Tag: Leonardo D’Agostini
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#19: Cinema Italian Style 2020
Notturno, Padrenostro, Lacci (The Ties), and more!
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#12: The 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival
I’m back from the 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival! I wanted to provide an overview of the seven Italian films I got to see, all of which were featured in the Focus on Italy program of this year’s festival: Croce e delizia (An Almost Ordinary Summer) by Simone Godano Martin Eden by Pietro…
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#11: Interview with Leonardo D’Agostini & Antonella Lattanzi (The Champion)
I got to speak with director Leonardo D’Agostini and screenwriter Antonella Lattanzi to discuss their film Il campione (The Champion) (2019). In our conversation, they talk about what inspired the film’s story, the challenges and opportunities of the screenwriting process, plus moments that didn’t make it into the final film. This interview was conducted on January…
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Il campione (The Champion) (2019)
The feel-good story about a successful, though reckless, young athlete whose life is turned around when he is assigned a tutor by his soccer club.