Three films to watch this week: Marwen, Italian comedy, and Uruguayan drama
This week's film picks showcase three distinct movies. 'Welcome to Marwen,' helmed by Robert Zemeckis and featuring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, and Diane Kruger, narrates the true tale of Mark Hogancamp, an artist who, after suffering a beating that erased his memory, constructed a miniature Belgian WWII village as a form of therapy. The Italian comedy-action film 'Non ci resta che il crimine,' directed by Massimiliano Bruno and co-written with Guaglianone, Menotti, and Bassi, follows three naive men who time-travel from 2018 to 1982 Rome, where they encounter the notorious Banda della Magliana. The cast includes Alessandro Gassmann, Marco Giallini, and others. Lastly, 'Una notte di 12 anni,' directed by Álvaro Brechner, depicts the harrowing experiences of nine prisoners in Uruguay in 1973, based on the lives of José 'Pepe' Mujica, Mauricio Rosencof, and Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, who endured a secret 12-year psychological torture operation under dictatorship.
Key facts
- Welcome to Marwen directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger
- Mark Hogancamp lost memory after beating, built miniature Belgian WWII town as therapy
- Non ci resta che il crimine directed by Massimiliano Bruno, co-written with Guaglianone, Menotti, Bassi
- Film features time travel from 2018 to 1982 Rome, involving Banda della Magliana
- Cast includes Alessandro Gassmann, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Ilenia Pastorelli
- Una notte di 12 anni directed by Álvaro Brechner, set in Uruguay 1973
- Film based on true story of José Mujica, Mauricio Rosencof, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro
- Nine prisoners subjected to 12-year secret operation with psychological torture
Entities
Artists
- Mark Hogancamp
- Robert Zemeckis
- Steve Carell
- Leslie Mann
- Diane Kruger
- Massimiliano Bruno
- Guaglianone
- Menotti
- Bassi
- Alessandro Gassmann
- Marco Giallini
- Edoardo Leo
- Gianmarco Tognazzi
- Ilenia Pastorelli
- Álvaro Brechner
- Antonio de la Torre
- Chino Darín
- Alfonso Tort
- Soledad Villamil
- Sílvia Pérez Cruz
- José Mujica
- Mauricio Rosencof
- Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro
Institutions
- Universal Pictures
- 01Distribution
- BIM
- Movies Inspired
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Uruguay
- Belgium