Penguin,” starring Colin Farrell as Batman’s avian antagonist, Max has also curated a “DC Universe” collection, including the Michael Keaton-led “Batman” films beginning with 1989’s “Batman,” the hit adult-animated series “Harley Quinn,” and the 11-time Emmy-winning “Watchmen,” among many others.
But beyond Gotham, it’s a busy month for HBO and Max, which will premiere the fourth and final season of “My Brilliant Friend,” based on Elena Ferrante’s novels, as well as the two-part Original Documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” an up-close look at the creative process behind the cultural phenomenon and HBO anchor.
Also new to the streamer’s collection this month are several titles from Discovery, Food Network, and more, including Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki...
This September, leading up to the release of the highly anticipated HBO Original series “The Penguin,” starring Colin Farrell as Batman’s avian antagonist, Max has also curated a “DC Universe” collection, including the Michael Keaton-led “Batman” films beginning with 1989’s “Batman,” the hit adult-animated series “Harley Quinn,” and the 11-time Emmy-winning “Watchmen,” among many others.
But beyond Gotham, it’s a busy month for HBO and Max, which will premiere the fourth and final season of “My Brilliant Friend,” based on Elena Ferrante’s novels, as well as the two-part Original Documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” an up-close look at the creative process behind the cultural phenomenon and HBO anchor.
Also new to the streamer’s collection this month are several titles from Discovery, Food Network, and more, including Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki...
- 8/30/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
HBO has released the official trailer and key art for the fourth and final season of the critically acclaimed original drama series My Brilliant Friend, which will debut on Monday, September 9 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Et/Pt). The 10-episode season will be available on HBO and Max. New episodes debut weekly.
Based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling novels, My Brilliant Friend follows Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo. After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, their story goes on to cover over 60 years, exploring the mystery of Lila – Elena’s brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy.
The fourth installment of the saga, “Story of the Lost Child,” delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s, nearing the end of decades of political violence and social unrest.
Based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling novels, My Brilliant Friend follows Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo. After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, their story goes on to cover over 60 years, exploring the mystery of Lila – Elena’s brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy.
The fourth installment of the saga, “Story of the Lost Child,” delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s, nearing the end of decades of political violence and social unrest.
- 8/22/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Elena is returning to a nearly unrecognizable Naples in My Brilliant Friend Season 4.
HBO released a trailer for the adaptation’s fourth and final season on Thursday, and in it, a grown-up Elena (now played by Alba Rohrwacher) moves back to Naples where she finds Lila (Irene Maioria) has become the neighborhood’s biggest force. Elsewhere, Elena reveals that she’s pregnant (!) while her mother’s health declines, and she grapples with the demands of family and ambition. (Watch trailer above.)
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HBO released a trailer for the adaptation’s fourth and final season on Thursday, and in it, a grown-up Elena (now played by Alba Rohrwacher) moves back to Naples where she finds Lila (Irene Maioria) has become the neighborhood’s biggest force. Elsewhere, Elena reveals that she’s pregnant (!) while her mother’s health declines, and she grapples with the demands of family and ambition. (Watch trailer above.)
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- 8/22/2024
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
HBO has released the official trailer for the fourth and final season of the critically acclaimed original drama series My Brilliant Friend. It premieres Monday, September at 9 p.m. on HBO and streaming on Max. New episodes will debut every Monday. Watch the trailer above.
Created by Saverio Costanzo, based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling novels, My Brilliant Friend follows Elena Greco (Alba Rohrwacher) and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo (Irene Maiorino). After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, their story goes on to cover over 60 years, exploring the mystery of Lila – Elena’s brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy.
The fourth installment, titled “Story of the Lost Child,” delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s, nearing the end of decades of political violence and social unrest.
Created by Saverio Costanzo, based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling novels, My Brilliant Friend follows Elena Greco (Alba Rohrwacher) and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo (Irene Maiorino). After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, their story goes on to cover over 60 years, exploring the mystery of Lila – Elena’s brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy.
The fourth installment, titled “Story of the Lost Child,” delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s, nearing the end of decades of political violence and social unrest.
- 8/22/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has announced that the fourth and final season of its original drama series My Brilliant Friend will debut on Monday, September 9 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Et/Pt). The 10-episode season will be available on HBO and Max. New episodes debut weekly.
Based on the bestselling novels by Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend follows Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo. After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, their story goes on to cover over 60 years, exploring the mystery of Lila – Elena’s brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy.
The fourth installment of the saga, titled “Story of the Lost Child,” delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s, nearing the end of decades of political violence and social unrest.
Amid motherhood and career demands,...
Based on the bestselling novels by Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend follows Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo. After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, their story goes on to cover over 60 years, exploring the mystery of Lila – Elena’s brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy.
The fourth installment of the saga, titled “Story of the Lost Child,” delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s, nearing the end of decades of political violence and social unrest.
Amid motherhood and career demands,...
- 8/6/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Anamaria Vartolomei (who broke out big in Audrey Diwan’s Happening) will be surrounded by the likes of Céleste Brunnquell (who’ll be seen in Critics’ Week Closing Film La Fille de son père by Erwan Le Duc), Jérémie Renier, Edoardo Pesce, Matt Dillon and Marie Gillain in Jessica Palud‘s highly anticipated sophomore feature Maria. At this point we have no idea how much screen time the likes of Bardot, Brando and Bertolucci might take up in the film but the above mentioned players might fill up those shoes. This is of course the troubling, tormented true life story of actress Maria Schneider who paid a huge price for her fame.…...
