Film No. 65. WE WERE CHILDREN (ERAVAMO BAMBINI) (2024). 25th Sept. Palace Aust. Italian Film Festival '24.

 

Film No. 65  (2023)  Sept 25th.  3.50 PM  PALACE Penny Lane, Cinema 6, Moonie Ponds, Vic.

"I'm saving you for last!" (The words which will haunt a child who is key to this story).

NOMINEE: Best Film (Marco Martani) Raffaella Fioretta (2024).

Is BAMBINI a film to enjoy, but not a tale where knowing it's a pure figment of a creator's imagination is a relief? Yes, and the relief factor comes in the form of knowing this tale is more akin to waking from a nightmare!!

We return to the Calabrian coast for writer/director Marco Martani's (CEMENTO ARMATO) latest story. Is it me, or is the Calabrian setting a passport for a plethora dark tales? Martani is deft at building a web via the memories of childhood, showing how the repercussions occurring today were founded in the past. BAMBINI is a revenge drama built around a group of 30 somethings who saw something as children that needs to be cleansed. That cleansing is going to take teamwork and courage. In the hands of Martani this tall tale will hold your interest.

The award winning, THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN SUMMER (2013) was co-written by Martani. BAMBINI has MAFIA'S pedigree with a well timed feminist punch issued excellently by Lucrezia Guidone. It's a good flick. 9GUMS