LO CAPITANO
LO CAPITANO
Io capitano (lit. ’Me Captain’) is a 2023 drama film directed by Matteo Garrone, from a screenplay written by Garrone with Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini and Andrea Tagliaferri.[3]
The film, an international co-production between Italy, Belgium, and France, is based on an original idea by Garrone and is inspired by actual stories of migrants’ African routes to Europe. It was shot in Senegal, Morocco, and Italy.
It competed for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, winning the Silver Lion for Matteo Garrone’s direction and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Seydou Sarr’s performance.[4] It was released in Italy on 7 September 2023. Io Capitano received critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, and Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
Plot
Seydou and Moussa, two Senegalese teenagers, leave their hometown, Dakar, to reach Italy and escape poverty. They transit through Mali equipped with a false passport, and although a policeman discovers the scam, they avoid prison in exchange for 50 dollars. Once in Niger, they face the desert until they enter Libya, where they are arrested and taken to separate detention centers.
Seydou is subjected to torture but manages to get out, as another inmate pushes him to offer himself as a bricklayer like him. Having worked well, both are released, and their trip to Tripoli is paid for. In the Libyan capital, Seydou meets Moussa, with whom he resumes his journey towards Europe.
When they turn to a fixer, Ahmed, who organizes the crossings in the Mediterranean Sea, not having enough money, they are offered only one option: Seydou will have to drive the boat. Instructed by Ahmed on how to steer the vehicle, Seydou leads all the passengers safely to Sicily.
Cast
- Seydou Sarr as Seydou
- Moustapha Fall as Moussa
- Issaka Sawagodo
- Hichem Yacoubi
- Doodou Sagna
- Khady Sy
- Bamar Kane
- Cheick Oumar Diaw[1]
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NAVALNY
NAVALNY
Navalny is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Daniel Roher.[2][3] The film revolves around Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and events related to his poisoning.[4] HBO Max and CNN Films produced it. The film premiered on January 25, 2022, at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received critical and audience acclaim and won the Audience Award in the US Documentary competition and the Festival Favorite Award.[5] It also won the Best Documentary Feature at the 95th Academy Awards, won the award for Best Political Documentary at the 7th Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, and picked up Best Documentary at the 76th BAFTA Awards ceremony.[6]
Synopsis
The film tells about the events related to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the subsequent investigation into the poisoning. On August 20, 2020, Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent,[7] falling sick during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, and was hospitalized in serious condition. Navalny was taken to a hospital in Omsk after an emergency landing there and put in a coma. Two days later, he was evacuated to the Charité hospital in Berlin, Germany. The use of the nerve agent was confirmed by five Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) certified laboratories. Navalny blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his poisoning, while the Kremlin repeatedly denied involvement.[8][9]
The film shows how Bellingcat journalist Christo Grozev and Maria Pevchikh, the head investigator for Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, reveal the details of a plot that indicates Putin’s involvement.[10]
The director described the film as “the story of one man and his struggle with an authoritarian regime.”[11][12]
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ELIO
ELIO
Elio is an upcoming American animated science fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is written and directed by Adrian Molina (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Mary Alice Drumm. The film stars the voices of Yonas Kibreab, America Ferrera, Jameela Jamil, and Brad Garrett. Elio follows an eleven-year-old boy named Elio Solis (Kibreab), who accidentally becomes the intergalactic Ambassador of planet Earth after being beamed up to the Communiverse by aliens for making contact. Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms and survive formidable trials.
The film was officially announced at the D23 Expo in September 2022, with Molina and Drumm attached to the project as writer/director and producer, respectively, while Kibreab and Ferrera were revealed to be cast in the lead voice roles. Jamil and Garrett joined the cast in June 2023.
Premise
For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar’s all-new movie Elio, the universe calls back! The original feature film introduces Elio, an underdog with an active imagination who finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the rest of the universe, and completely unprepared for that kind of pressure, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, survive a series of formidable trials and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.[2]
— Pixar
Voice cast
- Yonas Kibreab, as Elio Solis, is an eleven-year-old boy mistakenly identified by aliens as Earth’s ambassador.[3]
- America Ferrera as Major Olga Solis, Elio’s mother who runs a top-secret military project.[3]
- Jameela Jamil as Ambassador Questa, a cobra/manta ray-like alien ambassador.[4]
- Brad Garrett as Ambassador Grigon, a bulky, four-legged alien ambassador.[4]
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THE CHOSEN: SEASON 4 – EPISODES 7-8
THE CHOSEN: SEASON 4 – EPISODES 7-8
The Chosen is an American Christian historical drama television series. Created, directed, and co-written by filmmaker Dallas Jenkins, it is the first multi-season series about the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. Primarily set in Judaea and Galilee in the 1st century, the series centers on Jesus and the people who met, followed, or interacted with him. The series stars Jonathan Roumie as Jesus, alongside Shahar Isaac, Elizabeth Tabish, Paras Patel, Noah James, and George H. Xanthis.
