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Perfect Days: days full of richness in Harayama’s life
Poetry in the ordinary; happiness despite harshness; harmony in acceptance; freedom in humility; moving forwards despite seeming to be going nowhere. There is all this,…
Author: Edoardo Zaccagnini
Cinema and writing as friends with whom to extract and release feelings. Love for both at La Sapienza, Literature. With them travelling through festivals, television experiences, interviews and reviews: for Close-up the first, then Cineforum, Cittanuova, l’Osservatore Romano, Romasette. As a lover and then as a freelance journalist, between family, two children, faith and experiences in social work. Asking my two friends to help me build goodness.
115 Published articles
Love that saves in the film “Fallen Leaves”
The theme of saving love surrounds director Aki Kaurismaki last film: “Fallen Leaves”, awarded at Cannes and now in the cinema. A dry and poetic…
When dance rhymes with unity and fraternity | Part 2
Meeting with Antonella Lombardo, founder of ADW (Academic Dance Workshop) of DanceLabArmonia and of the Armonia for Peace march. Tireless user of art to build…
When dance rhymes with unity and fraternity | Part 1
Meeting with Antonella Lombardo, founder of ADW (Academic Dance Workshop) of DanceLabArmonia and of the Armonia for Peace march. Tireless user of art to build…
Hope and the rebirth of a community in a remote corner of England
‘The Old Oak’, the latest film by director Ken Loach, simple yet powerful, raises many profound issues: work, migrants, the importance of encounter, mutual exchange…
“Cento domeniche” (A Hundred Sundays) – A story of work, money, and ethics… the latest film by Antonio Albanese
“Cento domeniche”, released in Italian cinema on 23rd November, is a sad and moving portrayal of the duty of responsibility towards ordinary citizens held by…
Io Capitano: love overcomes hell
From the Venice Film Festival awards, comes a beautiful film ‘Io Capitano’ (The Captain) by Matteo Garrone: an account of the dramatic journey of two…
Bergoglio, Lisbon and the love for cinema
Amongst the various cinematic initiatives of Lisbon 2023, there was an interesting review presented in the days before the WYD (28/31st of July) on the…
Empathy and fear, the present and human nature: interview with director Cristian Mungiu | Part 2
“R.M.N” (“Wild Animals”), his last film, is set in a small country of Transylvania, where the balance of the local community (made up of different…
Empathy and fear, the present and human nature: interview with director Cristian Mungiu | Part 1
“R.M.N” (“Wild Animals”), his last film, is set in a small country of Transylvania, where the balance of the local community (made up of different…
Myself and the other
Two very different stories but the same journey towards love of the other. One, a TV drama series – ‘A Small Light’ ; the other…
Fragility and greatness: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
A conversation, profound and enlightening, with Monsignor Follo and Fr Francois Marie Lethel on the importance and modernity of the French saint, celebrated by UNESCO…