The Films of the 28th Umbria Film Festival
We are excited to announce the outstanding selection of films scheduled for this year’s Umbria Film Festival. Take a look at our program for all the related events, author meetings, pre-evenings, and more.
Schedule of events
Wednesday, July 10 - 9 p.m. - Piazza San Francesco, Montone
DON’T REACT by Manfredi Lucibello
Title: Don’t hang up
Director: Manfredi Lucibello
Screenplay: Manfredi Lucibello, Jacopo Del Giudice
Photography: Emilio Maria Costa
Editing: Diego Berrè
Music: Motta
Actors: Barbara Ronchi, Claudio Santamaria
Production: Mompracem, Rai Cinema, Rosebud Entertainment Pictures, with the contribution of the Ministry of Culture
Country: Italy
Year: 2023
Duration: 90 min.
In the silence of an anonymous night, Irene’s phone rings. It is Pietro, her ex. Irene has not heard from him for months, since their affair ended, she hesitates, but finally answers. Pietro is beside himself and his confused words hint at a hopeful act. Irene has no choice but to set out on a journey, to a ghostly city, never hanging up, hoping to reach him in time.
Thursday, July 11 - 9 p.m. - Piazza San Francesco, Montone
THE MOVIE TELLER – LA CONTADORA DE PELICULAS by Lone Scherfig
Title: The Movie Teller/La Contadora de peliculas
Director: Lone Scherfig
Screenplay: Walter Salles, Rafa Russo, Isabel Coixet
Photography: Daniel Aranyó
Editing: Diego Berrè
Music: Natxo Ortuzar
Actors: Berenice Bejo, Daniel Brühl
Production: Selenium Films
Country: France, Spain, Chile
Year: 2023
Duration: 115 min
1960s. María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings and lives with her family in a mining town in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Here, the most special day of the week is Sunday, when everyone goes to the movies to immerse themselves in fantastic worlds and thus escape the everyday. Soon, the parents realize that the little girl has a special gift: an extraordinary ability to tell stories.
Friday, July 12 - 5 p.m. - Church of St. Francis, Montone
LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher
Title: The Chimera
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Screenplay: Alice Rohrwacher
Photography: Hélène Louvart
Editing: Nelly Quettier
Actors: Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini
Production: Tempesta, Ad Vitam, Amka Films Productions, Arte, Rai Cinema, with the contribution of the Ministry of Culture, RSI, TRT – Cinema, Canal +, Ciné +, with the support of CNC Cinéma du Monde, Swiss Federal Office of Culture
Country: France, Italy, Switzerland
Year: 2023
Duration: 134 min
Everyone pursues his own chimera without ever being able to grasp it. For some it is the dream of easy gain, for others the pursuit of an ideal love… Returning to a small town on the Tyrrhenian Sea, Arthur finds his ill-fated band of tomb-robbers, thieves of Etruscan grave goods and archaeological wonders. Arthur has a gift that he puts at the service of the gang: he senses emptiness. The emptiness of the land in which lie the vestiges of a past world. The same emptiness that has left in him the memory of his lost love, Benjamin. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between festivals and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera.
Friday, July 12 following the Ceremony for the Handing Over of the Keys of the City to Alice Rohrwacher (approx. 11:00 p.m.) Piazza San Francesco, Montone
IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS/LAST VENDETTA by Robert Lorenz
Title: In The Land Of Saints And Sinners/The Last Revenge
Director: Robert Lorenz
Screenplay: Mark Michael McNally, Terry Loane
Photography: Tom Stern
Editing: Jeremiah O’ Driscoll
Music: Diego Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg
Actors: Liam Neeson, Kerry Condon, Ciarán Hinds
Production: Facing East Entertainment (Philip Lee, Markus Barmettler)
Country: Ireland
Year: 2023
Duration: 106 min
Ireland, 1970s. Eager to put his dark past behind him, Finbar Murphy leads a quiet life in the remote coastal town of Glencolmcille, far from the political violence that grips the rest of the country. When a menacing band of terrorists arrives, led by a ruthless woman named Doirean, Finbar soon discovers that one of them has been abusing a local girl. Embroiled in an increasingly cruel cat-and-mouse game, Finbar must choose between revealing his secret identity or defending his friends and neighbors.
Saturday, July 13 (10 p.m. approx.) Piazza San Francesco, Montone
HORS DU TEMPS/SUSPENDED TIME by Olivier Assayas
Title: Hors Du temps/Suspended Time
Director: Olivier Assayas
Screenplay: Mark Olivier Assayas
Photography: Eric Gautier
Editing: Marion Monnier
Actors: Vincent Macaigne, Micha Lescot, Nine D’Urso
Production: Curiosa Films, Vortex Sutra
Country: France
Year: 2024
Duration: 105 min
April 2020. Filmmaker Etienne and his brother Paul, a music critic, spend the lockdown in their parents’ country house together with their respective partners, Morgane and Carole. Every corner of the house, every object, awakens in the two brothers images of their childhood and of people who are no longer there. As the world around them becomes increasingly uncertain, Etienne and Paul reflect on what binds them together.
Sunday, July 14 - 5:15 p.m. - St. Francis Church, Montone
L’EAU FROIDE by Olivier Assayas
Title: L’Eau Froide
Director: Olivier Assayas
Screenplay: Mark Olivier Assayas
Photography: Denis Lenoir
Editing: Luc Barnier
Actors: Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet
Production: Ima Films, La Sept-Arte, SFP Production, Sony Music Entertainment, IMA Productions
Country: France
Year: 1994
Duration: 95 min.
1972. Gilles and Christine attend the same class in a high school on the outskirts of Paris. Both children of divorced parents, they are left to their own devices. But while Gilles is protected by his father’s affection and authority, Christine is torn between her parents. Her mother lives with a former Algerian soccer player whose beliefs about Scientology she shares. Because of the latter’s precarious living conditions, she has lost legal custody of Christine. The father, concerned about his daughter’s mental state, decided to have her committed to a nursing home, if necessary by force. The only glimmer in Christine’s life is the love between her and Gilles, but Gilles is still leaning toward childhood to deal with the gravity of the situation. One night, however, he will have to choose….
Sunday, July 14, following the Amarcorti and Moontoons awards ceremony (about 11 p.m.) - St. Francis Square, Montone
THE SWEET EAST by Sean Price Williams
Title: The Sweet East
Director: Sean Price Williams
Screenplay: Mark Nick Pinkerton
Photography: Sean Price Williams
Editing: Stephen Gurewitz
Actors: Talia Ryder, Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri
Production: Marathon Films, Base 12 Productions
Country: USA
Year: 2023
Duration: 104 min
Lillian, a high school senior in South Carolina, gets her first taste of the world on a class trip to Washington, D.C. Separated from her classmates, she embarks on a road trip in search of America. Along the way, she comes across a series of strange communities, each living out their own alternate reality in our present.
Saturday, July 13 special screenings in the beautiful premises of the Church of St. Francis
4:00 p.m. – LA PETITE VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL/THE LITTLE SELLER OF THE SUN by DJIBRIL DIOP MAMBÉTY
5:00 p.m. – THE CROW/THE CORVO by ALEX PROYAS
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