Francesco Munzi (Il resto della notte, Italy 2008)

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This suspenseful drama follows two trajectories—one profiling an unhappy middle-class Italian family and the other focusing on two small-time hoodlums, one of whom is a recent immigrant. When the two stories converge during a harrowing burglary, the thematic issues of contemporary malaise and xenophobia come to a deadly result. Munzi, who moved New Italian Cinema audiences in 2005 with his first film Saimir, has crafted a complexly realized work where perspective and alliances constantly shift and misguided adults pass their suffering on to the children they love.

Written by Francesco Munzi. Photographed by Vladan Radovic. With Sandra Ceccarelli, Aurélien Recoing, Stefano Cassetti, Laura Vasiliu (101 min. Films Boutique).   watch clip

November 21, 2008, 6:30 pm, Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
November 22, 2008, 1:45 pm, Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema