Spettacolo
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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
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Jeff Malmberg & Chris Shellen | |
Composition by | Lele Marchitelli |
Entertainment Reviews:
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.
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Moveable Fest
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.
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Village Voice
3 stars out of 4 -- [A] touching document of seemingly regular people who yearn to keep an artistic tradition alive.
RogerEbert.com
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.
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That Shelf
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.
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NOW Toronto
A beautiful, melancholic rumination on the struggle to preserve cultural tradition in the face of modern economic forces.
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Original Cin
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.
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Toronto Star
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
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