THE MORNING LIST
An Israeli soldier who takes a step aside to escape the murderous madness, a very Lubitschian love triangle in the world of high-level tennis, Amy Winehouse and her destructive passions, a young lawyer who goes out of her way when the emotional takes over. take precedence over the rational… Cinema week promises to be rich on an emotional level.
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“The Deserter”: the flight from Gaza of a young IDF soldier
Dani Rosenberg’s second feature film, after a crazy first attempt around the death of his father ( The Death of Cinema and My Father Too , 2021), reconnects with the vigor of young Israeli cinema, a way of converting rage into movement. It all began in a state of siege, in a broken building in Beit Hanoun, in the Gaza Strip, where a battalion of the Israeli army was sheltering. When evacuating the place, Shlomi (Ido Tako), an 18-year-old soldier doing his military service, suddenly decides to stay behind, letting the troop advance without him.
By taking a side step, he leaves his role as a fighter, as well as the warlike logic and the political narrative that governs the clashes. His inaugural gesture is thus to defect from everything, including the war film which was beginning before our eyes. He sees a scenario emerging around him that escapes him: his absence is immediately interpreted as a terrorist act of kidnapping, a hostage-taking by the enemy. Which does not fail to justify a bloody response in his name.
Released in August 2023 at the Locarno Festival, The Deserter found itself hit hard by the news as it continued its festival tour, synchronous with the attacks of October 7, 2023 by Hamas on the southern district of Israel , precisely where the story establishes its starting point. Ma. Mt.
“Challengers”: women’s singles and men’s doubles
In Guadagnino, the desire fails to implode the most civilized universes. The plot takes place in the very competitive world of tennis where a very Lubitschian love triangle is orchestrated. Tashi Duncan (Zendaya, who also produced the film) is a former tennis player who had to give up her career very early on after a serious injury. She now takes care of that of her husband, Art (Mike Faist), who, losing momentum, decides to register for the second division Challenger tournament. He prepares to confront Patrick (Josh O’Connor), his former best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend.
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