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Alice Rohrwacher

Italian filmmaker; The Wonders (2014) won the Grand Prix at Cannes and Happy as Lazzaro (2018) its screenplay prize, and she followed them with La chimera (2023).

3 things

StromboliOther Roberto Rossellini

loved

Stromboli has always been an important film for me because of how it investigates the relationship between man and nature.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Alice Rohrwacher, the entry for Stromboli.

2018-12-03·criterion.com ↗

BreathlessOther Jean-Luc Godard

loved

Breathless is very important to me because it was the first film I ever saw that actually surprised me and deeply impressed me.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Alice Rohrwacher, the entry for Breathless.

2018-12-03·criterion.com ↗

The Tree of Wooden ClogsOther Ermanno Olmi

loved

Olmi shows us how cinema can capture history, and he succeeds in conveying the important moments of history by making them come alive through his incredible method of working, which is most apparent in The Tree of Wooden Clogs. He looks at history with a love, care, and respect that are truly admirable.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Alice Rohrwacher, the entry for The Tree of Wooden Clogs.

2018-12-03·criterion.com ↗

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