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2020-07-02T20:46:07.379Z


He is among Homemade filmmakers, Netflix short series on the lockdown (ANSA)An ironic, in its own way romantic and delicate quarantine of Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth (who was stuck in Rome during a state visit, without being too sorry, "I was in lockdown for 94 years" he says) in the figurine version souvenirs. This is the story told in Paolo Sorrentino's mini comedy for Homemade collection, of 17 short films (lasting between four and 11 minutes) debuting on June 30 ...


An ironic, in its own way romantic and delicate quarantine of Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth (who was stuck in Rome during a state visit, without being too sorry, "I was in lockdown for 94 years" he says) in the figurine version souvenirs. This is the story told in Paolo Sorrentino's mini comedy for Homemade collection, of 17 short films (lasting between four and 11 minutes) debuting on June 30 on Netflix, signed by authors from all over the world.

The filmmakers, who only used the equipment available in the homes where they went through the lockdown / emergency, give several insights into the pandemic. A path to the globe, from Rome, to Glasgow, from Springs, (New York City) to Beirut, from Clichy Montfermeil (France) to Nara (Japan) through different genres, with stories often punctuated by children, wives, husbands, companions and companions of filmmakers as interpreters. Comedy is well represented ((in addition to Sorrentino, Pablo Larrain, Rungano Nyoni), but also dystopian story (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Naomi Kawase), domestic mystery (Antonio Campos), modern fable (Natalia Beristain) social report (Ladj Ly), musical (Sebastian Lelio), family diary with Rachel Morrison, Nadine Labaki and husband / producer / composer Khaled Mouzanar, Johnny Ma (who also offers mom's ravioli recipe), Gurinder Chadha, David Mackenzie, or inner travel (Kristen Stewart, Sebastian Schipper and Ana Lily Amirpour which has for narrator Cate Blanchett).

Homemade, born from an idea by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment (part of Fremantle) and by the Larrain brothers for Fabula, "was a great challenge for those who want to narrate - explains in the production notes Sorrentino, who returns to speak in his own way of a Pontiff after the series The Young Pope and The New Pope - finding a story and characters in my own home, and with nothing else available, made me feel like when, as a kid, I dreamed of doing this job. " in Journey at the end of the night ', through a Vatican a domestic staircase, Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth (with incursions by the Great Lebowski and the cameo of Maradona always in a figurine version), find an elective affinity between pungent jokes, confidences (" Rome is so beautiful, empty, desperate and alone ... "he says," Like us "she comments) bickering as a couple on what to see on TV or reconciliation with dance steps.

Among other stories, the author of I miserabili, Ladj Ly, returns to have his son Hal Hassan Ly act by entrusting him with the role of Buzz, a teenager who to Clichy Montfermeil in the Seine-Saint-Denis department ("one of the most affected districts from the pandemic in France "he explains), thanks to a drone that flies between popular high-rise buildings, it offers a glimpse of various realities: from a father with his children to a violent man with his partner, to the long line of women waiting for receive envelopes with food. Rungano Nyoni actress and director of naturalized Welsh Zambia, sets the breaking of a couple in a small apartment in Lisbon, telling her exclusively through messages via smartphone. Silvio Berlusconi also enters the chat between friends in a merciless comparison of charm with the Spanish premier Pedro Sanchez.

A revenge for women also marks 'The last call' by Pablo Larrain, with the elderly protagonist (Jaime Vadell) who from a retirement home, with strokes of ardent declarations of love via zoom he hopes to be 'saved' from the past flame. There is also room for excellent actor performances: Peter Sarsgaard in Penelope plays for his wife Maggie Gyllenhal, the role of a mourning man, who from the woods of Vermont, follows by radio the approach of a cataclysm caused by a virus space. Amalia Kassai sings and dances while cleaning the house and explores the unknowns of the lockdown and in Sebastian Lelio's Algorithm. Kristen Stewart in 'Grilli' is also the protagonist (with her, although only in voice also the screenwriter companion Dylan Meyer) in the part of a woman struggling with the chirping of insects and insomnia in a (almost) silent Los Angeles.

Source: ansa

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