In the international film world, I like a lot of directors, but only the Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore is the most special one, because of his few works, there are almost no bad films, and every work is a classic. The Sicily-born director, unlike his Italian compatriots Antonioni, Bernini and Pasolini, his films are straightforward and clear, with the breath of dreams, which is unforgettable.
The beautiful legend of Sicily imdb: 7.5 points
The English name of this movie is "Marlena", which is the same name as the heroine in the film. In this story, the director places the growth process of a boy in the context of World War II, dissecting the secrets of adolescence and revealing the good and evil of human nature in the context of the times. Through this film, Monica Bellucci became a spokesperson for maturity and sexiness, and since then, she has not seen a more wonderful role performance.
Cinema Paradiso imdb: 8.5
There are two versions of this movie, the theatrical version is only about two hours, and the director's cut version is nearly three hours, the difference is whether it cuts out the emotional scene when the protagonist Duoduo was young. The director's cut version is obviously better, because it compares love with career, so that many young people are in a helpless choice, in fact, many people have such choice troubles, whether to stay in a small place to maintain a feeling, or to go to the big stage to show their ability, the result, the most common is, stay in a small place, when the feelings fade, will regret giving up the opportunity to go to a larger stage. And choose to run away, even if the success is successful, when looking back on the past, I will always regret losing the most innocent love. In the film, the old man who played the movie, Affledo, directly made a choice for his apprentice, so that he had the story of returning to his hometown and looking back on the past. The theatrical version directly cut out that love, so the theme became the story of encountering mentors and friends on the road to growth, which felt much worse.
Sea Pianist Imdb: 8.1 points
It's almost a fairy tale, an abandoned baby named 1900, who has grown up on a cruise ship all his life and played the piano well, but he has never left the ship in his life, and even in the face of the temptation of love, he still does not have the courage to step off the side of the ship. This story can actually be compared with the Paradise Cinema, this time it is not a choice on the road of life, but more like a metaphor, everyone's attachment to the spiritual home.
Tianlun Tour imdb: 7.7 points
The work was later remade in Hollywood, starring Robert De Niro. The story is about an old man who decides to leave his hometown to visit several of his children, only to find that the children are living differently than he knew, and that one of the children has died and he knows nothing. In the face of the pressure of reality, children choose to comfort their elderly fathers with lies, and fathers can only use lies to comfort their children. About growth, it is not always beautiful and happy, there are more reality and helplessness, but in the heart can have a pure land, an inch of tenderness, that is like another name of this film - everything is good.
New Paradise Scout imdb: 7.3
Relatively unknown work, about a swindler with a camera, in the guise of looking for actors, cheating in Sicily, but the inhabitants of the island have ignited a movie dream, but the dream is always broken, but everyone shows themselves to the camera lens, and it is also the process of expressing their dreams, which is the most lovely. It's just that the heroine's dreams of love and career are both shattered, which makes people a little unbearable.
Hidden Woman Heart imdb: 7.9
This time, Tornatore has changed his appearance, so if you don't know in advance that the director is him, even if you watch the whole movie, you won't think of him, because the tone of this movie is too different from his previous works. It is no longer the blue sea and sky of Sicily, the poor streets and alleys of the town, but the dark rooms in the city, the bloody pictures. The protagonist of the story is a woman with a tragic fate, she uses the trafficker as a fertility tool, one child is sold for money, and finally, the woman chooses revenge in the name of maternal love. This film can be compared with South Korea's "Kind Of Gold".
Tornadore also has three other works, "Station of the Hidden Country" imdb: 7.9 points; "Baalria" imdb: 6.9 points; and the latest work "Best Bid" imdb: 7.9 points. Until now, I haven't bought a disc, so I haven't seen it, but the imdb rating is here, and it should be worth watching.
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