Three Must-See Films: Mastandrea's Directorial Debut, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Panahi's Clandestine Drama

Valerio Mastandrea makes his directorial debut with 'Ride', premiered at the 36th Torino Film Festival. The film stars Chiara Martegiani, Arturo Marchetti, Renato Carpentieri, Stefano Dionisi, and Milena Vukotic, and follows Carolina, a woman grieving her husband's death. Distributed by 01 Distribution. 'Bohemian Rhapsody', directed by Bryan Singer, stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. The biopic covers Mercury's life from Zanzibar and Bombay to London, grossing $152 million in the US in its first three weeks. Jafar Panahi's 'Three Faces' won Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, made clandestinely against a ban by the Tehran regime, stars Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei, Maedeh Erteghaei, and Narges Delaram. It tells the story of a famous Iranian actress who receives a plea from a girl aspiring to act, despite an oppressive brother.