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The Wedding Director (2006)

Director: Marco Bellocchio

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From Time Out London

How uneven is Bellocchio’s career! Decades after the glories of ‘Fists in the Pocket’, following hard on the heels of duds like ‘The Prince of Homburg’ and ‘The Nanny’, he bounded unexpectedly back with the weird and wonderful ‘My Mother’s Smile’. Four years on, that film has spawned a sequel of sorts, with Castellitto back, this time as a famous movie director reluctantly attending and filming his daughter’s wedding to a Catholic; thereafter things get complicated, surreal and, it must be said, somewhat silly, inconsequential and incoherent. The anti-clerical tone’s still there, but the humour’s less hit than miss, and a little of Castellitto’s melancholia goes a very long way. Disappointing.

Author: Geoff Andrew 2006-10-19 14:32:49

Time Out London Issue 1887: October 18-25 2006

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  • M Cordwell said...
    Posted on Oct 16 2007 04:54 Watched the film on TV Sunday night,
    did not know anything about it or what to expect,
    was very pleasantly surprised and intrigued!
    that's why I am actually here trying to find out more about it.
    Love and passion like no other UK/American film can do, high tensity and emotions, unpredictability, amazing cast, unique sceneries.
    the story takes you out of your comfort zone making you rethink all you thought you knew.
    great film, highly reccomend if you are a fan of films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, and the like
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Director: Marco Bellocchio

Cast: Sergio Castellitto, Donatella Finocchiaro, Sami Frey full cast

Genre(s): Drama

Duration: 100 mins


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