As the David di Donatello 2011 awards will be confirmed on the 6th of May 2011 and the options this year sadly are so uninspiring, I am feeling award fatigued already to the point of not caring who gets what, I do feel passionate about Giuseppe Battiston getting the ” Best Supporting Actor ” statuette for his role as Ramiro in La Passione, The Passion directed by Carlo Mazzacurati, he was awesome.
What happened to Italian films in 2010 ? I thing there were some cool and very interesting films around, they just never reached nomination for a David di Donatello. There were a lot of excitement on the Festival scene both in Italy and Internationally so who should have been looking for an award ?
Italian Film at most Festivals and with most awards 2010 :
3rd place Le quattro volte, The Four Times directed by Michelangelo Frammartino with 104 Festivals and 32 awards. I did not care for it much, I was even a tat bored the first time I saw it, then I was told it was a masterpiece and I returned to the cinema and OK to be fair it has some great qualities, even though the goat changed its spots on occasions.
2nd place L’uomo che verrá, The man who will come directed by Giorgio Diritti with 112 Festivals and 41 awards. I was disappointed in this film only as it was released shortly after Miracles at St. Anna directed by Spike Lee a truly awesome film, great story line, great cinematography and a super cast, it was however panned and vilified by the Italian public. The story was the same apart from a few black soldiers and the sex of the small child. Both films were truly great.
1st place Non é ancora domani (La Pivellina), The small one directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel it was seen at 156 Festivals and won 36 awards, well done is all you can say to that.
Top of the Box Office 2010 :
3rd place La banda dei Babbi Natale, The Xmas gang of Santas directed by Paolo Genovese
2nd place Benvenuti al Sud, Welcome to the South directed by Luca Niniero
1st place Che bella giornata, What a beautiful Day directed by Gennaro Nunziante
Interesting and diverse the two lists, wonder how many saw all six films……
Thanks go to Cinema Info and Box Office Mojo
PrimoCiak 
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