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Locarno Chief on Welcoming Abdellatif Kechiche’s New ‘Mektoub, My Love’ Movie Despite Controversy and Last Installment’s Flop: ‘Let’s Give the Film the Opportunity It Deserves’
Locarno chief Giona A. Nazzaro on welcoming Abdellatif Kechiche and his new film six years after 'Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo' bombed in Cannes.
Earlier this week, Locarno Film Festival artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro unveiled his lineup of more than 200 titles — almost half of which are world premieres — that will screen at the Swiss temple of indie cinema. They include new works by Locarno regulars such as Romania’s Radu Jude — winner of the fest’s special jury prize two years ago for “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World” who is back with the hotly-anticipated “Dracula” — as well as experimental U.K. filmmaker Ben Rivers, returning for the third time. You can have extremely contemporary dense auteur cinema like [Georgian director] Alexandre Koberidze’s “Dry Leaf,” and on the other hand, you can have a fully laugh-out-loud, crazy, acidic comedy like [Romania-based filmmaker] Ivana Mladenović’s “Sorella di Clausura.” We have tried to put together a selection for a curious, adventurous, pleasure-seeking audience.
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