The Swedish biopic “Zlatan“, dedicated to the football champion Ibrahimovic.
Few films have been made about sports champions still in their careers. Ibrahimovic, who has just turned 40, is still a model of physical integrity.
“Zlatan”, directed by Jens Sjögren reconstructs, without hagiographic tones, the footballer's childhood and adolescence, in particular his arrival in Sweden as an immigrant with his family from the then Yugoslavia and the risk of turning into a hooligan. Up to the valorization of his talent on the playing fields and the now consolidated consecration
The imaginative director Wes Anderson he would have gladly become a journalist: his act of love towards the printed paper is entitled “The french dispatch” like the cultural supplement of a Kansas newspaper that has its editorial office in a French town.
And there moves the colorful universe that has made the author's style unmistakable and in which many great actors act, sometimes in small appearances, such as Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Benicio Del Toro, Frances McDormand.
"A Year with Salinger"of Philippe Falardeau bears in its title the name of the famous writer of the "Young Holden” that almost no one ever managed to meet. In the 1990s, a young aspiring writer (Margaret Qualley) finds work with a very strict literary agent (Sigourney Weaver) who entrusts her with the difficult task of answering hundreds of letters on behalf of the legendary novelist. An exercise in style with profound emotional implications.
Four couples (with the well-known faces of Ambra Angiolini, Luca Bizzarri, Carolina Crescentini, Paolo Kessisoglu, Claudia Gerini, Filippo Nigro, Claudia Pandolfi and Fabio Volo) received the surprising news that their marriages were invalid because they were celebrated by a fake priest.For all life” by Paolo Costella wittily follows the reactions, sometimes paradoxical, of the spouses who must now renew their marriage. But perhaps after so many years some are no longer so convinced…
Silvio Soldini returns to directing with “3/19” dealing with the dramatic change in the life of a successful Milanese lawyer (Kasia Smutniak) who is involved in a car accident in which an undocumented immigrant dies. It becomes essential for her to find the identity of the deceased.
In her research she is helped by the director of the morgue (Francesco Colella) but above all she comes into contact with social realities that until now she had always ignored.
"He Who Is Without Sin – The Dry"of Robert Connolly instead shows investigations that take place in the suggestive Australian desert. A policeman (Eric Bana) returns to his hometown after a long time because he has received terrible news: a dear childhood friend of his has committed suicide, apparently after killing his wife and son. For everyone the case is closed, but the detective is not convinced by the reconstruction of the tragic event and decides to discover the truth on his own. However, no one seems willing to collaborate.
Jean Dujardin reappears for the third time in the guise of the French spy who echoes the exploits of 007 in “Special Agent 117 at the Service of the Republic – Red Alert in Black Africa“, this time directed by Nicolas Bedos. As in the two previous films (set in Cairo and Rio) the amazing adventures of the secret agent take place in an exotic destination, where however one can also feel the echo of France's colonial past.
An original look at Eastern Europe is offered by “It won't snow anymore"of Malgorzata Szumowska Michal Englert. A Ukrainian masseur (Alec Utgoff) is in great demand in Poland. All his clients are well-off but live tired and unstimulated lives. The charismatic therapist quickly becomes invaluable to them not only because of the tonicity of their bodies but above all because he seems able to guide their minds.
"Man in the Dark – Man in the Dark"of Rodo Sayagues re-proposes after the success of five years ago the character, played by Stephen Lang, of the veteran soldier who lost his sight in the Gulf War. He lives isolated in the woods, with the only company of an orphaned girl who he treats like a daughter. And, as a good marine, he trains her, teaching her to defend herself from potential dangers. Unexpectedly, some bad guys swoop down on that remote place. Being able to neutralize them is a matter of life or death.
Article published on November 12, 2021 - 11:04
