Pietro Marcello

Documentary portrait of modern Italy, as observed through the eyes of teenagers torn between the opportunities around them, the dream of what they want to become, and the trials they hope to overcome.

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: “is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?”

Loosely adapting Jack London's 1909 novel of the same name, this Italian-French historical romance drama following a love-struck sailor who pursues his dreams of becoming a writer. 

Italian drama following a faithful servant to farmer Tommaso Cestrone who honours the shepherd's last wish: taking care of a young buffalo...