Much weight of European cinema in the Releases of the week, with titles like ‘Ellipses’, the new film by Jose Coronado; ‘Marcello mio’, a French comedy with the daughter of Marcello Mastroiani as the protagonist or the story of the fighter Ilia Topuriawhich will compete with the robots from ‘Transformers One’.
‘Transformers One’, the Autobots are back, this time in an animated version
The new installment of Transformers comes in the form of movie animationstarring Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Lawrence Fisburne and Steve Buscemi, with Josh Cooley directing, responsible for ‘Toy Story 4’.
‘Transformers One’ transports the viewer to the Transformers’ home planet, Cybertron, in a prequel that shows the origin of the enmity between Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) and Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry), after saving their home together.
‘Ellipses’, an interpretive battle between José Coronado and Diego Peretti
David Marques offers this thriller after his latest forays into comedy (‘En temporada baja’, ‘El club del paro’) with protagonists of the stature of Jose Coronado and Diego Perettithe main figures of a film based on their interpretation.
Leo (Diego Peretti) is a writer who publishes under a pseudonym and whose true identity is unknown to anyone except his agent, Victoria (Cecilia Suárez). He is confined to a lonely chalet while working on his new novel, and receives an unexpected visit from Jota (José Coronado), who somehow knows too many secrets about his private life, which will lead to a dialectical confrontation between the two actors.
‘Topuria: Matador’, the path to becoming a world champion
A documentary that details the path taken by Ilia Topuriatogether with his family, friends and coaching staff until achieving his dream of become the world featherweight champion Mixed Martial Arts in the UFC. Sacrifice, the desire to excel, work, perseverance and a good dose of self-confidence are the messages of this production, which shows the most intimate moments of the Spanish-Georgian wrestling star.
‘Just for me’, the terror of everyday abuse
Presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2023and with more than 700,000 tickets sold in France, the French director Valerie Donzelli (‘Declaration of War’) offers this free adaptation of the novel ‘Love and the Woods’, by Eric Reinhart, in which abuse and psychological mistreatment turn the film into a raw story due to the everyday and habitual nature of the scenes it depicts.
Virginie Efira and Melvil Poupaudstars of French cinema, play Blanche and Grégoire, respectively. She, a sophisticated woman approaching 40 who has not found the love of her life, and he, a seductive and mysterious bachelor, a childhood friend of Blanche, begin a relationship that deteriorates due to Grégoire’s abuse, until Blanche is pushed to the limit, in a film inherited from Hitchcock’s psychological terror.
‘Marcello mio’, Chiara Mastroiani against the weight of her father’s figure
The daughter of the Italian filmmaker is tired of enduring the pressure of her surname and decides to become his own fatherto the surprise of all those close to him, who think it is a joke, but it is starting to go too far.
Premiered in the official section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and directed by Christopher Honoré (‘Live Fast, Love Slow’), the film features, in addition to Chiara Mastroiani, her mother, Catherine Deneuve, Melvil Poupaud and Fabrice Lucchini.
‘Play or Die’, a new teen horror film
Natalia Dyer (‘Stranger Things’) and Asa Butterfield (‘The invention of Hugo’) star in this new exhibition horror movies teenager, in the first film directed by Elen Celeboglu (‘Scrubs’) together with Ari CostaA cursed object forces a group of teenagers from the town of Salem to play violent versions of children’s games in order to survive.