- 5/8/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Icelandic Political Drama ‘The Minister’ Greenlit For Season Two
Icelandic political drama The Minister has been greenlit for a second season and acquired by Viaplay in the UK and Germany. The show, which is commissioned by Iceland’s Ruv and four Nordic networks, stars Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) as Benedikt Ríkharðsson, the Icelandic Prime Minister whose medical condition threatens the stability of the government and the private lives of the team around him. After the dramatic finale of Season 1, in which he publicly reveals his bipolar disorder to the entire nation, Benedikt is back and this time he wants to change the country’s approach to mental health. Anita Briem (Salt and Fire) reprises her role in Season 2 as Steinunn, the woman behind husband Benedikt’s success and his political career. Cineflix Rights struck the deal with Viaplay for Season 2, having sold Season 1 across Europe and Apac.
Icelandic political drama The Minister has been greenlit for a second season and acquired by Viaplay in the UK and Germany. The show, which is commissioned by Iceland’s Ruv and four Nordic networks, stars Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) as Benedikt Ríkharðsson, the Icelandic Prime Minister whose medical condition threatens the stability of the government and the private lives of the team around him. After the dramatic finale of Season 1, in which he publicly reveals his bipolar disorder to the entire nation, Benedikt is back and this time he wants to change the country’s approach to mental health. Anita Briem (Salt and Fire) reprises her role in Season 2 as Steinunn, the woman behind husband Benedikt’s success and his political career. Cineflix Rights struck the deal with Viaplay for Season 2, having sold Season 1 across Europe and Apac.
- 3/21/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Italian director and producer Roberto De Paolis, whose 2017 debut “Pure Hearts” launched from Cannes, is stepping up activity of his Young Films shingle and has completed his follow-up feature, “Princess,” about a young African woman who’s a victim of the sex trade.
Described by De Paolis as “the unfiltered story of a young Nigerian who prostitutes herself in Ostia, outside Rome, in a seaside pine forest,” “Princess” (first look image above) features Glory Kevin, a real victim of the sex trade, in the title role plus other non-professional actors with similar backgrounds. Rounding out the cast are Lino Musella (“The Young Pope”), Salvatore Striano (“Caesar Must Die”) and Maurizio Lombardi (“The New Pope”).
The film, which is produced by Young Films and Indigo Film (“The Great Beauty”) with Rai Cinema, is “an attempt to discover the complexity of the inner conflicts that run through the protagonist,” said De Paolis,...
Described by De Paolis as “the unfiltered story of a young Nigerian who prostitutes herself in Ostia, outside Rome, in a seaside pine forest,” “Princess” (first look image above) features Glory Kevin, a real victim of the sex trade, in the title role plus other non-professional actors with similar backgrounds. Rounding out the cast are Lino Musella (“The Young Pope”), Salvatore Striano (“Caesar Must Die”) and Maurizio Lombardi (“The New Pope”).
The film, which is produced by Young Films and Indigo Film (“The Great Beauty”) with Rai Cinema, is “an attempt to discover the complexity of the inner conflicts that run through the protagonist,” said De Paolis,...
- 2/12/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Newen Connect, which is attending Canneseries with Stefano Lodovichi’s mafia thriller “Christian” playing in main competition, is growing its slate of English-language and international shows through partnerships with third-party producers and talents.
Bringing together the commercial activities of Newen Group, TF1 Studio and ReelOne International, Newen Connect has just signed a deal with Swedish banner Mopar Studios to co-develop and distribute globally two ambitious political thrillers, “9th Dynasty” and “The Walls Between Us.”
An epic love story spanning 30 years in the late 20th century, “The Walls Between Us” follows the dangerous and compromised lives of three former students through the Cold War, rise of terrorism, and political shifts of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
“9th Dynasty,” meanwhile, deals with the abuse of personal data sharing and how destructive it can be. The series follows two young analysts – one English, one Chinese – who seek to uncover the truth about the murder...
Bringing together the commercial activities of Newen Group, TF1 Studio and ReelOne International, Newen Connect has just signed a deal with Swedish banner Mopar Studios to co-develop and distribute globally two ambitious political thrillers, “9th Dynasty” and “The Walls Between Us.”
An epic love story spanning 30 years in the late 20th century, “The Walls Between Us” follows the dangerous and compromised lives of three former students through the Cold War, rise of terrorism, and political shifts of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
“9th Dynasty,” meanwhile, deals with the abuse of personal data sharing and how destructive it can be. The series follows two young analysts – one English, one Chinese – who seek to uncover the truth about the murder...
- 10/11/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Newen Connect, the distribution branch of Newen, the Paris-based international production and distribution company owned by French’s biggest TV network, the TF1 Group, has boarded a bevy of upscale international drama series, including “Lost Luggage,” “Memento Mori,” Christian” and “Agent K.” The Paris-based company will help finance and sell internationally these shows.
“Since creating Newen Connect in October, we have ramped up our teams, hired Leona Connell [a former exec at Sky Vision and NBC Universal] as EVP of Newen Connect, and got a larger presence in the U.K. as well as Canada to increase our input in the English-language drama landscape, and beyond,” said Rodolphe Buet, a former senior executive at Studiocanal and chief distribution officer at Newen.
The recently-rebranded division, which comprises more than 20 executives located in Paris, London, Montreal, New York and Buenos Aires, is increasingly looking to team up ambitious third-party producers on premium drama projects at an early stage,...
“Since creating Newen Connect in October, we have ramped up our teams, hired Leona Connell [a former exec at Sky Vision and NBC Universal] as EVP of Newen Connect, and got a larger presence in the U.K. as well as Canada to increase our input in the English-language drama landscape, and beyond,” said Rodolphe Buet, a former senior executive at Studiocanal and chief distribution officer at Newen.
