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I fidanzati [The Fiancés / The Engagement] (Ermanno Olmi, 1963)
Feb
21
Brazilian Carnival
Revellers at the Sicilian carnival parade with confetti all around them. Centred Giovanni (Carlo Cabrini), eyes shut. DP: Lamberto Caimi.
A carnival-like parade.
“Do you still go dancing at night? I've stopped going. There are no dance halls here. But that's not the only reason. I was used to dancing with you. I'm not comfortable with other girls.”
– Giovanni in a letter to Liliana
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Le voleur de crimes [Crime Thief] (Nadine Trintignant, 1969)
Feb
20
National Handcuff Day
Jean Girod (Jean-Louis Trintignant) handcuffed in the back of a cell van. DP: Pierre Willemin.
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Germania anno zero [Germany Year Zero] (Roberto Rossellini, 1948)
Feb
6
National Sickie Day
Edmund (Edmund Köhler) walking through rubble in a post-apocalyptic Berlin. DP: Robert Juillard.
Twelve-year-old Edmund – the oldest kid to survive – works to support his whole family including his sick bedridden father while the remains of what was a thousand-year empire lies in rubbles around them.
– I don't go to school anymore.
– Why not? You don't like the new teachers?
– I have to work now.
Following Roma città aperta (1945) and Paisà (1946) of #Rossellini's unofficial war trilogy.
