Spettacolo

Spettacolo
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Format:  DVD
item number:  6GWXQ
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DVD Details

  • Run Time: 1 hours, 47 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 27, 2018
  • Originally Released: 2017
  • Label: Grasshopper Film

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Entertainment Reviews:

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TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 24

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 60
While it's increasingly saddening in "Spettacolo" to consider that a place as unique as this tight-knit community isn't immune to such concerns, to see the amateur dramatists forge ahead is equally if not more invigorating. Full Review
Moveable Fest
Nov 1, 2018
We sense the pride these people take in this work. One of the film's most beautiful passages is a montage of different townsfolk - a teacher, a woman hanging laundry, a clerk behind a desk - practicing their lines as they go about their day. Full Review
Village Voice
Sep 5, 2017
3 stars out of 4 -- [A] touching document of seemingly regular people who yearn to keep an artistic tradition alive.
RogerEbert.com
Sep 6, 2017
Inspiring film about small town villagers working towards a common artistic vision, but an unfortunately rushed climax and a missed opportunity to memorialize their performances. Full Review
That Shelf
Apr 25, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- Spettacolo may not have the structural ingenuity of the filmmakers' previous work, but as a contemplation of identity and the value and comfort people find in telling their own stories, it makes for an engaging, entirely absorbing experience. Full Review
NOW Toronto
Feb 8, 2018
A beautiful, melancholic rumination on the struggle to preserve cultural tradition in the face of modern economic forces. Full Review
Original Cin
Feb 9, 2018
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Spettacolo serves as a hymn to the creative process, but also as a eulogy of sorts to the let's-put-on-a-show spirit of pre-digital times. Come for the drama, stay for the gorgeous scenery. Full Review
Toronto Star
Feb 8, 2018

Product Description:

This documentary looks at Monticchiello, a small Italian town whose citizens put on a play about their lives every year. The tradition began as a way for the townspeople to examine their experiences during WWII, but land development, the country's financial crisis, and a lack of interest from younger generations threaten to bring the curtain down forever. Directed by Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen.

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Product Info

  • UPC: 853294007213
  • Shipping Weight: 0.22/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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