A TASTE OF GENUINE EMOTIONS

Trailers FilmFest in the World takes this long-standing pairing of screen and cuisine and offers many possible interpretations, reflected in the selection of trailers. Our own special guide illustrates the changes in Italians’ culinary requirements and tastes over time. Through the filmmakers’ eyes we see the hunger and want of the war years, to the ‘land of plenty’ mentality of the post-war boom; the repudiation of food in the politicised ’70s and ’80s to the recent rediscovery of gastronomic traditions and new ways of respecting both nature and customs, also at mealtimes.

A SELECTION OF ITALIAN TRAILERS

Brutti sporchi e cattivi by Ettore Scola, Gold Film, 1976

Dreaming about food
Ladri di biciclette by Vittorio De Sica, E.N.I.C., 1948
Nuovomondo by Emanuele Crialese, 01 DISTRIBUTION, 2006

Taste of reality
Un americano a Roma by Steno, MiNERVA FILM, 1954
Amici miei by Mario Monicelli, CINERIZ, 1975
Gli amici del Bar Margherita by Pupi Avati, 01 DISTRIBUTION, 2008
Roma by Federico Fellini, I.N.C., 1972

Strong tastes
Il pranzo della domenica by Carlo Vanzina, 01 Distribution,  2002
Casotto by Sergio Citti, MEDUSA, 1977
Bianca by Nanni Moretti, C.I.D.I.F., 1984
La cena by Ettore Scola, MEDUSA, 1998
Porcile by Pier Paolo Pasolini, I.N.D.I.E.F., 1969
L'abbuffata by Mimmo Calopresti, ISTITUTO LUCE, 2007

Rediscovered tastes
Pranzo di Ferragosto by Gianni Di Gregorio, Fandango, 2008
La finestra di fronte by Ferzan Ozpetek, Mikado FILM, 2002
Pane e tulipani by Silvio Soldini, Istituto Luce, 2000
Centochiodi by Ermanno Olmi, Mikado FILM, 2007
Incantesimo napoletano by Paolo Genovese and Luca Miniero, Lucky Red, 2002
Lezioni di cioccolato by Claudio Cupellini, UNIVERSAL PICTURE, 2007
Totò sapore e la magica storia della pizza by Maurizio Forestieri, MEDUSA, 2003

The celebration of food
Il Gattopardo by Luchino Visconti, TITANUS, 1963