Thursday, June 10, 2010

2010 06 10 - IFF - GIULIA NON ESCE LA SERA / GIULIA DOESN'T DATE AT NIGHT


DIRECTOR : Andrea Molaioli
YEAR : 2009
GENRE : Drama
RATING : M18 (Scene Of Intimacy And Some Nudity)
CAST : Valeria Golino, Valerio Mastandrea, Sonia Bergamasco, Antonia Liskova, Piera Degli Esposti

SYNOPSIS
Guido is a successful writer and finalist of a prestigious literary award. While grappling with all that the nomination of his novel brings, he decides to fulfil a long-time desire to learn to swim and signs up for swimming lessons at a pool. There he meets Giulia, a charming woman who is all the more fascinating when in her element, the water. A relationship blossoms between them but it quickly becomes obvious that Giulia is harbouring a secret and a mysterious past.

2010 06 10 - IFF - IL DIVO


DIRECTOR : Paolo Sorrentino
YEAR : 2008
GENRE : Drama
RATING : TBA

SYNOPSIS
Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (The Family Friend) writes and directs this cinematic portrait of seven-time Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti, whose controversial legacy peaked when he was tried for Mafia ties and subsequently acquitted. A leader with close ties to the Vatican, Andreotti was also tried and acquitted for the murder of an Italian journalist and remains a senator for life.