Mixing humor, melancholy, and political resonance, Alejo Moguillansky’s film becomes both a reflection on endings—of relationships, of art, of a country—and a luminous celebration of cinema, theater, and music.
Tag "Venice"
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‘Pin de fartie’ Venice Review: A Playful, Poignant Meditation on Finitude
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‘Grand Ciel’ Venice Review: Labor Struggles in the Shadow of Progress
On a massive construction site for a luxury mega-development, a night-shift worker becomes caught between loyalty to his fellow laborers and pressure from his bosses. As disappearances, accidents, and strange noises unsettle the site, this French drama blurs social realism with eerie allegory, exposing the human cost of dreams built on exploitation.
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«En el camino» Venice Review: Tenderness in the Shadow of Violence
A young drifter and a taciturn trucker form an uneasy bond on Mexico’s highways, caught between desire, loneliness, and the looming threat of violence. David Pablo’s film is a dusty, melancholic road movie that finds fleeting tenderness in a brutal world.
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‘Vanilla’ Venice Review: Mayra Hermosillo’s tender ode to unusual families
Mixing humor, intimacy, and the weight of economic struggle, this Mexican film turns everyday moments into a coming-of-age tale full of color and humanity.
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“Un cabo suelto” Venice Review: Daniel Hendler’s comedy of escape and reinvention
This offbeat comedy follows a runaway Argentine policeman adrift in Uruguay. A tale of loose ends, new beginnings, and the cultural quirks of life on both sides of the Río de la Plata.
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‘Hiedra’ Venice Review: A lyrical portrait of mothers, sons, and missing ties
Ecuadorian filmmaker Ana Cristina Barragán crafts a delicate, dreamlike story of two strangers who might be family—or might only need to believe they are.
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‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’ Venice Review: Two Women Seeking Connection in Mumbai
In bustling Mumbai, two very different women share an apartment yet live separate lives. Gradually, their solitude gives way to an unexpected bond built on connection and mutual support. In Orizzonti.
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‘Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes’ Venice Review: Gabriel Azorín Finds Intimacy in the Ruins
A lyrical film about war, memory, and the fragile intimacy between men, Gabriel Azorín’s first movie unfolds in the hushed atmosphere of a bathhouse.
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‘My Tennis Maestro’ Venice Review: a coming-of-age on and off the court
Pierfrancesco Favino plays a former tennis star who begins coaching a young prodigy in this Italian dramedy premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
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‘Nuestra Tierra’ Venice Review: Memory, Justice, and the Killing That Shook a Community
This documentary focuses on the murder of Indigenous leader Javier Chocobar and on his community’s long struggle to achieve justice. It screens out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.
