Si è aperto il 10 ottobre il Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival 2020, nell’antica città di Pingyao nella provincia dello Shanxi.
Fondato nel 2017 dal celebre regista cinese Jia Zhangke e con la direzione artistica affidata fin dal suo nascere a Marco Müller, il festival giunge alla sua quarta edizione con una programmazione di grande rilievo che prevede oltre 50 film, tutti alla loro prima proiezione in Cina, provenienti da oltre dieci diversi paesi del mondo.
Molto importante quest’anno anche la presenza di film italiani, con “Spaccapietre” – (altro titolo: Una promessa)” / (2020) di Gianluca e Massimiliano De Serio, “The Book of Vision” / (2020) di Carlo S. Hintermann, nella sezione a concorso “Crouching Tigers”, nonché “Lacci”/ (2020) di Daniele Lucchetti e “Volevo nascondermi” / (2019) di Giorgio Diritti, nella sezione “Galas”.
Nel corso dei dieci giorni del festival (10-19 ottobre) oltre alle proiezione dei film suddivisi in cinque sezioni (Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons, Galas, Made in Shanxi, Retrospective), sono anche previste conferenze e master class tenute da registi, attori ed esperti di cinema cinesi.
Una promessa 《承诺》
(Spaccapietre)
Screening Info 影片排期
10.16 – 14:00 Hall 1 / 1号厅
10.17 – 19:15 Hall 1 / 1号厅
Director：Gianluca De Serio，Massimiliano De Serio
Cast：Salvatore Esposito，Samuele Carrino，Lica Lanera
Remarks
One day Angela never comes home. This tragic and mysterious loss forces Giuseppe and their young son Antò, to look for her and begin a quest for truth without return.
Synopsis
Under the blazing sun of southern Italy, Angela works in the fields where she is exploited without impunity. One day she never comes home. This tragic and mysterious loss forces Giuseppe and their young son Antò to look for her and begin a quest for truth without return.
Director’s Biography
Gianluca De Serio，Massimiliano De Serio
Born 1978 in Torino, the twins have worked together since 1999. In August 2011, Seven Works of Mercy, their first feature film, was presented at the international competition of the Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Youth Jury Prize and the Don Quixote Prize. The film then went on to participate in 80 festivals, winning 27 awards. In 2015 the brothers directed River Memories, a documentary that had its world premiere at the 2015 Venice International Film Festival, and the international competition of the 2016 Visions du Réel Festival. The film went on to screen at over 25 festivals.
The Book of Vision 《幻觉之书》
Screening Info 影片排期
10.16 – 9:30 Spring in a Small Town / 小城之春厅
10.17 – 9:10 Hall 1 / 1号厅
Director：Carlo S. Hintermann
Cast：Charles Dance， Lotte Verbeek， Sverrir Gudnason
Remarks
Eva, a mysterious doctor, searches for an answer to her urgent dilemma as she unravels the manuscript of The Book of Vision by 18th century physician Johan Anmuth. The film was the Critics Week opener at the Venice Biennale.
Synopsis
Eva, a doctor and student of the history of medicine, discovers a manuscript of The Book of Vision by Johan Anmuth, an 18th century Prussian physician. In the book, Anmuth studies the feelings, fears and dreams of over 1,800 patients, whose spirits still wander through the pages. Immersing herself in these tales and visions, Eva calls into question the split between past, present and future, while confronting the challenges of modern medicine and its limitations with respect to her own body. Produced by Terrence Malick, the film has a narrative that shuttles between the present and the 18th century. It is documentary director Carlo Hintermann’s first feature and the Critics Week opener at the Venice Biennale.
Director’s Biography
Carlo S. Hintermann
Born in 1974, Carlo S. Hintermann is an Italian and Swiss filmmaker and producer. After obtaining a diploma in classical percussion, he studied the history of cinema in Italy, and later, learnt the ropes of film directing in the US. He helmed a number of shorts, and subsequently, together with Luciano Barcaroli, Gerardo Panichi and Daniele Villa, co-directed the documentary Rosy-fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick (Venice Biennale, 2002). This was followed by his solo direction of Chatzer: Inside Jewish Venice (Turin Film Festival, 2004) and the animated short H2O (Annecy Animated Film Festival, 2007). In 2011, Hintermann produced and acted as the second-unit director for the Italian shoot of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, 2011); he also directed the documentary The Dark Side of the Sun (Rome International Film Festival, Extra – Jury Special Mention prize Enel Cuore, 2011). Hintermann is also a musician, composer and film critic.
Lacci 《婚姻连系》
Screening Info 影片排期
10.15 – 19:00 Platform-OpenTheatre / 站台 – 露天剧场
10.17 – 17:00 Hall 1 / 1号厅
Director：Daniele Luchetti
Cast：Alba Rohrwacher，Luigi Lo Cascio，Silvio Orlando
Remarks
Naples, early 1980s. Aldo and Vanda go through a separation after he reveals his affair. Their two young children are torn between their parents, in a whirlwind of resentment. But the ties that keep people together are inescapable, even without love.
Synopsis
Naples, early 1980s. Aldo and Vanda go through a separation after he reveals his affair. Their two young children are torn between their parents, in a whirlwind of resentment. But the ties that keep people together are inescapable, even without love. Now, 30 years later, Aldo and Vanda are still married. This is a thriller about emotions, a story of loyalty and infidelity, of rancor and shame. Betrayal, suffering, a secret box, a devastated home, a cat, the voice of the lovers and that of the estranged.
Director’s Biography
Daniele Luchetti
Daniele Luchetti is an Italian director whose works have been selected for the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival multiple times. His 2010 film, La Nostra Vita, won Best Actor at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. His latest work, The Ties, opened the Venice International Film Festival in 2020.
Volevo nascondermi 《我想藏起来》
Screening Info 影片排期
10.14 – 19:00 Platform-OpenTheatre / 站台 – 露天剧场
10.16 – 19:00 Hall 1 / 1号厅
Director：Giorgio Diritti
Cast：Elio Germano，Oliver Ewy，Paola Lavini
Remarks
This film is a biographical drama about the Italian painter, Antonio Ligabue, one of the most important Naïve artists of the 20th century. Ligabue lived in poverty and drifted in and out of the mental hospitals, until he met a sculptor and began to learn painting and sculpture.
Synopsis
The subject of this biographical film is the Italian painter, Antonio Ligabue, whose dramatic life shocked the whole of Italy. Ligabue showed artistic talent as a child, but life was very rough. His Italian parents moved illegally to the German-Swiss border in order to do part-time jobs. After his mother passed away, he was adopted by a couple. But his mental problems made him unpopular. To make things worse, his illegal status was exposed, and he was extradited to Italy against his will. He lived in poverty and drifted in and out of mental hospitals, until he met a sculptor and began to learn painting and sculpture, eventually becoming an important Naïve artist in the 20th century.
Director’s Biography
Giorgio Diritti
Giorgio Diritti received his filmmaking training by working alongside various Italian directors, in particular, Pupi Avati. His first short, Sailor’s Chapel (1990), was selected for numerous international festivals, including the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. His debut film, The Wind Makes Its Rounds (2005), was selected for over 60 national and international film festivals, and received five nominations for David by Donatello 2008 (including Best Film, Best Beginning Director, Best Producer, and Best Screenplay) and four nominations for Silver Tapes 2008. Hidden Away (2020) was selected for the Berlinale; and leading actor Elio Germano won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance.