Sorte sjeler

"En meget god filmopplevelse." Mørkets Opplevelser, P2 (5) ---- "Strålende skuespill! Sorte sjeler er en serdeles velspilt film. Alle skuespillerne er gode, men Fabrizio Ferracane er enestående i rollen som den nøkterne Luciano." FilmPolitiet(5) ---- "Er det fortsatt mulig å lage virkelig god mafiafilmer? Svaret er ja; svaret er "Sorte sjeler"." VG(5) ---- "Sorte Sjeler er ved siden av Gomorrah den mest effektive nedstrippingen av den glamouren vi ellers ser at mafiaen omhylles med i populærkulturen og i gangsterfilmer." Aftenposten(5) ---- "Sorte sjeler" viser at det fremdeles er mulig å lage godt mafiadrama." Dagens Næringsliv. ---- "En finstemt, utradisjonell og høyst severdig mafiafilm." Dagbladet(5) ---- "Den beste mafiafilmen siden "Gomorra" er dirrende, uforutsigbart familieoppgjør med smittsom voldskultur." Adresseavisen(5) ---- ""Sorte sjeler" er ikke rå på den måten mafiafilmer flest pleier å være det. I sin skildring av geitebonden Luciano er den rå på en gjennomborende menneskelig og gjenkjennelig måte som ryster mer enn synet av istykkerskutte kropper." "I sin kjerne er dette en tidløs, nesten bibelsk, eller shakespeariansk fortelling om makt og avmakt, der bror står mot bror og far står mot sønn og noen til slutt må bryte voldsspiralen som har ridd familien i generasjoner." BT (5) ---- "Helt fra første bilde liksom dirrer filmen med en følelse av at grufulle ting kommer til å skje." Fædrelandsvennen(5) ---- A former narcotics trafficker now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills is drawn back into his family's drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son, in this darkly elegant gangster drama. Six years after the Festival screened Francesco Munzi's Il resto della note, this talented Italian director returns with a Godfather-like tale that alternates between the cityscapes of Amsterdam and Milan and the rugged, dry hills of a small Calabrian village. At its centre are the Carbone brothers, the eldest of whom has turned his back on the drug operation that provided the family's stature and wealth. Having washed his hands of a dirty past, Luciano is now content to raise goats and live peaceably with his wife and teenage son. The problem is that Luciano's son, the bored and restless Leo, idolizes his charismatic uncle Luigi, who is still deeply involved in the narcotics trade with his middle brother, the bespectacled mastermind of the family business. When the impetuous boy lets loose his frustrations one night, he doesn't know what trouble is being stirred up by his folly. In this tight Calabrian world where slights to honour demand retribution, all three brothers are pulled into a struggle where the odds are weighted heavily in favour of the most ruthless. Munzi peels remorselessly away the layers of his plot in this timeless fable of pride and power, of youth and experience, of father and son, and brother against brother. Anime Nere is far more than a gangster movie set in the Italian south: it becomes a morality tale about breaking cycles of violence and finding a new way. This is its true strength, and Munzi does a superb job of detailing the various forces at work. Dark and sinister, full of foreboding and twists, his elegant film tells the story of a man's struggle to escape his past with integrity and force. (Sakset fra omtale i Toronto Int'l Film Festival) ---- Anime Nere premieres at Venice Film Festival 2014 to rapturous applause! ---- Once you've seen one mafia film, you've seen them all, right? Based on the best-selling novel by Gioacchino Criaco, Anime Nere (Black Souls) premiered last night at the 71st Venice Film Festival as the first Italian film of the competition to be screened. And true to its name, the film is a visually and morally dark production centred on Italian organised crime. But despite the black leather jackets and old fashioned male-female divides Anime Nere has a few surprises up its sleeve.