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the breaking of an ordinary family (film: Ordinary People – Robert Redford, 1980)

Americans don’t really use the expression ‘cinema de papa’, invented by critics and French filmmakers followers of the New Wave to define everything that characterizes the film-making ways of previous generations, from which they wanted to move away. It would … Continue reading

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35 years before The Irishman (film: Once Upon a Time in America – Sergio Leone, 1984)

An almost four hours film saga whose action takes place in the world of the American mob and spreads over several decades. Robert De Niro plays the lead role of a gangster whose career is filled with corpses, robberies, collaborations … Continue reading

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