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Venise2023: Critical Diaries- Official Selection

So that you can follow our impressions of the films at this 8th edition of the Venice Film Festival live, in addition to our social networks twitter and facebook (and our youtube channel on which we relay our interviews), we offer you, as for every edition, a critical review.

The rating scale applied is as follows:

–         very bad film
*         passable film
**       good film
***     very good film
****   excellent film
***** masterpiece

Critical Diaries #Venezia80

The Theory Of Everything by Timm Kroger

A film by Timm Kröger
With: Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuß, Philippe Graber, David Bennent, Ladina Carla von Frisching, Imogen Kogge, Emanuel Waldburg-Zeil, Paul Wolff-Plottegg
Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur…
Our review

The killer by David Fincher

A film by David Fincher
With: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Monika Gossmann, Kellan Rhude, Sophie Charlotte
After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.
Our review

The Green Border by Agnieszeka Holland

A film by Agnieszka Holland
With: Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Tomasz Włosok, Behi Djanati Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous, Malwina Buss, Monika Frajczyk, Piotr Stramowski, Jaśmina Polak
The fates of a Syrian refugee family, a lonely English teacher from Afghanistan and a young border guard, who all meet at the…
Our review

The Commander by Edoardo de Angelis

A film by Edoardo De Angelis
With: Pierfrancesco Favino, Luca Chikovani, Johannes Wirix, Johan Heldenbergh, Mario Russo, Lucas Tavernier, Massimiliano Rossi, Silvia D’Amico, Giulio Greco, Arianna di Claudio
At the start of WWII, Salvatore Todaro commands the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini. One dark night in October 1940, while navigating in…
Our review

The Beast by Bertrand Bonello

A film by Bertrand Bonello
With: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Kester Lovelace, Julia Faure, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn, Marta Hoskins, Félicien Pinot
In the near future emotions have become a threat. Gabrielle decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past…
Our review

Priscilla by Sofia Coppola

A film by Sofia Coppola
With: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Domińczyk, Emily Mitchell, Jorja Cadence, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Tim Post, Luke Humphrey, Ari Cohen, Josette Halpert
Our Rate: **
Our review

Origin by Ava DuVernay

A film by Ava DuVernay
With: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Niecy Nash, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Connie Nielsen, Victoria Pedretti, Nick Offerman, Blair Underwood, Isha Blaaker
Examines the unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how our lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions dating back…
Our review

Memory by Michel Franco

A film by Michel Franco
With: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Merritt Wever, Josh Charles, Elsie Fisher, Jessica Harper, Blake Baumgartner, Rand Faris, Davis Duffield, Brooke Timber
A love-struck couple attempt to build a relationship while dealing with trauma and dementia, in this dramatic study of memory, identity, and trust.
Our review

Holly by Fien Troch

A film by Fien Troch
With: Cathalina Geraerts, Felix Heremans, Greet Verstraete, Serdi Faki Alici, Els Deceukelier
In the wake of the disaster, a 15-year-old girl is treated by a community in mourning as a saviour with a special talent to heal.
Our review

Ferrari by Michael Mann

A film by Michael Mann
With: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Patrick Dempsey, Jack O’Connell, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Erik Haugen, Michele Savoia, Valentina Bellè
Our Rate: (*)
Our review
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Critical Diaries out of competition

The Theory Of Everything by Timm Kroger

A film by Timm Kröger
With: Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuß, Philippe Graber, David Bennent, Ladina Carla von Frisching, Imogen Kogge, Emanuel Waldburg-Zeil, Paul Wolff-Plottegg
Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur…
Our review

The killer by David Fincher

A film by David Fincher
With: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Monika Gossmann, Kellan Rhude, Sophie Charlotte
After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.
Our review

The Green Border by Agnieszeka Holland

A film by Agnieszka Holland
With: Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Tomasz Włosok, Behi Djanati Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous, Malwina Buss, Monika Frajczyk, Piotr Stramowski, Jaśmina Polak
The fates of a Syrian refugee family, a lonely English teacher from Afghanistan and a young border guard, who all meet at the…
Our review

The Commander by Edoardo de Angelis

A film by Edoardo De Angelis
With: Pierfrancesco Favino, Luca Chikovani, Johannes Wirix, Johan Heldenbergh, Mario Russo, Lucas Tavernier, Massimiliano Rossi, Silvia D’Amico, Giulio Greco, Arianna di Claudio
At the start of WWII, Salvatore Todaro commands the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini. One dark night in October 1940, while navigating in…
Our review

The Beast by Bertrand Bonello

A film by Bertrand Bonello
With: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Kester Lovelace, Julia Faure, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn, Marta Hoskins, Félicien Pinot
In the near future emotions have become a threat. Gabrielle decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past…
Our review

Priscilla by Sofia Coppola

A film by Sofia Coppola
With: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Domińczyk, Emily Mitchell, Jorja Cadence, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Tim Post, Luke Humphrey, Ari Cohen, Josette Halpert
Our Rate: **
Our review

Origin by Ava DuVernay

A film by Ava DuVernay
With: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Niecy Nash, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Connie Nielsen, Victoria Pedretti, Nick Offerman, Blair Underwood, Isha Blaaker
Examines the unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how our lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions dating back…
Our review

Memory by Michel Franco

A film by Michel Franco
With: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Merritt Wever, Josh Charles, Elsie Fisher, Jessica Harper, Blake Baumgartner, Rand Faris, Davis Duffield, Brooke Timber
A love-struck couple attempt to build a relationship while dealing with trauma and dementia, in this dramatic study of memory, identity, and trust.
Our review

Holly by Fien Troch

A film by Fien Troch
With: Cathalina Geraerts, Felix Heremans, Greet Verstraete, Serdi Faki Alici, Els Deceukelier
In the wake of the disaster, a 15-year-old girl is treated by a community in mourning as a saviour with a special talent to heal.
Our review

Ferrari by Michael Mann

A film by Michael Mann
With: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Patrick Dempsey, Jack O’Connell, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Erik Haugen, Michele Savoia, Valentina Bellè
Our Rate: (*)
Our review
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