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LeMonde
3 days ago
- Politics
- LeMonde
Pier Paolo Pasolini's mysterious death continues to haunt Italy, 50 years on
In the office of Stefano Maccioni, in the south of Rome, Pier Paolo Pasolini is everywhere. The library of the 59-year-old lawyer is stacked with books by the famous Italian writer, poet and filmmaker. On the wall hangs a photograph of the devout Catholic, openly gay and Communist activist, who stood against both consumer society and the right to abortion. On Maccioni's desk, thick binders are filled with press clippings about this unclassifiable figure of 20 th century Italian left-wing politics who, alongside his literary work, never stopped condemning the corruption of political elites, the persistence of fascism and the power of the Mafia in relentless editorials published in the daily newspaper Corriere della Sera, from 1973 until his violent and mysterious death two years later. On the night between November 1 and 2, 1975, the director of Accattone (1961) and Teorema (1968) was found dead, beaten and run over by a car on a grim wasteland in Ostia, a coastal suburb of Rome. He was 53 years old. At the crime scene, the police set up no security perimeter and allowed local onlookers from the working-class neighborhood to crowd around the artist's body, hastily covered with a sheet.
South China Morning Post
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Dreams, chilling film with Jessica Chastain about US-Mexico ties
Published: 5:30am, 16 Feb 2025 3.5/5 stars 'I want to take care of you,' coos Jessica Chastain's wealthy American in Michel Franco's latest film, Dreams , playing in competition at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival. It is another sparse, clinical work from the Mexican-born Franco, who last gave us 2023's sublime Memory – which co-starred Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard. In his new film – which will leave you dazed and disquieted, and is likely to rattle around your head for days after watching it – Chastain headlines as Jennifer, a San Francisco socialite whose father's foundation has been funding arts initiatives in Mexico City. There she met Fernando (Isaac Hernández), a dancer working for the foundation – although we only learn this in flashback. The film begins as Fernando – who was deported from the United States in 2013 – crosses from Mexico into the US in a truck filled with other illegal immigrants. Dreams director Michel Franco addresses fraught US-Mexico relations in his new film. Photo: Teorema
