Tag Archives: docu-drama

strong political docu-drama about the Communist show trials (film: L’aveu – Costa-Gravras, 1970)

‘L’aveu‘ (the English title is ‘The Confession‘), a film made in 1970 by Costa-Gavras a year after the international success of his previous film, ‘Z‘, is already an object of historical study. A year after exposing to the world in … Continue reading

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between silence and lies (film: Labyrinth of Lies – Giulio Ricciarelli, 2014)

‘Im Labyrinth der Schweigens‘, the original German title of the 2014 film directed byGiulio Ricciarelli, has been translated into English as ‘Labyrinth of Lies‘. This translation is, as the Italian saying goes, a betrayal. ‘In the labyrinth of silence’ would … Continue reading

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fighting violence with violence (TV series: The Cops / haShotrim – Rotem Shamir, Yuval Yefet, 2021)

Israeli television series have long gained an audience that watches them with interest, both in Israel and in other countries. The productions are characterized by the diversity of genres (police, political, comic, psychological) and the originality of the formulas, which … Continue reading

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six facets of Bob Dylan (film: I’m Not There – Todd Haynes, 2007)

Somehow, I managed to miss the opportunity to see ‘I’m Not There‘, the film that Todd Haynes made about Bob Dylan, when it was released on screens in 2007. It’s been 14 years since this very unusual film was made. … Continue reading

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Bruno Ganz’s adieu with a strong docu-drama about remembrance and the Holocaust (film: Winter Journey – Anders Østergaard, Erzsébet Rácz, 2019)

‘Winter Journey‘, a film directed by Anders Østergaard and Erzsébet Rácz, brings to the screen the book by Martin Goldsmith, who is also co-author of the screenplay together with the Danish director. Goldsmith is a renowned musicologist, the son of … Continue reading

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memories of the lover of a drug lord (film: Loving Pablo – Fernando León de Aranoa, 2017)

I have thefeeling that I have an advantage over many other viewers of ‘Loving Pablo‘, the film co-written and directed in 2017 by the Spanish film-maker Fernando León de Aranoa. I have not seen any other film or series that … Continue reading

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sexual harassment in the newsroom (Film: Bombshell – Jay Roach, 2019)

The American presidential elections years are good opportunities for political films. Documentaries or fiction films released in these years have addressed different aspects of the political system, and the American and international audiences have extended their attention already alerted by … Continue reading

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