The recently-rebranded division, which comprises more than 20 executives located in Paris, London, Montreal, New York and Buenos Aires, is increasingly looking to team up ambitious third-party producers on premium drama projects at an early stage,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Italian filmmaker is back in the director’s chair with a thriller led by Edoardo Pesce and Massimo Popolizio, who investigate the disappearance of two youngsters. After I peggiori and Gli uomini d'oro (nominated at the Nastri d'Argento Awards and sold in numerous territories by Intramovies), Vincenzo Alfieri is returning with a thriller packed full of plot twists, intitled Il confine, on which filming commenced today and is set to unfold in various locations across the Roman countryside. Leading the cast are Edoardo Pesce (who co-starred in Dogman and recently appeared in The Guest Room and The Time of Indifference) and Massimo Popolizio. A remote village on the edge of the woods, a rave, two young people...
The Italian international sales agency’s line-up at the Berlin-based market also includes 200 Meters, Zanka Contact, Why Not You and Il materiale emotivo. Released by Lucky Red on Prime Video’s VOD service back in January, Stefano Lodovichi’s The Guest Room is the first title to be offered up by True Colours at the Berlinale’s European Film Market (1-5 March). Guido Caprino, Camilla Filippi and Edoardo Pesce star in the cast of this claustrophobic psychological thriller, which was shot during lockdown and inspired by the Hikikomori phenomenon. When Mom Is Away... With the Family, meanwhile, is a family comedy produced by Colorado in collaboration with Medusa, which sees the couple composed of Fabio De Luigi and Valentina Lodovini reunite after the well-favoured work When Mom is Away. Diego Abatantuono stars alongside the duo in this sequel which was also directed by Alessandro Genovese. Three European co-productions likewise appear...
In “The Time of Indifference,” Italian filmmaker Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli adapts the 1929 novel by renowned author Alberto Moravia about a once wealthy family in decline but unable to give up the pretenses of appearance.
Transposed to modern-day Rome, the film retains the novel’s timeless story of a hapless widow whose devious and manipulative lover comes between her and her two increasingly wary children.
For Seràgnoli, the film was a return to the work of a writer he first read in high school. “I think since then Moravia has been with me throughout my life.”
Indeed, in his first film, “Last Summer,” Seràgnoli borrowed elements of Moravia’s 1945 novel “Agostino,” about a 13-year-old boy spending the summer at a seaside resort with his beautiful widowed mother. The film caught the attention of Carmen Llera, the late author’s wife. “She really loved my first film. She contacted me and said,...
Transposed to modern-day Rome, the film retains the novel’s timeless story of a hapless widow whose devious and manipulative lover comes between her and her two increasingly wary children.
For Seràgnoli, the film was a return to the work of a writer he first read in high school. “I think since then Moravia has been with me throughout my life.”
Indeed, in his first film, “Last Summer,” Seràgnoli borrowed elements of Moravia’s 1945 novel “Agostino,” about a 13-year-old boy spending the summer at a seaside resort with his beautiful widowed mother. The film caught the attention of Carmen Llera, the late author’s wife. “She really loved my first film. She contacted me and said,...
- 12/3/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Italian sales company True Colours has taken international sales on two spanking new Cinema Italiano titles with strong cast elements in the leadup to Rome’s Mia market: “Fortuna – The Girl and the Giants,” a dark fable starring Valeria Golino, and Rome-set psychological thriller “The Guest Room,” toplining International Emmy-nominated Guido Caprino.
True Colours chief Gaetano Maiorino said his company has booked physical screenings for five of its films set for market premieres at the Mia mart – the acronym stands for Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo, or International Audiovisual Market – that will take place as a hybrid physical and online event Oct. 14-18 in Rome.
“It looks like buyers are coming, and those who won’t be physically present will be attending online,” said Maiorino. He noted that Mia will be “the first real bona-fide market” taking place physically since Berlin in February, prior to the pandemic.
Directed by Neapolitan first-timer Nicolangelo Gelormini,...
True Colours chief Gaetano Maiorino said his company has booked physical screenings for five of its films set for market premieres at the Mia mart – the acronym stands for Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo, or International Audiovisual Market – that will take place as a hybrid physical and online event Oct. 14-18 in Rome.
“It looks like buyers are coming, and those who won’t be physically present will be attending online,” said Maiorino. He noted that Mia will be “the first real bona-fide market” taking place physically since Berlin in February, prior to the pandemic.
Directed by Neapolitan first-timer Nicolangelo Gelormini,...
- 10/8/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Gli Indifferenti
It’s been well over a decade since a filmmaker has attempted an new adaptation of Italian author Alberto Moravia, whose novels provided the basis for such classics as De Sica’s Two Women (1960), Godard’s Contempt (1963) and Bertolucci’s The Conformist (1970), among many others. For his third feature, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli remounts Moravia’s The Time of Indifference, assembling a formidable cast with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Giovanna Mezzorgiorno, Edoardo Pesce, Beatrice Granno and Vincenzo Crea. The title is produced by Marco Cohen, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib and Daniel Campos Pavoncelli with Gian Filippo Corticelli (favored Dp of Ferzan Ozpetek) lensing.…...
