ThreeyearsafterthelossofhisbrotherVittorio,withwhomhesharedhisentirecareer,PaoloTavianireturnstotheworksofLuigiPirandello,whichthepairadaptedin1984(Chaos)and1998(YouLaugh).InkeepingwiththeSicilianplaywright’svision,thefilmisnotatallwhatitappearstobe.Thetitlemaycomefroma1910novella,butthereisn...
FollowingonfromtheimpressiveDriftwithitshypnotictransatlanticsequencesreminiscentofMichaelSnow,HelenaWittmann’ssecondfeatureissetintheMediterraneanSea.TheheroinenavigatesalongtherouteoftheFrenchForeignLegionfromMarseilletoSidi-Bel-AbbesviaCalvionacontemporaryOdysseythatisatoncepoliticalandsen...
TheseminalquestionoflandandthedisplacementofAdivasi(Indigenous)CommunitiesinIndia.Allthegovernmentsthathaveruledthenationmadelawsthatdeniedtheindigenouspeopletheirwayoflifeandtheirlandoften,protectingcronycapitalistinterests.Itrevisitsanepisodeofdissentinthe90swhichbroughtupthisquestionamongs...