Giuseppe Tornatore Articles

Penélope Cruz, José Luis Gómez in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (Elephant Eye) (middle); Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Los Angeles’ American Cinematheque will host the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s series of screenings devoted to the films and filmmakers nominated for the 2010 [...]

Best Foreign Language Film Baaria, Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy) An autobiographical tale set in the director’s Sicilian hometown Forever Enthralled, Chen Kaige (China) Biopic chronicling the life of Mei Lanfang, China’s greatest opera star. I Killed My Mother, Xavier Dolan (Canada) A young gay man has some serious issues with his mother. A Prophet, Jacques Audiard (France) Prison drama in which a young hood learns what [...]

Ennio Morricone, Margareth Madè, Giuseppe Tornatore, Francesco Scianna at the Baarìa photocall at the 2009 Venice Film Festival Margareth Madè Francesco Scianna Ennio Morricone Photos: Courtesy Venice Film Festival Click on the photos to enlarge them.

The first U.S. theatrical engagement for writer-director Giuseppe Tornatore’s mystery-drama The Unknown Woman, (previously known as — no pun intended — The Unknown) will finally take place on May 30, 2008, at New York City’s Angelika Film Center. The Unknown Woman follows Irena, a mysterious Ukrainian woman (Xenia Rappoport) who finds work at the home of an affluent Italian family. While Irena does what she [...]