Author: Massimo Volpe

“Rapiniamo il Duce”, fact and fiction

TORONTO – Renato De Maria’s film is many things, a comedy, a heist, a romance, one that draws inspiration from various works, past and present while leaving nothing off the table in the effort to entertain. From the opening credits, a familiar percussive beat: the Rolling Stones’ “Paint it Black” covered in Italian by actress Matilda De Angelis, the film’s Femme Fatale. She glides onto the stage in a classy Cabaret Bar, a young singing starlet named Yvonne. Her long bouncy curls, coiffed in sleek waves has a touch of Rita Hayworth’s Gilda, minus the trademark hair flips. De Angelis actually sings the cover, with a mix of sultry and sombre, a foretelling of the character’s predicament.

The Last Paradiso and the cost of Freedom

In the tradition of Greek Tragedy, “The Last Paradiso” enchants us with romantic images – in this case the Puglian countryside – and eventually leads the viewer through its sometimes-violent depictions of irreparable familial trauma. A Netflix-made film in association with Mediaset, “The Last Paradiso” stars Puglia native Riccardo Scamarcio, who also produced and co-wrote the film with Director Rocco Ricciardulli. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / “Il più bel secolo della mia vita”, un adottato

La legge italiana, secondo la quale un trovatello non può conoscere le proprie origini prima di compiere 100 anni, privilegia sopra ogni altra cosa il diritto alla privacy della madre. Inizialmente la legislazione era intesa a frenare l’abbandono dei neonati e le pratiche di aborto illegale, e quindi è stata giustificata in nome del benessere dei bambini… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>