It’s been well over a decade since a filmmaker has attempted an new adaptation of Italian author Alberto Moravia, whose novels provided the basis for such classics as De Sica’s Two Women (1960), Godard’s Contempt (1963) and Bertolucci’s The Conformist (1970), among many others. For his third feature, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli remounts Moravia’s The Time of Indifference, assembling a formidable cast with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Giovanna Mezzorgiorno, Edoardo Pesce, Beatrice Granno and Vincenzo Crea. The title is produced by Marco Cohen, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib and Daniel Campos Pavoncelli with Gian Filippo Corticelli (favored Dp of Ferzan Ozpetek) lensing.…...
- 1/1/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Lotus and 3 Marys Entertainment production directed by Nicola Abbatangelo will be set in 1920s New York. Shooting on the musical The Land of Dreams, which is already earning a name for itself “the Italian La La Land” and which is directed by Nicola Abbatangelo, the thirty-something Molise filmmaker and author of the award-winning musical short Beauty, is currently underway in Bulgaria. Shot and sung in English, the film boasts an international cast: Belorussian actress Caterina Shulha (currently touring cinemas in Into the Labyrinth), England’s George Blagden, Scottish actor Kevin Guthrie (Sunset Song), Ryan Reid, Nathan Amzi and Italy’s Paolo Calabresi, Marina Rocco, Carla Signoris, Stefano Fresi and Edoardo Pesce (the winner of the Best Supporting Actor David di Donatello award for Dogman). The Land of Dreams is produced by Marco Belardi on behalf of Lotus Production (Leone Film Group), as...
- 10/31/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
British actor George Blagden, who played Louis Xiv in period drama “Versailles,” has been cast opposite Belarussian actress and model Caterina Shulha (“Hotel Gagarin”) in “The Land of Dreams,” an English-language movie musical set in 1920s New York being produced by Italy’s Leone Film Group for the international market.
Shooting has just started at Bulgaria’s Nu Boyana Film Studios on the ambitious and unusual pic being directed by Italian newcomer Nicola Abbatangelo. Producer Marco Belardi, who heads Leone group’s Lotus Production shingle, decided to take a gamble on the project after being impressed by a 20-minute short directed by Abbatangelo, which the feature will expand on.
Until a few years ago, musicals did not get much traction in Italy, but that changed with Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land,” which opened the 2016 Venice Film Festival and proved a hit for Leone, its Italian distributor.
An eight-week shoot...
Shooting has just started at Bulgaria’s Nu Boyana Film Studios on the ambitious and unusual pic being directed by Italian newcomer Nicola Abbatangelo. Producer Marco Belardi, who heads Leone group’s Lotus Production shingle, decided to take a gamble on the project after being impressed by a 20-minute short directed by Abbatangelo, which the feature will expand on.
Until a few years ago, musicals did not get much traction in Italy, but that changed with Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land,” which opened the 2016 Venice Film Festival and proved a hit for Leone, its Italian distributor.
An eight-week shoot...
- 10/29/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi has been cast as a morally and economically bankrupt matron in Italian director Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli’s movie adaptation of “The Time of Indifference,” author Alberto Moravia’s scathing critique of the Fascist-era bourgeoisie.
Seràgnoli, a young helmer known for “Last Summer” and “Likemeback” – which bowed at the Rome and Locarno fests, respectively – has started shooting his contemporary take on the widely translated novel in Rome. First published in 1929, when Moravia was 21, “Gli Indifferenti” captured the middle-class malaise of its time and established Moravia as a world-class writer.
The story sees members of an upper-crust Rome family reacting to a financial crisis that is undermining their social status. Mariagrazia, played by Bruni Tedeschi, is a widow with an unscrupulous lover, Leo, played by Edoardo Pesce (“Dogman”). She has two children by her dead husband: Carla, whom Leo has the hots for, and Michele, who is aware that...
Seràgnoli, a young helmer known for “Last Summer” and “Likemeback” – which bowed at the Rome and Locarno fests, respectively – has started shooting his contemporary take on the widely translated novel in Rome. First published in 1929, when Moravia was 21, “Gli Indifferenti” captured the middle-class malaise of its time and established Moravia as a world-class writer.
The story sees members of an upper-crust Rome family reacting to a financial crisis that is undermining their social status. Mariagrazia, played by Bruni Tedeschi, is a widow with an unscrupulous lover, Leo, played by Edoardo Pesce (“Dogman”). She has two children by her dead husband: Carla, whom Leo has the hots for, and Michele, who is aware that...
- 9/26/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Matteo Garrone’s Dogman, a deceptively simple story of a professional dogsitter’s attempt to achieve recognition among gangsters in a small Italian town, reminds me of the great “art-house” films I watched when I was a teenager: The Magician, La Strada, Bicycle Thief, Black Orpheus. A spare story grows and builds and pushes itself until it swells to the bursting point and then: suspension. Viewers are forced to meditate on what they have watched, as all of the mini-scenarios that have built it gain their own weight. Marcello (Marcello Fonte) is friends with Simoncino (Edoardo Pesce), a small-time crook; Marcello is […]...
- 6/20/2019
- by Max Winter
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Matteo Garrone’s Dogman, a deceptively simple story of a professional dogsitter’s attempt to achieve recognition among gangsters in a small Italian town, reminds me of the great “art-house” films I watched when I was a teenager: The Magician, La Strada, Bicycle Thief, Black Orpheus. A spare story grows and builds and pushes itself until it swells to the bursting point and then: suspension. Viewers are forced to meditate on what they have watched, as all of the mini-scenarios that have built it gain their own weight. Marcello (Marcello Fonte) is friends with Simoncino (Edoardo Pesce), a small-time crook; Marcello is […]...
