"Leave it to an old master to strip a complex question down to its basics, leave aside all the anxiety and handwringing, and discover compassion as a basic reflex, a core value of a Europe few seem to recall." Michael Sicinski for Cargo: "Ermanno Olmi's The Cardboard Village stars Michael Lonsdale (fresh from his turn in Xavier Beauvois's Of Gods and Men) as an elderly Italian priest in the final days before his retirement, watching as his church is deconsecrated, the pews pushed into a corner by a forklift, Christ deposed from the cross by a crane. In the night, the priest takes to the pulpit and addresses the absent congregation. 'Where have you all gone?' he asks? Unbeknownst to him, the town's North African immigrants, hunted by the carabinieri, take up in the back storeroom. Eventually they build a tent city in the empty nave. The...
- 9/19/2011
- MUBI
#4. The Cardboard Village Director: Ermanno Olmi Cast: Michael Lonsdale, Rutger Hauer, Massimo De Francovich, Alessandro Haber Distributor: Rights Available Buzz: With his origins and legacy primarily dating back to the latter years of Italian Neorealism, Olmi has gone on to further iconic status via a Palme d'Or for The Tree of Wooden Clogs and his Golden Lion for The Legend of the Holy Drinker. He vowed that his 2007 film One Hundred Nails would be his final fictional feature, but lo and behold, here he is again. Playing modestly out of competition in Venice a few days prior to Tiff. The Gist: Confronting the recent surge in North African immigration that is rampant in Italy, Olmi's narrartive concerns a priest whose church-in-crisis become a shelter for illegal immigrants. Extracting great emotional power from the simplest of scenario's, this new film promises to be another strong entry in the aging maestro's personal...
- 9/2/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
ROME -- Two of Italy's best-known directors and three up-and-coming talents are behind the best film nominees at this year's 2007 David di Donatello awards, organizers announced Tuesday.
In most previous years, one or two films have dominated the nominations for the David awards, Italy's top film honors. But this year's slate spreads the wealth between nearly a dozen productions nominated in more than one major category.
Among the leading lights are Ermanno Olmi's Centochiodi, which garnered the director his seventh David nomination in the best film category. The film is reported to be Olmi's last narrative film. Giuseppe Tornatore's La Sconosciuta (The Unknown) also was nominated for the top honor.
The films from emerging talents in the centerpiece competition are Emanuele Crialese's Nuovomondo (The Golden Door), which won a special jury prize at last year's Venice film festival; 2006 Cannes C.I.C.A.E. award winner Anche Libero va Bene (Along the Ridge) from Kim Rossi Stuart; and Daniele Luchetti's local boxoffice smash Mio Fratello e Figlio Unico (My Brother is an Only Child).
In most previous years, one or two films have dominated the nominations for the David awards, Italy's top film honors. But this year's slate spreads the wealth between nearly a dozen productions nominated in more than one major category.
Among the leading lights are Ermanno Olmi's Centochiodi, which garnered the director his seventh David nomination in the best film category. The film is reported to be Olmi's last narrative film. Giuseppe Tornatore's La Sconosciuta (The Unknown) also was nominated for the top honor.
The films from emerging talents in the centerpiece competition are Emanuele Crialese's Nuovomondo (The Golden Door), which won a special jury prize at last year's Venice film festival; 2006 Cannes C.I.C.A.E. award winner Anche Libero va Bene (Along the Ridge) from Kim Rossi Stuart; and Daniele Luchetti's local boxoffice smash Mio Fratello e Figlio Unico (My Brother is an Only Child).
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