If you loved Der Tod des Herrn Lazarescu, try Baaria
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Der Tod des Herrn Lazarescu, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Baaria is
Giuseppe Tornatore here attempts the big, multi-generational family drama. It follows Peppino from his 1920s childhood in Sicily through his Communist Party activism and family life. It is, if nothing else, certainly a very long film.
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