Documentary traces the impact on an idyllic community when a Macedonian worker is found dead, but worries too little about his precarious social position
Deep within the lonely, dark woods of rural southern Switzerland, the remains of Nikola Hadziev, an undocumented Macedonian worker, were discovered, 10 months after his disappearance. Beginning with this mysterious death, recounted in white text flashing over a sombre black screen, Aldo Gugolz’s contemplative documentary is not interested in playing detective. Instead, the film patiently observes how this tragedy casts a dark spell over Alpe d’Arena, a small dairy farm nestled in the remote Vergeletto valley.
Run by Fabiano, who inherited the property as well as the business from his parents, Alpe d’Arena has a steady flow of transient workers, one of whom was Hadziev. In fact, he died on his way home after work. As rumours of foul play spread through the village,...
Deep within the lonely, dark woods of rural southern Switzerland, the remains of Nikola Hadziev, an undocumented Macedonian worker, were discovered, 10 months after his disappearance. Beginning with this mysterious death, recounted in white text flashing over a sombre black screen, Aldo Gugolz’s contemplative documentary is not interested in playing detective. Instead, the film patiently observes how this tragedy casts a dark spell over Alpe d’Arena, a small dairy farm nestled in the remote Vergeletto valley.
Run by Fabiano, who inherited the property as well as the business from his parents, Alpe d’Arena has a steady flow of transient workers, one of whom was Hadziev. In fact, he died on his way home after work. As rumours of foul play spread through the village,...
- 8/7/2023
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
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Italian indie producer Vivo Film has boarded André Ristum’s action drama “Tecnicamente Dolce” (“Technically Sweet”), based on a screenplay by Italian legend Michelangelo Antonioni, teaming with Gullane Filmes, Brazil’s biggest independent film production house.
The news comes as “Carnival Is Over,” the awaited thriller drama by “Narcos” director Fernando Coimbra, whose “A Wolf at the Door” was one of the standout Brazilian feature debuts of the last decade, has now entered post-production, shaping up as one of the big arthouse titles to hit festivals from Brazil next year.
Featuring Leandra Leal (“A Wolf at the Door”), Pêpê Rapazote (“Narcos”) and Irandhir Santos (“Tropa de Elite 2”), “Carnival” is a Brazilian-Portuguese co-production that teams Gullane with Fado Filmes, Videodrome, Globo Filmes and Telecine, in association with Tc Filmes. France’s Playtime has started to pre-sell the film.
“This movie is our main title for next year. This is the...
The news comes as “Carnival Is Over,” the awaited thriller drama by “Narcos” director Fernando Coimbra, whose “A Wolf at the Door” was one of the standout Brazilian feature debuts of the last decade, has now entered post-production, shaping up as one of the big arthouse titles to hit festivals from Brazil next year.
Featuring Leandra Leal (“A Wolf at the Door”), Pêpê Rapazote (“Narcos”) and Irandhir Santos (“Tropa de Elite 2”), “Carnival” is a Brazilian-Portuguese co-production that teams Gullane with Fado Filmes, Videodrome, Globo Filmes and Telecine, in association with Tc Filmes. France’s Playtime has started to pre-sell the film.
“This movie is our main title for next year. This is the...
- 5/24/2023
- by Emiliano De Pablos and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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