- 6/20/2019
- by Max Winter
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The angry canine is bearing its teeth, barking loudly and ready to bite. Marcello (Marcello Fonte), however, isn’t the least bit phased. A dog groomer who plies his trade in a small beachside town in Southern Italy, he has the ability to calm the angriest of hounds; despite the quaint little storefront business he runs, he’s earned the nickname “Dogman.” Marcello’s loves his daughter (Alida Baldari Calabria), the scuba-diving trips they take off the coast and his weekly evening soccer games. For a little extra cash, he...
- 4/13/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Dogman Magnolia Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net by: Harvey Karten Director: Matteo Garrone Screenwriter: Ugo Chiti, Maurizio Raucci, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso Cast: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Alida Baldari Calabria, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi Screened at: Dolby 24, NYC, 4/2/19 Opens: April 12, 2019 “Dogman” is the movie that won the “Palm Dog Best […]
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- 4/7/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"Whatever he says, don't trust him." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled the official Us trailer for Dogman, the latest Italian drama from acclaimed filmmaker Matteo Garrone. This premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year, where it won the Best Actor award. This gritty "urban western" from Italy tells a (true) story of a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s. The story goes that this guy was just a gentle dog groomer before he got pushed into a much more violent world thanks to the local mobsters. The cast includes Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli, Gianluca Gobbi, Nunzia Schiano, and Alida Baldari Calabria. I saw this at Cannes and loved it, one of my favorite films of the fest (read my full review), and I recommend it - especially for dog lovers and/or fans of contemporary Italian cinema. Opening in Us theaters this April.
- 1/19/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Magnolia Pictures has released the first trailer for European Film Awards winner Dogman. The film, directed by Matteo Garrone, will be in theaters on April 12.
This comes after Dogman picked up two awards – European Costume Designer and European Hair and Make Up — at the European Film Awards, and Marcello Fonte won the Best Actor Award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It was also chosen as Italy’s Foreign Language Oscar submission.
Fonte stars as Marcello, a gentle dog groomer who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello must submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
Garrone’s Archimede produced alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean Labadie, and Recorded Picture Company’s Jeremy Thomas. Garrone’s previous credits include Gomorrah, Reality and Tale of Tales,...
This comes after Dogman picked up two awards – European Costume Designer and European Hair and Make Up — at the European Film Awards, and Marcello Fonte won the Best Actor Award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It was also chosen as Italy’s Foreign Language Oscar submission.
Fonte stars as Marcello, a gentle dog groomer who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello must submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
Garrone’s Archimede produced alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean Labadie, and Recorded Picture Company’s Jeremy Thomas. Garrone’s previous credits include Gomorrah, Reality and Tale of Tales,...
- 1/18/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Italy has chosen Matteo Garrone’s well-received Cannes drama Dogman as its Foreign Language Oscar hopeful.
Marcello Fonte stars as Marcello, a gentle dog groomer who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighbourhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello must submit to an unexpected act of vengeance. Fonte won the Best Actor prize at Cannes.
Garrone’s Archimede produced alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean Labadie, and Recorded Picture Company’s Jeremy Thomas. Magnolia has U.S. rights. Garrone’s previous credits include Gomorrah, Reality and Tale Of Tales, all of which played at Cannes.
Italy has been the most successful country in the Academy’s Foreign Language category, scoring 14 wins and 31 nominations. The country’s last nomination and win in the category came in 2013 with Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty.
Marcello Fonte stars as Marcello, a gentle dog groomer who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighbourhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello must submit to an unexpected act of vengeance. Fonte won the Best Actor prize at Cannes.
Garrone’s Archimede produced alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean Labadie, and Recorded Picture Company’s Jeremy Thomas. Magnolia has U.S. rights. Garrone’s previous credits include Gomorrah, Reality and Tale Of Tales, all of which played at Cannes.
Italy has been the most successful country in the Academy’s Foreign Language category, scoring 14 wins and 31 nominations. The country’s last nomination and win in the category came in 2013 with Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty.
- 9/25/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Drama won best actor for star Marcello Fonte in Cannes.
Dogman, Matteo Garrone’s urban western about a gentle-spirited dog groomer, has been chosen as Italy’s submissions for this year’s foreign language Oscar race.
The film premiered in Competition at Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Actor for Marcello Fonte as well as the Palm Dog.
Fonte stars as Marcello, a gentle man who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighbourhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello must submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
Dogman, Matteo Garrone’s urban western about a gentle-spirited dog groomer, has been chosen as Italy’s submissions for this year’s foreign language Oscar race.
The film premiered in Competition at Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Actor for Marcello Fonte as well as the Palm Dog.
Fonte stars as Marcello, a gentle man who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighbourhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello must submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
- 9/25/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Italy has chosen Matteo Garrone’s Dogman as its submission for the 2019 best foreign-language Oscar.
The film, which debuted in Cannes to rave reviews, is a modern fairy tale set in the Camorrah-ridden Castel Volturno outside Naples, about a friendly dog groomer (Marcello Fonte) who goes to hell and back after being lured into crime by village terror Simone (Edoardo Pesce).
Fonte picked up the best actor award in Cannes. The film subsequently swept Italy’s Silver Ribbon awards, winning best picture, best director, best producer (Garrone along with Paolo Del Brocco for Archimedes and Rai Cinema), best set design,...
The film, which debuted in Cannes to rave reviews, is a modern fairy tale set in the Camorrah-ridden Castel Volturno outside Naples, about a friendly dog groomer (Marcello Fonte) who goes to hell and back after being lured into crime by village terror Simone (Edoardo Pesce).
