Il Globo d’oro, Golden Globe Nominations and Winners 2011

Whoop Whoop there is another award, let’s try to muster some excitement shall we, there is even the odd new comer on this awards palcoscenico, so let’s be joyous and why not spend a few moments wondering who will win the fabulous Golden Globe. The Italian version of the Hollywood’s Golden Globe is “Il Globo d’oro” it was first handed out in 1959 and have been going stong since. Rome is hosting the awards at Villa Massimo Accademia Tedesca in Rome, the Jury are found among the Foreign Press.

This years nominations and winners are :

Nomination for Best Film

• Habemus Papam, We have a Pope directed by Nanni Moretti  WON 
• I Fiori di Kirkuk, The Flowers of Kirkuk directed by Ariborz Kamkari  Awesome film.
• Noi Credevamo, We Believed directed by Mario Martone

Nomination for Best Director

• Emidio Greco for Notizie dagli Scavi, Notice of  the excavations   WON 
• Mario Martone for Noi Credevamo, We Believed
• Saverio Costanzo per La Solitudine dei Numeri Primi, The Solitude of Prime Numbers

Nomination for Best Newcomer Director

• Into Paradiso di Paola Randi
• L’Estate di Martino, Martins Summer directed by Massimiliano Natale
• 20 Sigarette , 20 Cigarettes directed by Aureliano Amadei WON 

Nominations for Best Comedy

•  Benvenuti al Sud, Welcome to the South directed by Luca Miniero
• Che Bella Giornata, What a Beautiful Day directed by  Gennaro Nunziante
• Nessuno mi può Giudicare, No One Can Judge Me directed by Massimiliano Bruno WON

Nominations for Best Screenplay

• Emidio Greco per Notizie dagli Scavi, Notice of the Excavations WON 
• Giancarlo de Cataldo e Mario Martone per Noi Credevamo, We Believed
• Saverio Costanzo per La Solitudine dei Numeri Primi, The Solitude of Prime Numbers

Nominations for Best Actress

• Paola Cortellesi for Nessuno mi può Giudicare, No One can Judge Me directed by di Massimiliano Brun
• Piera Degli Esposti per I bambini della sua vita di Peter Marcias  WON 
• Alba Rohrwacher for La Solitudine dei Numeri Primi , The Solitude of Prime Numbers directed by Saverio Costanzo

Nominations for Best Actor

• Raoul Bova for Nessuno mi può Giudicare , No One can Judge Me directed by Massimiliano Bruno WON 
• Elio Germano per La Nostra Vita, Our Life directed by Daniele Luchetti
• Toni Servillo for Gorbaciof directed by Stefano Incerti

European Golden Globe
Riccardo Scamarcio WON WHY ?

Nessuno mi può giudicare, No One Can Judge Me (possible English Title)

Sometimes a rainy afternoon in Catania can turn all sunny and warm, I had no plans to write about this romcom and no real urge to see it either but it was raining and I was cold…….What a pleasant surprise it was, nearly shed a tear too or was it just dust in the air?

Director : Massimiliano Bruno it is his first feature film as a director, you might know him from “Notte prima delle esami”, “The Night Before the Exams Today” a big box office success here in Italy and it hit some International Film Festivals too, Bruno did part of the screenplay for that. Worth noting that Nessuno mi puo giudicare, No One Can Judge Me took 3 million Euro in its first week here in Italy, well it is a comedy so I should not really be taken aback.

Cast :   Paola Cortellesi, Raoul Bova, Rocco Papaleo, Anna Foglietta, Giovanni Bruno, Hassani Shapi, Valerio Aprea, Pasquale Petrolo, Lucia Ocone,  Awa Ly

Best moment : Filippo (Giovanni Bruno) sitting on a table at night singing a love song sniffle sniffle.

Synopsis : Rich Italian family with a big house, swimming pool and servants in Parioli a posh part of Rome, enjoy a superficial life style that ends abruptly, when the husband is knocked down while driving his Vespa after seeing his mistress, leaving behind a mountain of debts.

Alice (Paola Cortellesi) must sell the house and find a new place for her and her son to live, enters the servant Aziz who finds cheap lodgings on top of a building in Quarticciolo a down-market area of Rome. Alice’s paths cross with Giulio’s (Raul Bova) outside the family home and later in his Internet Cafe and a romance is born, you need one to call it a romcon.

Alice needs to make money fast to pay of the husbands debts to keep her son. What better way than “The Worlds Oldest Profession”  an Escort, all in the best possible taste I might add as this is a family film.

There are no twists or turns, just a really well made film with no surprises,……. actually Fausto Leali appearing suddenly singing in the Internet cafe was a highlight and a surprise. There was a spring to my step when I left The Alfieri this evening.

Immaturi, The Juveniles (Possible English Title)

Well, sometimes you just have to rejoice in the fact that you can be wrong. I was not looking forward to this afternoons film, the trailer filled me with dread and I did wonder why this film had not been release at Xmas…… BUT Wooo I really enjoyed it despite myself, it was fun ,easy-going , music lovely, screenplay just right, editing smooth and the scenes were just …….. Immaturi, The Juveniles were just what you needed on a rainy afternoon , all warm and wossy from the beginning to the end, hot cioccolate and slippers..

Director :  Paolo Genovese , is riding high here in Italy at the moment a bit of a Golden Goose right now, he had this years Santa number one ,with an enormous turnover La Banda dei babbi natale. I did not see it, I am just too fragile to watch Santa films, I might now look into seeing it  as I enjoyed Immaturi so much. I do not think Genovese is known outside Italy, although I am sure I saw Nessun messaggio in segreteria, Sorry you cannot get through  in the USA back in 2007. I will be surprised if it makes it across the Italian border , I do hope it does as I enjoyed it.

Cast : Isabelle Adriani, Ambra Angiolini, Luca Bizzarri,  Barbora Bobulova, Raoul Bova, Anita Caprioli, Paolo Kessisoglu, Ricky Memphis, Giulia Mechelini, Giovanna Ralli, Luisa Raineri, Daniela Virgilio.

Synopsis : A group of Thirty Somethings ,who have known each other for over 20 years, all receive a letter stating that their  exam has been disqualified and need to be re-sat , yes chaps re-sat after 10 years ( now perhaps you understand why I was not over joyed to see this film) Still, we follow this delightful group and each individual protagonist blossom and grow with such great insight and like the onion gets stronger as the layers are peeled away or does it get sweeter ? Yes, it is a bit of a girly movie, a wee bit cheesy even, what is wrong with that ? Great acting from everyone and I do love Ricky Memphis and his character “Italian cinema gold” The Mammone .