Five cents cents (at home): Ciambra

Italian neo-realism reappears in New York-born Italian director Jonas Carpiganno’s “A Ciambra,” a window into the endless existence of the presence of Rome (the Gypsies), which is firmly entrenched here in the ruined and corrupt south of Italy.

In the early scene, the older brother shows how the Pio Amato (Pio Amato) can be heated and stolen on foot. And 14-year-old Pio gives a cigarette to her baby brother because that little boy curses his sister, who doesn’t even complain, showing us this child has already learned the male advantage that pervades this society.

The Carpignanno delegation consists mainly of 15 completely real members of a Rom family, Amatos, whose profession is only crime.

The Carpignanno delegation consists mainly of 15 completely real members of a Rom family, Amatos, whose profession is only crime. They stole cars, copper, electricity, luggage, and everything else they could. They are hostages in a world inhabited by “Italians” (always in quotes), prisoners who exploit Rome under them in a social order; by the police, who impose heavy fines and deprive the family of working men (albeit criminally) for long periods of time; and by African refugees who have their own crime, society, and marginalization. The proximity and night scenery contribute to the sense of claustrophobia that characterizes the Roman experience.

Pio’s path to masculinity within the Rom tribe is questioned by his relationship with an elderly African immigrant, Iiva (Koudus Seyhan), who treats his relatives more kindly and fraternally than Pio.

“A Ciambra” is an intriguing film with an even more intriguing cast of non-professional actors exposing the immoral worldview of expansion and tribalism, self-knowledge and group, friendship and family.

Consciousness: 2017

Director: Jonas Carpignano

Participation: Pio Amato, Koudus Seyhan and 14 other members of the Amato family.

Languages: Italian, with English subtitles

Awards: There were 13 winners, including Best Director and Best Editor for 2017 by David di Donatello and Label Cinema in Cannes and 20 others were nominated.

Working hours: 118 minutes

To Ciambra ★★★ (out of 4 stars)

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William Greibner is a professor of historical practice at New York State University, Fredonia, where he taught courses in American film and culture. He is the author or co-author of 11 books and more than 50 scientific articles, including essays on The Sierra Madre Treasure, Mackab and Mrs. Miller, The Adventures of Poseidon, and related zombie films. to the Holocaust. Dianna Bennett, the first woman to run a major American law firm, is a retired U.S. tax lawyer.

Dianna and Bill were early and passionate participants in the Toronto Film Festival and today enjoy scenes from movies in Los Angeles, Rome, London and Buffalo, New York. They began reviewing films for Rome’s TheAmerican / inItalia website in 2016, ran their own blog in Rome for a decade, and published two alternative guidebooks to the Eternal City. They still can’t resist watching the movies, except for the subsequent arguments, which were sometimes heated over a bottle of Arneis at the nearest wine shop.

And this is just the beginning of our review process. Within an hour or two we discuss the film as one of us takes notes. The speaker will take notes and print two copies. Dianna or Bill (usually it depends on who had the most interesting insight into the film or who got the most out of it) writes the first draft of the review – ostensibly from a different point of view, followed by 3, 4, or even 7 another project. In some cases, sometimes days, when we agree with the result (or accept it anyway), it’s over.

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