After Jenkins noted there had never been a multi-season, episode-based portrayal of Jesus that could be “binge-watched” like shows on streaming mediums such as Netflix,[1] he set out to create the series in partnership with Angel Studios, formerly VidAngel. Intending to differ from previous portrayals of Jesus, he crafted a story arc that focused more on the people who encountered Jesus and viewed him through their eyes.[1] He has stated in interviews that he sought to present Jesus in a way that was more “personal, intimate, [and] immediate.”[2]
According to a 2022 analysis commissioned by the producers, 108 million had seen at least part of the show through the app and streaming platforms.[4] The Come and See Foundation funds translation into as many as 600 languages.[5]
Synopsis
The first season is set in 1st century Galilee, where Jesus starts to build a group for his ministry,[6] inviting several people with different backgrounds.[7] As he performs his first miracles, Jesus calls the redeemed woman Mary Magdalene; the stonemason Thaddeus; the choir member Little James; the fishermen Simon, Andrew, Big James, and John; the caterer Thomas and vintner Ramah; and the tax collector Matthew to follow him. As the group travels through Samaria, following his meeting with Nicodemus, Jesus launches his public ministry after revealing himself to Photina, a Samaritan woman.
Beginning in Samaria, the second season moves into nearby regions such as Syria and Judea, where Jesus continues to build his group of students.[7] As he continues to perform miracles while preparing for an important sermon, Jesus additionally calls John the Baptizer‘s disciple Philip, the architect Nathanael, and the Zealot Simon Z. As word of Jesus continues to spread throughout the region,[6] he encounters both opportunities and difficulties.[8] The season culminates with preparations for the Sermon on the Mount with the help of the business apprentice Judas Iscariot.
The group returns to Capernaum in the third season, with the increasing popularity of Jesus troubling different societal and political groups, including the Romans and the Pharisees.[9][10] Following the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus sends his twelve apostles, two by two, to preach and perform miracles without him, leading the disciples to face their biggest challenge yet. Jesus then returned to his hometown, Nazareth, which resulted in a shift to his ministry in the year of his popularity. At the season’s climactic end in the Decapolis and at the Sea of Galilee, Jesus feeds thousands with loaves and fish and then walks on the water.
In the fourth season, after feeding the thousands, walking on water, and then traveling to Jerusalem, Jesus is left to bear the weight of his mission alone as his adversaries converge on him. At the same time, his disciples struggle to keep pace with him.[11][12]
Main cast
- Shahar Isaac as Simon Peter
- Jonathan Roumie as Jesus
- Elizabeth Tabish as Mary Magdalene
- Paras Patel as Matthew
- Noah James as Andrew
- Janis Dardaris as Zohara (season 1)
- Lara Silva as Eden (seasons 1, 3, and 4; guest season 2)
- Shaan Sharma as Shmuel
- Nick Shakoour as Zebedee
- George H. Xanthis as John
- Shayan Sobhian as Big James (season 1, episodes 1–4)
- Erick Avari as Nicodemus (season 1)
- Kian Kavousi as Big James (season 1, episodes 5–8)
- Brandon Potter as Quintus (seasons 1, 3, and 4; recurring season 2)
- Kirk B. R. Woller as Gaius (seasons 1, 3, and 4; recurring season 2)
- Giavani Cairo as Thaddeus
- Jordan Walker Ross as Little James
- Abe Bueno-Jallad as Big James (seasons 2–4)
- Joey Vahedi as Thomas (seasons 2–4; guest season 1)
- Yasmine Al-Bustami as Ramah (seasons 2–4; guest season 1)
- Vanessa Benavente as Mary (seasons 2–4; guest season 1)
- Yoshi Barrigas as Philip (seasons 2–3)
- Austin Reed Alleman as Nathanael (seasons 2–4)
- Alaa Safi as Simon Z. (seasons 2–4)
- Luke Dimyan as Judas Iscariot (seasons 3–4; guest season 2)
- Ivan Jasso as Yussif (seasons 3–4; recurring seasons 1–2)
- Amber Shana Williams as Tamar (seasons 3–4; recurring season 2; guest season 1)
- Elijah Alexander as Atticus Aemilius Pulcher (seasons 3–4; recurring season 2)
- Reza Diako as Philip (season 4)
- David Amito as John the Baptizer (season 4; recurring seasons 1–3)
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