From ‘Smile’ to ‘Model 77’: 10 films to see at the new Film Festival

With the immeasurable Miguel Herrán and Javier Gutiérrez, who are accompanied by a high-level cast of secondary characters, “Modelo 77” Satisfy the long-awaited return to feature film by one of our best directors, Alberto Rodríguez, six years after the excellent ‘The man of a thousand faces’. On this occasion the director, who together with Rafael Cobos also takes care of the screenplay, immerses us in a dramatic thriller with a suffocating prison context set in the 70s and based on real events that It captures you from the first scene and doesn’t let you go until its beautiful final shot. One of the Spanish films of the year, without a doubt.

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After the interesting ‘High Life’, Claire Denis returns with ‘Fire’, a romantic drama led by two actors who need no introduction: Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the latest Berlin Film Festival, this story of impossible love triangles is one of the most powerful and emotionally intense alternatives for this Film Festival.

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Although he struggles to separate it from the many and varied controversies, in addition to the rather disastrous criticisms that have accompanied him lately, ‘Don’t worry, dear’ is a proposal full of positive stimuli. Olivia Wilde’s second job as a director after the wonderful ‘Super Nerds’, this story of mystery and intrigue set in the 1950s offers strong emotions, shocking scenes and a memorable star performance: Florence Pugh. It is not a small reward.

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Crowned, with justice, as the most terrifying film of 2022 so far, and that we’re in a cinematic exercise that has added some outstanding triumphs in this genre in recent months, “Smile” is a true experience. Intelligent in his narrative techniques, full of scenes that make your skin crawl and force the sonorous scream to escape with a start and with an above average script for these kinds of propositions, Parker Finn’s film already smells of a contemporary classic. Right.

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‘Crimes of the Future’, the latest film by David Cronenberg until the arrival of the already announced ‘The Shrouds’, offers us a version of the director much more recognizable than those presented by the claimable’ Maps to the Stars’ and the failed ‘ Cosmópolis ”.

Led by an impressive cast in which a complete Kristen Stewart stands out in every scene, this science fiction story written by Cronenberg himself fascinates and disturbs, hypnotizes and fascinates, traps and expels with equal force. A remarkable proposal that time will eventually put in its rightful place in the career of the filmmaker but which, for now, stands as a new milestone within his work in the 21st century.

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Adapted from Delia Owens’ highly recommended brutal novel, “The Wild Girl” combines melodrama and judicial intrigue into one story supported on the shoulders of an unforgettable protagonist who, in his leap to the big screen, has the face and talent of Daisy Edgar Jones. A proposal full of surprises for the plot, wonderful landscapes and a cast above the remarkable.

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Before the arrival of the long-awaited “Avatar: The Sense of Water”, it is worth highlighting the definitive role of “Avatar” in adventure films. More than anything else because James Cameron’s film has completely reinvented the genre starting from the most advanced technology. The story, in fact, was not what mattered, even if his manager did not stop emphasizing his precious environmental message, here what really mattered was the novelty, seeing the never seen, feeling the never heard.

In short, non-stop wonder. And in that area, “Avatar” was infallible. Audiences went nuts, making it the highest-grossing film of all time, another record to add to its legacy. It’s not a great movie, in fact, it’s not even Cameron’s best work, but gosh, it’s the history of cinema. And for that alone it is worth enjoying this re-release on the largest possible screen.

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Another proposal that we had to wait a long time to enjoy was its premiere. Extremely celebrated in its passage to festivals such as Cannes and Sitges, “The Innocents” is one of those films whose impact remains in place long after its viewing, anchoring his wild memory through scenes and characters that remain in the memory. An experience as visceral as it is hypnotic. And one of the best films of the year.

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Previewed at the last Cannes Film Festival, an illustrious event in which it was greeted with applause, ‘Moonage Daydream’ presents itself as one of the most interesting music documentaries of recent years. Unlike the hideous ‘Stardust’, both David Bowie’s family and a group of collaborators have actively participated in this project, which increases interest in a proposal in which, precisely, with which If some of the (many) hymns of the long-awaited British musical legend were played, that would be enough.

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