Fonte picked up the best actor award in Cannes. The film subsequently swept Italy’s Silver Ribbon awards, winning best picture, best director, best producer (Garrone along with Paolo Del Brocco for Archimedes and Rai Cinema), best set design,...
- 9/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Italy has chosen Matteo Garrone’s Dogman as its submission for the 2019 best foreign-language Oscar.
The film, which debuted in Cannes to rave reviews, is a modern fairy tale set in the Camorrah-ridden Castel Volturno outside Naples, about a friendly dog groomer (Marcello Fonte) who goes to hell and back after being lured into crime by village terror Simone (Edoardo Pesce).
Fonte picked up the best actor award in Cannes. The film subsequently swept Italy’s Silver Ribbon awards, winning best picture, best director, best producer (Garrone along with Paolo Del Brocco for Archimedes and Rai Cinema), best set design,...
The film, which debuted in Cannes to rave reviews, is a modern fairy tale set in the Camorrah-ridden Castel Volturno outside Naples, about a friendly dog groomer (Marcello Fonte) who goes to hell and back after being lured into crime by village terror Simone (Edoardo Pesce).
Fonte picked up the best actor award in Cannes. The film subsequently swept Italy’s Silver Ribbon awards, winning best picture, best director, best producer (Garrone along with Paolo Del Brocco for Archimedes and Rai Cinema), best set design,...
- 9/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screen’s regularly updated list of foreign language Oscar submissions.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
- 9/24/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Drama premiered in competition in Cannes.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired Us rights to Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone’s Dogman following its world premiered in competition in Cannes.
Dogman is a true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer who fights back against a local bully. Magnolia plans a 2019 theatrical release.
Marcello Fonte earned the best actor prize and the film also scooped up the Palm Dog for the canine cast.
The cast includes Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria.
“Matteo Garrone has fashioned another extremely compelling crime tale, a great companion piece to his Gomorrah,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired Us rights to Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone’s Dogman following its world premiered in competition in Cannes.
Dogman is a true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer who fights back against a local bully. Magnolia plans a 2019 theatrical release.
Marcello Fonte earned the best actor prize and the film also scooped up the Palm Dog for the canine cast.
The cast includes Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria.
“Matteo Garrone has fashioned another extremely compelling crime tale, a great companion piece to his Gomorrah,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles.
- 7/10/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures has picked up U.S. rights to the Cannes award-winner Dogman.
Matteo Garrone directed the true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer in an Italian suburb who fights back against his new antagonist — a former boxer prone to violence.
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria star in the pic. Dogman premiered earlier this year in competition at Cannes, where Fonte picked up the best actor prize, while the pic received the unofficial Palm Dog award.
Garrone produced the film under his Archimede banner, alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean ...
Matteo Garrone directed the true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer in an Italian suburb who fights back against his new antagonist — a former boxer prone to violence.
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria star in the pic. Dogman premiered earlier this year in competition at Cannes, where Fonte picked up the best actor prize, while the pic received the unofficial Palm Dog award.
Garrone produced the film under his Archimede banner, alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean ...
- 7/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Magnolia Pictures has picked up U.S. rights to the Cannes award-winner Dogman.
Matteo Garrone directed the true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer in an Italian suburb who fights back against his new antagonist — a former boxer prone to violence.
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria star in the pic. Dogman premiered earlier this year in competition at Cannes, where Fonte picked up the best actor prize, while the pic received the unofficial Palm Dog award.
Garrone produced the film under his Archimede banner, alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean ...
Matteo Garrone directed the true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer in an Italian suburb who fights back against his new antagonist — a former boxer prone to violence.
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria star in the pic. Dogman premiered earlier this year in competition at Cannes, where Fonte picked up the best actor prize, while the pic received the unofficial Palm Dog award.
Garrone produced the film under his Archimede banner, alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean ...
- 7/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Cannes ’18 Review by Peter BelsitoThis dark, violent Italian seaside poor area fable is about a seemingly hopeless victim who attempts to turn the table on his bully after years of subjugation.
It turns into a universal tale of suffering and lost dreams, largely thanks to the memorable central character created by Garrone and his co-writers, translated brilliantly onto the screen by actor-director Marcello Fonte.
Helped by the appeal of its setting, a godforsaken seaside resort that has become a year-round refuge for a community of losers, outcasts and those who can’t afford anything better. The contrast between a seaside town’s sun-and-fun aspirations and its degraded reality helps to turn an intimate drama into a reflection on the human condition.
Dog-lovers will respond too. The film’s hero, an everyman figure is mild-mannered Marcello, who runs a dog-grooming parlour and dog hotel in an unnamed seaside suburb.
Marcello’s...
It turns into a universal tale of suffering and lost dreams, largely thanks to the memorable central character created by Garrone and his co-writers, translated brilliantly onto the screen by actor-director Marcello Fonte.
Helped by the appeal of its setting, a godforsaken seaside resort that has become a year-round refuge for a community of losers, outcasts and those who can’t afford anything better. The contrast between a seaside town’s sun-and-fun aspirations and its degraded reality helps to turn an intimate drama into a reflection on the human condition.
Dog-lovers will respond too. The film’s hero, an everyman figure is mild-mannered Marcello, who runs a dog-grooming parlour and dog hotel in an unnamed seaside suburb.
Marcello’s...
- 5/29/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Two Italian films, both winners in Cannes Competition, each deal with dogs (or wolves) and their beloved beauty in societies doomed to dishonoring men by the very men who created them.
