入围2021威尼斯电影节影评人周单元。
Taranto is a ghost town that no one dares to enter. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while gangs are competing for territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans, who grew up together, dream of joining one of the gangs.
这是一个发生于九十年代罗马的奥斯蒂亚镇的故事,彼时享乐主义统治的世界充斥着金钱、豪车、夜总会与合成毒品。二十多岁的童年好友维托里奥和凯撒也正为之而奋斗。但即使是生存,其成本也超过他们的负担。在凯撒不断堕落至无药可救的路上,维托里奥毅然决然地抛弃了他。然而,令他们没有想到的是,两人彼此之间的纽带是那么的紧密,以至于前者其实从未将后者放弃……(小易甫字幕组)
In 1575, the young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him if his family does not pay his ransom soon, he finds refuge in his passion for storytelling.
幸運是她的名字。儘管面對破裂婚姻,獨力帶着八歲女兒,她仍深信幸運在自己手裡,夢想有天能高飛,盼望彩票中頭獎,開一家屬於自己的幸運髮廊。這位「羅馬媽媽」有個心結,父親早死,她一直沒走出陰影。失意時遇上愛情,與愛女關係卻日趨惡化。羅馬水道橋前,大媽廣場舞是時代標記,中國移民放貴利。演而優則導的卡斯迪里圖,在執導《戀火浮生》後,再度與編劇妻子合作,回到家鄉羅馬取景,請來漢娜舒古拉重量級客串,女主角潔絲敏婷卡更於康城影展「某種觀點」單元獲封影后。