Manuel (film)
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| Directed by | Dario Albertini |
| Screenplay by | Dario Albertini Simone Ranucci |
| Starring | Andrea Lattanzi |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Maio |
| Edited by | Sarah McTeigue |
| Music by | Dario Albertini Michael Brunnock Sarah McTeigue Ivo Parlati |
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| Language | Italian |
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.
Plot
Cast
- Andrea Lattanzi as Manuel Squitti
- Francesca Antonelli as Veronica
- Giulia Elettra Gorietti as Francesca
- Raffaella Rea as Marzia
- Alessandra Scirdi as Nunzia
- Renato Scarpa as Sor Attilio
- Luciano Miele as Avvocato Marone
- Alessandro Di Carlo as Elpidio
- Frankino Murgia as Frankino
- Alessandro Sardelli as Robertino
- Giulio Beranek as Erol
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
- ^ a b Morreale, Emiliano (3 May 2018). "Storia di Manuel lupo di periferia". La Repubblica. p. 41.
- ^ a b c Lemercier, Fabien (7 March 2018). "Review: Manuel". Cineuropa. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ a b Trionfera, Claudio (7 May 2018). "Manuel di Dario Albertini: tutto su mia madre - La recensione". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ Gester, Julien (6 March 2018). "Un fils au centre de la tension". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ Quinchon, Marine (6 March 2018). "«Il Figlio, Manuel» : réaliste". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ ""No date no signature" remporte la compétition internationale du Briff". La Libre Belgique (in French). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ 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.