Acclaimed by the audience in its premiere red carpet screening, Dogman by Matteo Garroni is less explicit than Gemorrah in its condemnation of men and their societies, but it allows the innocence of one man to lie unheeded even though it is the instrument of cleansing the village of its villain. Marcello Fonte, who won for Best Actor, has a loving innocence which is matched by that of Lazzaro played by Adriano Tardiolo.
In Alice Rohrwacher’s Best Screenplay winner, Happy as Lazzaro, the protagonist — whose never complaining devotion allows him always to be happy to do the bidding of the village — works “like a dog” for no recompense except for a pat on the head; he is redeemed...
Acclaimed by the audience in its premiere red carpet screening, Dogman by Matteo Garroni is less explicit than Gemorrah in its condemnation of men and their societies, but it allows the innocence of one man to lie unheeded even though it is the instrument of cleansing the village of its villain. Marcello Fonte, who won for Best Actor, has a loving innocence which is matched by that of Lazzaro played by Adriano Tardiolo.
In Alice Rohrwacher’s Best Screenplay winner, Happy as Lazzaro, the protagonist — whose never complaining devotion allows him always to be happy to do the bidding of the village — works “like a dog” for no recompense except for a pat on the head; he is redeemed...
- 5/24/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Stars came out in force last week to support amfAR's 25th annual amfAR Gala Cannes at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, during the Cannes International Film Festival.
Sting Performs At 25th annual amfAR Gala Cannes
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The event’s legendary live auction surpassed last year’s total with items like the Carine Roitfeld curated fashion show collection fetching as much $1.7 million; a Pierce Brosnan original painting, which sold for $1.4 million; a fully restored and upgraded 1964 S3 Bentley Convertible from Byrnes Motor Trust Restorations (Bmt), introduced by Heidi Klum and Benicio Del Toro, which sold for over $800,000; and a Joe Bradley painting which brought in nearly $1 million. Sculptures by Ai Wei Wei and Bernar Venet each received bids exceeding $500,000, and a McLaren Silver 570S Spider brought in $650,000. The black-tie event was presented by Bold Films and Chopard.
The unforgettable evening featured four spectacular performances by...
Sting Performs At 25th annual amfAR Gala Cannes
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images
The event’s legendary live auction surpassed last year’s total with items like the Carine Roitfeld curated fashion show collection fetching as much $1.7 million; a Pierce Brosnan original painting, which sold for $1.4 million; a fully restored and upgraded 1964 S3 Bentley Convertible from Byrnes Motor Trust Restorations (Bmt), introduced by Heidi Klum and Benicio Del Toro, which sold for over $800,000; and a Joe Bradley painting which brought in nearly $1 million. Sculptures by Ai Wei Wei and Bernar Venet each received bids exceeding $500,000, and a McLaren Silver 570S Spider brought in $650,000. The black-tie event was presented by Bold Films and Chopard.
The unforgettable evening featured four spectacular performances by...
- 5/21/2018
- Look to the Stars
Film scores UK distribution after buzzy Cannes Competition premiere.
Dogman, the Matteo Garrone drama that had its premiere in competition at the recent Cannes Film Festival, has been picked up for UK distribution by Curzon.
Styled as an ‘urban western’, the film follows Marcello (played by Marcello Fonte), a gentle-spirited dog groomer, who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighbourhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello must submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
Fonte won the festival’s best actor prize this weekend.
The...
Dogman, the Matteo Garrone drama that had its premiere in competition at the recent Cannes Film Festival, has been picked up for UK distribution by Curzon.
Styled as an ‘urban western’, the film follows Marcello (played by Marcello Fonte), a gentle-spirited dog groomer, who finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship with Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighbourhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello must submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
Fonte won the festival’s best actor prize this weekend.
The...
- 5/21/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Italy is a culture that pushes macho to the extreme (that’s essentially what the Mafia is), but Marcello (Marcello Fonte), the hero of Matteo Garrone’s “Dogman,” is one of those Italian men who’s so harmless he’s cuddly. Short and stooped, with an oblong head and droopy-lidded big eyes that look out at the world with pleading innocence, he’s like Michael Corleone reincarnated as a depressed puppy. Even Fredo could stomp this guy.
Marcello owns and runs a dog-grooming parlor along a ratty stretch of beach town in Southern Italy that’s so desolate it looks like a bomb hit it and left the buildings standing. You wonder how anyone could sustain a business there — but, in fact, there’s a little community, made up mostly of the men who work at the local trattoria and the cash-for-gold pawn shop next to Marcello’s canine parlor,...
Marcello owns and runs a dog-grooming parlor along a ratty stretch of beach town in Southern Italy that’s so desolate it looks like a bomb hit it and left the buildings standing. You wonder how anyone could sustain a business there — but, in fact, there’s a little community, made up mostly of the men who work at the local trattoria and the cash-for-gold pawn shop next to Marcello’s canine parlor,...
- 5/19/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Matteo Garrone’s Dogman features many of the same themes and motifs as his 2002 film, The Embalmer. Its grisly narrative is again loosely based on real events drawn from the news, it is again set in a run-down coastal suburb in southern Italy, and it again focuses on the skewed power dynamics between two male characters, one tall and the other short. The metaphorical slant, however, is even more pronounced this time around. By depriving their David and Goliath story of geographical and chronological specificity – both setting and time period are kept purposely vague – Garrone and his co-writers, Ugo Chiti and Massimo Gaudisio, have also stripped the film of any genuine social relevance. The result is a philosophically bankrupt, if effectively constructed, spectacle of violence.
The two protagonists are Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a literal and figurative little man who owns a dog grooming salon, and Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a hulking...
The two protagonists are Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a literal and figurative little man who owns a dog grooming salon, and Simone (Edoardo Pesce), a hulking...
