It’s now Locarno Intl. Film Festival (August 2nd to the 12th) Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro’s turn to launch us back into major film festival mode with the unveiling of the 76th edition. Last year it’s the Brazilian drama Rule 34 by Julia Murat that won the Golden Leopard (Pardo d’oro) and this year’s competition section has what we think are a bunch of gems a film that is dubbed as a two-part film starts as a road movie following an overworked assistant on assignment for a multinational corporation; the second follows the making of a corporate film.…...
- 7/5/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Human Flowers of Flesh.For its second edition under director Giona A. Nazzaro and the first fully physical iteration since 2019, the Locarno Film Festival sought to reestablish itself in 2022 as one of the preeminent destinations for cinephiles looking to simultaneously discover fresh talent, take in new work by veteran directors, and dive deep into film history. While Nazzaro’s stated intention to make the festival more audience-friendly—if not outright commercial—was met with skepticism by critics accustomed to Locarno’s tradition of championing art cinema, it’s clear after two years that these comments didn’t portend a drastic realignment of programming values so much as anticipate a reevaluation of the festival’s perceived strengths. Due to the elimination of a couple of sidebars, the curatorial focus is now centered directly on the International Competition and Filmmakers of the Present sections, with even some clever cross-pollination between these strands...
- 8/29/2022
- MUBI
Cam and See: Murat Explores Pleasure Principles in Provocative Portrait
“She does it for the thrill, even if it kills,” might be a good tagline for the sobering but subversive Regra 34 (Rule 34), the third film from Brazil’s Júlia Murat, walking down a dark road of titillation, impulse control and the oft repressed parallels between sex and death. The film, which plays like the even kinkier, contemporary version of something like Belle de Jour (1967), really is about sex death in its protagonist’s fascination and eventual obsession with autoerotic asphyxiation, a compulsion both countered and enhanced by her daytime proclivities as a student of criminal law defending the rights of women who often have no control over their bodies.…...
“She does it for the thrill, even if it kills,” might be a good tagline for the sobering but subversive Regra 34 (Rule 34), the third film from Brazil’s Júlia Murat, walking down a dark road of titillation, impulse control and the oft repressed parallels between sex and death. The film, which plays like the even kinkier, contemporary version of something like Belle de Jour (1967), really is about sex death in its protagonist’s fascination and eventual obsession with autoerotic asphyxiation, a compulsion both countered and enhanced by her daytime proclivities as a student of criminal law defending the rights of women who often have no control over their bodies.…...
- 8/16/2022
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
by Nathaniel R
the sexually charged "Rule 34" wins Locarno
Our favourite film festival correspondent, Elisa Giudici, couldn't make it to Locarno this year so we are here to just report on the winners! The top prize went to a sexually provocative drama from Brazil called Rule 34 (only the second Brazilian film to ever win Locarno) while a Costa Rican film called Tengo Suenos Electricos won three prizes from the jury.
Will any of the following titles show up as Oscar submissions for International Feature Film? Who can say. A little bit about each winner after the jump...
the sexually charged "Rule 34" wins Locarno
Our favourite film festival correspondent, Elisa Giudici, couldn't make it to Locarno this year so we are here to just report on the winners! The top prize went to a sexually provocative drama from Brazil called Rule 34 (only the second Brazilian film to ever win Locarno) while a Costa Rican film called Tengo Suenos Electricos won three prizes from the jury.
Will any of the following titles show up as Oscar submissions for International Feature Film? Who can say. A little bit about each winner after the jump...
- 8/15/2022
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Deal to cover Bond films after Bond 26, which Universal will distribute internationally.
Warner Bros has signed a deal to theatrically distribute MGM titles internationally, kicking off with Luca Guadagnino’s Venice premiere Bones And All in November and Creed III in 2023.
The multi-year deal, believed to run to three with an option to extend to five, includes worldwide physical home entertainment for newly released MGM titles and includes international distribution on the James Bond films after Bond 26.
Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute that next entry in Eon and Amazon-owned MGM’s British superspy franchise under the terms of an existing deal,...
Warner Bros has signed a deal to theatrically distribute MGM titles internationally, kicking off with Luca Guadagnino’s Venice premiere Bones And All in November and Creed III in 2023.
The multi-year deal, believed to run to three with an option to extend to five, includes worldwide physical home entertainment for newly released MGM titles and includes international distribution on the James Bond films after Bond 26.
Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute that next entry in Eon and Amazon-owned MGM’s British superspy franchise under the terms of an existing deal,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Julia Murat’s film is second from Brazil to win festival’s top honour.
The Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival’s 75th anniversary edition (August 3-13) has gone to Julia Murat’s Rule 34 (Regra 34), which had its world premiere in the Swiss festival’s international competition.
The award includes a cash prize of Chf 75,000 to be shared equally between the film’s director and producer.
Rule 34 is the story of a young law student whose sexual desires lead her into a world of violence and eroticism. It was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market and last year received...
The Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival’s 75th anniversary edition (August 3-13) has gone to Julia Murat’s Rule 34 (Regra 34), which had its world premiere in the Swiss festival’s international competition.
The award includes a cash prize of Chf 75,000 to be shared equally between the film’s director and producer.
Rule 34 is the story of a young law student whose sexual desires lead her into a world of violence and eroticism. It was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market and last year received...
- 8/13/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
“Rule 34,” a challenging and sexually explicit film from Brazilian director Julia Murat, has emerged as the surprise winner of the Golden Leopard award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival — an edition where typically audacious and formally ambitious work dominated the program. Marking a strong ceremony for female filmmakers, the main competition jury at the Swiss festival also handed an impressive three awards — best director and a brace of acting prizes — to gritty coming-of-age drama “I Have Electric Dreams,” an auspicious debut feature from Costa Rican writer-director Valentina Maurel.
A character study of a young female law student pursuing a parallel calling in amateur online pornography — while defending female abuse victims in her day job — “Rule 34’s” title stems from the popular online meme that “if it exists, there’s a porn version of it.” Murat’s film wasn’t among the buzzier entries in this year’s competition,...
A character study of a young female law student pursuing a parallel calling in amateur online pornography — while defending female abuse victims in her day job — “Rule 34’s” title stems from the popular online meme that “if it exists, there’s a porn version of it.” Murat’s film wasn’t among the buzzier entries in this year’s competition,...
- 8/13/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
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Rule 34, a Brazilian drama from director Julia Murat, has won the Golden Leopard for best film at the 2022 Locarno International Film Festival.
The feature is a disturbing look at a young law student who by day passionately defends the rights of women in domestic abuse cases and by night performs in front of a live sex cam. Her own sexual impulses lead her toward a world of violence and dangerous eroticism.
Tengo Suenos Electricos, a family drama from Costa Rican director Valentina Maurel was a triple winner at Locarno, winning best director for Maurel and both acting honors, with stars Daniela Marín Navarro and Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez taking best actress and best acting awards, respectively.
‘Tengo Suenos Electricos’
Navarro plays Eva, a 16-year-old girl who, desperate to escape her stifling home life with her mother and younger sister, moves in with her...
Rule 34, a Brazilian drama from director Julia Murat, has won the Golden Leopard for best film at the 2022 Locarno International Film Festival.
The feature is a disturbing look at a young law student who by day passionately defends the rights of women in domestic abuse cases and by night performs in front of a live sex cam. Her own sexual impulses lead her toward a world of violence and dangerous eroticism.
Tengo Suenos Electricos, a family drama from Costa Rican director Valentina Maurel was a triple winner at Locarno, winning best director for Maurel and both acting honors, with stars Daniela Marín Navarro and Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez taking best actress and best acting awards, respectively.
‘Tengo Suenos Electricos’
Navarro plays Eva, a 16-year-old girl who, desperate to escape her stifling home life with her mother and younger sister, moves in with her...
- 8/13/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The jury comprised of Michel Merkt, Prano Bailey-Bond, Alain Guiraudie, William Horberg and Laura Samani have bestowed the big daddy prize of them all in the Golden Leopard to Brazilian filmmaker Julia Murat‘s Regra 34. Her third fiction feature tells the story of Simone, a 23-year-old who studies criminal law and advocates for women’s rights and at night she performs in front of a live sex cam. One night watching a film awakens her dark impulses for a more dangerous means of sexual gratification.
The jury gave the Special Jury Prize to Alessandro Comodin for Gigi La Legge while Belgium/France/Costa Rica co-production Tengo Sueños Eléctricos was handsomely rewarded with three prizes winning by Best Direction (Valentina Maurel), Best Actress (Daniela Marín Navarro) and Best Actor (Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez).…...
The jury gave the Special Jury Prize to Alessandro Comodin for Gigi La Legge while Belgium/France/Costa Rica co-production Tengo Sueños Eléctricos was handsomely rewarded with three prizes winning by Best Direction (Valentina Maurel), Best Actress (Daniela Marín Navarro) and Best Actor (Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez).…...
- 8/13/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
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