Late comeback
Twenty years. It has been more than 20 years since Liliana Cavani last directed a film. It was Ripley’s Game with John Malkovich in the role of Tom Ripley in 2002. A committed filmmaker, the Italian made herself known in 1974 with the sulfurous Night porter, in which Charlotte Rampling played a concentration camp survivor reuniting with her former torturer, played by Dirk Bogarde. Will follow, in particular, Behind the door (1981), with Marcello Mastroianni and Michel Piccoli, or Francesco (1989), biography of Francis of Assisi with Mickey Rourke and Helena Bonham Carter.
Analysis of “Night Porter” by Liliana Cavani by Véronique Bergen
Filmed when she was 89 years old, The order of the tempo has all the testamentary work. In this last film, the old filmmaker reflects, at the dawn of death, on the big metaphysical questions: science, faith, love, politics… To do this, she started from The Order of Time, essay by astrophysicist and philosopher of science Carlo Rovelli. Known for being one of the founders of the loop quantum gravity theory, the Italian based in Marseille put down on paper his thoughts on time there in 2018.
Astrophysics for dummies
Co-produced with Belgium – hence the presence on the poster of Fabrizio Rongione -, The order of the tempo unfortunately does not shine with its depth… When it comes to time and space, we remain at the level of astrophysics for dummies… What mainly interests Cavani are the romantic torments and the moods of his characters who, faced with their possible end, question the existence they have led.
“Don’t Look Up”: Comet Dibiasky will hit Earth in six months and, given its size, will wipe out all forms of life
With this very talkative film, centered on a totally disconnected Italian bourgeoisie, watching The gold Rush by Chaplin or dancing to Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen while the world may be coming to an end, we are far from the radical political charge of Don’t Look Up by Adam McKay. Or the depressive charm of genius Melancholia by Lars Von Trier…
The Order of the Tempo Drama Of Liliana Cavani Scenario Liliana Cavani and Paolo Costella (based on the essay by Carlo Rovelli) Photography Enrico Lucidi Music Vincent Cahay With Alessandro Gassmann, Claudia Gerini, Valentina Cervi, Fabrizio Rongione… Duration 1h57
