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Bonello, a special case of creator, has always looked for romance in the most inhospitable places (in “The Pornographer” it was the setting for an erotic film, in “The House of Tolerance” the… obvious) and here he looks for it in the future more inhospitable, although it tells you to take a while to sync.
Don’t be shy, it’s worth it. It’s all about two lovers played by Léa Seydoux and George McKay, who find themselves in different places and times, living a perpetually unsatisfied love. Except these encounters are about past lives, and there’s a reason we’re going through them: In 2044, where the current story takes place, artificial intelligence dominates, and as a result, there are now few jobs for humans – unless they accept submissions. . in a process of “detraumatization” to escape their painful past. Each of Seydou’s falls leaves her with the same wounds – her condition may not be curable. And Bonello, playing like a juggler with his cinematic influences (where ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ meets ‘Last Year at Marienbad’), puts together an impressive, conceptually cerebral construction of where, however, neither emotion nor its creator’s genuine anxiety for the near future is absent.
In a week full of interesting films, it also brings the “The Apprentice” which I hear we’re seeing distribution almost by accident as Donald Trump has gone out of his way to keep it in his boxes. It doesn’t seem strange to me, that’s what the film is about, as we follow the rise of young Trump (Sebastian Stan – good) who finds his ideal, relentless model in the person of the ruthless lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong – better). Great reconstruction of the time (which also extends to cinema, as from the 70s to the 80s the color of the image changes), humor and bitter irony.
What “Rotula”like a comet falling to Earth, it travels through all its projections – I can’t wait to see what happens here. The story is almost pretentious (in post-riot Belfast, a rap trio emerges and prepares the ground for the revival of the Irish language against the establishment), but the interest of the case is the film’s writing, which runs at a dizzying pace at the same time. As the words appear on the screen and we are immersed in a Dionysian recording of the triptych sex-drugs-rock’n’roll (any music that is “disturbing”, rock’n’roll) with a lot of humor and none, but not sorry . We say yes to insolence!
Node “A Brief History of a Family” from China, we have the strange relationship of two teenagers who know each other at school. One, from a wealthy family, the other, from a problematic family – except that the arrival of the latter acts like a virus, like a disease that infects the immaculate environment of the middle class. And the “halo” of the former’s Holy Family seems to wither, revealing a dark face. All this, delivered with suggestive mastery – even if the film seems to deceive you, as it begins as a psychological thriller.
The sensational documentary is also out “There is no other land”filmed by a collective of activists from Israel and Palestine, documenting the methodical uprooting of Arab residents from the 19 settlements of Masafer Yata, an area on the border of the West Bank. No propaganda – simply recording the story, for those who support it.