Maura Delpero

“It’s I fidanzati, Il Posto. Two of his first films.”

“So, of course, I love, I love, I love L’Albero degli Zoccoli. That was here. The Tree of the Wooden Clogs. It’s a masterpiece. Three Ermanno Olmi with me.”

“One of my favorite contemporary director ever. He is called Michael Haneke. I love so many films by him. But now I found The Piano Teacher. He doesn’t need so many plans. He just tells with very few shots what really will kill your heart and your mind and your belly all at once.”

“And this is a film everybody loves and that makes everybody cry. It’s The Piano. Talking with friends, I realized that, of course, there are some very emotional moments. The one in which she falls down with the finger. But there is a moment in this film that really gives me one of the most strong emotion ever. I don’t know why, but the moment in which she goes back to the beach and she’s allowed to play again her piano, and she smiles like this woman that expresses herself through a piano.”

“I think there was one more. Okay, this is very contemporary. Not many years ago. But I love this, Fish Tank. Andrea Arnold. I think it was a great casting. This girl is great, and I... Yes. I love this film, really. It’s... One of the best.”

“The first thing my eyes saw is two films I love by Ermanno Olmi. It’s I fidanzati, Il Posto. Two of his first films. But these two films that are not so known, I love them. The poetry inside. So, yeah. Three Ermanno Olmi with me.”

“It’s Abbas Kiarostami. Here’s the trilogy. So... I just thought about one, but I’m happy there’s a trilogy here. I was thinking about Where Is the Friend’s House? My Friend’s House? But here I also find Through the Olive Trees. So I’m very happy. And Life Goes On. This moment with the flower... It’s cool, in Where Is the Friend’s House?, is really beautiful. And it’s kind of simplicity lesson.”