Manuel (film)

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Manuel
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Directed byDario Albertini
Screenplay byDario Albertini
Simone Ranucci
Starring Andrea Lattanzi  [ it ]
CinematographyGiuseppe Maio
Edited bySarah McTeigue
Music byDario Albertini
Michael Brunnock
Sarah McTeigue
Ivo Parlati
Release date
  • 2017 (2017)
LanguageItalian

Manuel is a 2017 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Dario Albertini, in his feature film debut. It premiered at the 74th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

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Plot

Cast

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, in the Il Cinema nel Giardino sidebar. [1] [2] It was released in Italian cinemas on 3 May 2018. [1] [3]

Reception

The film was well-received by critics. Panorama's film critic Claudio Trionfera described it as "a precious little film of Pasolinian echoes". [3] Julien Gester from Libération wrote: "the film navigates the codes of the initiation story with a stroke of sharp realism, churning out false leads and figures, all tenderly sketched". [4] Le Parisien film critic Marine Quinchon referred to it as an "austere, almost monotonous film, yet traversed by beautiful moments". [5]

Fabien Lemercier from Cineuropa offered high praise for Albertini, "sensitive and attentive to the slightest inflections of his protagonist’s sweet melancholic face", whose "well-controlled style gives the film a delicate charm and a rough authenticity, a mixture that is a testament to its undeniable cinematic qualities". [2] Boris Sollazzo from Rolling Stone Italia wrote: "Albertini composes a rough and beautiful symphony, embeds the images in music and noises, the actors in the reality of a real and vivid suburb, the writing within a visual path that fishes from documentary filmmaking, without ever losing the taste for storytelling and choice of field and a vision that is never ideological". [6]

The film won the Best Film Award, the Critics' Prize and the Student Jury Prize at the Montpellier Film Festival, the Jury Award at the Brussels International Film Festival , the FIPRESCI Award at the Gijón International Film Festival, and the award for best actor (Andrea Lattanzi) at the Angers European First Film Festival. [2] [7] For this film, Albertini was nominated for Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Morreale, Emiliano (3 May 2018). "Storia di Manuel lupo di periferia". La Repubblica . p. 41.
  2. 1 2 3 Lemercier, Fabien (7 March 2018). "Review: Manuel". Cineuropa . Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 Trionfera, Claudio (7 May 2018). "Manuel di Dario Albertini: tutto su mia madre - La recensione". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Gester, Julien (6 March 2018). "Un fils au centre de la tension". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Quinchon, Marine (6 March 2018). "«Il Figlio, Manuel» : réaliste". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Sollazzo, Boris (12 May 2018). "Rassegnatevi, gli occhi di 'Manuel' non vi si staccheranno di dosso". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  7. ↑ ""No date no signature" remporte la compétition internationale du Briff". La Libre Belgique (in French). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Bragadini, Benedetta (29 May 2018). "Nastri d'Argento 2018: sfida per il miglior film tra Garrone, Sorrentino, Rohrwacher, Guadagnino e Carpignano". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
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