- 5/18/2018
- by Giovanni Marchini Camia
- The Film Stage
The Notebook is covering Cannes with an on-going correspondence between critics Lawrence Garcia and Daniel Kasman.Dear Danny,Expectations can indeed be thrillingly confounded. But often equally satisfying is seeing promise fulfilled, as is the case with Lee Chang-dong’s standout competition entry Burning, the South Korean director’s first film in eight years and a consensus masterpiece, if its average 3.8 rating on the Screen International jury grid (surpassing Toni Erdmann’s previous record of 3.7) is any indication. A steady follow-shot picks up Jonhsu (Yoo Ah-in), a barely-employed, aspiring writer, as he makes a delivery to a Seoul department store blowout sale, but ends up leaving with Haemi (Jun Jong-seo), a dancer who claims to have known him from his rural hometown. An uneasy tryst in a cramped apartment follows soon after, with Lee’s camera craning around the lovers to settle on a fringe of light reflected by a nearby tower.
- 5/18/2018
- MUBI
Matteo Garrone has a history of directing fascinating films that vary from the gritty Gomorrah to the fantastical Tale of Tales (which screened here in Cannes in 2015). Dogman, based on a true crime story, fits snugly into the former category, yet it is also a fable for modern times.
The dog man in question is Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a diminutive dog groomer and petty criminal who dabbles in coke dealing to make ends meet. His home and shop are in Villaggio Coppola, a dilapidated seaside town with jerry-built buildings and a sense of social deprivation. Yet there is also a strong sense of community here: the shop owners are all pals and the men organise regular football matches. Marcello is well liked and even seems to have a good relationship with his ex, the mother of his beloved daughter Sofia. Yet all is not peace and love in this rundown town,...
The dog man in question is Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a diminutive dog groomer and petty criminal who dabbles in coke dealing to make ends meet. His home and shop are in Villaggio Coppola, a dilapidated seaside town with jerry-built buildings and a sense of social deprivation. Yet there is also a strong sense of community here: the shop owners are all pals and the men organise regular football matches. Marcello is well liked and even seems to have a good relationship with his ex, the mother of his beloved daughter Sofia. Yet all is not peace and love in this rundown town,...
- 5/18/2018
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Subtle as a great dane, and less convincing than a show poodle that’s trying to pretend she’s an untamed stray, “Dogman” is an obvious and strained little movie about an Italian groomer who’s going through life with his tail between his legs. Another severe consideration of Italy’s criminal underworld from the director of “Gomorrah”— albeit one that hews much closer to the margins than it does to the mob — Matteo Garrone’s latest film might present itself as a cozy revenge saga, but that’s only because it’s trying to throw you off the scent. Alas, it isn’t long before the neutered cries of a three-legged allegory start to come from all directions, the barely hidden subtext barking its head off like a tiny Chihuahua that hasn’t been fed.
Fascism is not good. In fact, it’s actually bad. Italy knows that all too well,...
Fascism is not good. In fact, it’s actually bad. Italy knows that all too well,...
- 5/17/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Rome — Italy’s Rai Com has scored a slew of sales on director Matteo Garrone’s revenge drama “Dogman” ahead of its Cannes competition world premiere.
Dubbed an “urban Western,” Garrone’s return to smaller-scale Italian-language filmmaking after his English-language fantasy “Tale of Tales,” is inspired by a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s in the gangland outside Rome (see poster).
The case, involving hours of torture in a dog cage, is considered among the most gruesome in Italian postwar history, a subject matter considered somewhat similar to his naturalistic 2008 Neapolitan mob pic “Gomorrah.”
Garrone’s hotly anticipated gritty drama has been snapped up by Alamode (Germany and Austria), M2 (Poland), Karma Films (Spain), Midas Filmes (Portugal), Feelgood Entertainment (Greece), A-One (Russia) and Mcf Megacom Film (former Yugoslavia). Further distributors are Cineart (Benelux), Feelgood Entertainment (Greece), and Time-in-Portrait Entertainment (China).
Buyers for these companies saw...
Dubbed an “urban Western,” Garrone’s return to smaller-scale Italian-language filmmaking after his English-language fantasy “Tale of Tales,” is inspired by a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s in the gangland outside Rome (see poster).
The case, involving hours of torture in a dog cage, is considered among the most gruesome in Italian postwar history, a subject matter considered somewhat similar to his naturalistic 2008 Neapolitan mob pic “Gomorrah.”
Garrone’s hotly anticipated gritty drama has been snapped up by Alamode (Germany and Austria), M2 (Poland), Karma Films (Spain), Midas Filmes (Portugal), Feelgood Entertainment (Greece), A-One (Russia) and Mcf Megacom Film (former Yugoslavia). Further distributors are Cineart (Benelux), Feelgood Entertainment (Greece), and Time-in-Portrait Entertainment (China).
Buyers for these companies saw...
- 4/20/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Meet the Dogman. The Cannes Film Festival just announced their official line-up today, and included in the competition selection is the latest film from acclaimed Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone. It's titled Dogman, and this "urban western" tells the story of a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s. The story goes that this guy was just a gentle dog groomer before he got pushed into a much more violent world. The cast includes Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli, Gianluca Gobbi, Nunzia Schiano, and Alida Baldari Calabria. This is a fantastic teaser trailer, with some promising footage, I'm definitely intrigued. But I'm most worried for the dogs in this trailer! I hope nothing bad happens to them, so many, they all look nice. Poor dogs. Anyway, this should be a hot contender at Cannes this year. Get your first look. Here's the first official...
- 4/12/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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