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Ears (film)

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Ears
Directed byAlessandro Aronadio
Screenplay byAlessandro Aronadio
Valerio Cilio (collaboration)
StarringDaniele Parisi
Silvia D'Amico
CinematographyFrancesco Di Giacomo
Edited byRoberto Di Tanna
Music bySanti Pulvirenti
Release date
  • 2016 (2016)
LanguageItalian

Ears (Italian: Orecchie) is a 2016 Italian comedy film written and directed by Alessandro Aronadio. It premiered at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival.

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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The film was shot in black and white and uses a metaphorical aspect ratio, which starts in 1:1 and gradually expands to 1.85.1.[1][2][3]

Release

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The film premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, in the Venice Biennale sidebar, and was awarded the Young Cinema Award for best Italian film.[4] The film was also screened at the Seattle International Film Festival.[5]

Reception

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The film was nominated as best comedy film at the 2017 Silver Ribbon Awards.[6] Giampietro Balia from Cineuropa described it as a "sardonic take on our human condition", whose "even-keeled satire spares nobody", and paired it to Jan-Ole Gerster's A Coffee in Berlin, even if "Aronadio goes one step further, bending the rules of composition to serve the higher purpose of trapping the protagonist in a claustrophobic and stifling space".[7]

References

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  1. ^ Wilkinson, Amber (7 March 2017). "Alessandro Aronadio on his tragicomic drama Orecchie (Ears)". Eye For Film. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ Jones, Stephen (1 June 2017). "Film Review: 'Ears'". The Knockturnal. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ Vicinelli, Giulio (9 June 2017). "La simmetria del fotogramma". il manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ Franklin, Anna (12 September 2016). "FNE at Venice 2016: Prize Winners - FilmNewEurope.com". FilmNewEurope. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ Polk, Leilani (6 June 2017). "SIFF Review: Ears Is a Fun, Absurdist Comedy from Italy". The Stranger. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ Di Palma, Lorenzo (7 June 2017). "Nastri d'argento 2017: premi speciali e nomination". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ Balia, Giampietro (3 September 2016). "A ringing in the Ears". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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