Francesca

Francesca

Don’t regret, remember.

Favorite films

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • La Chimera
  • Petite Maman
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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  • Possession

    ★★★★

  • The Love Witch

  • Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    ★★★★

  • The Lost Daughter

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  • Possession

    Possession

    ★★★★

    “Goodness is only some kind of reflection upon evil”

    I should go back to this movie in the nearest future because this first watch happened in the span of two/three days, it is so intense that watching it felt like self-harm more than once. Nevertheless I wish I could have watched it at the movies and not on my laptop. 
    Adjani gave the performance of a lifetime and her scenes, her gaze, her words will sit in my mind and…

  • The Seventh Seal

    The Seventh Seal

    “I shall remember this moment: the silence, the twilight, the bowl of strawberries, the bowl of milk. Your faces in the evening light. Mikael asleep, Jof with his lyre. I shall try to remember our talk. I shall carry this memory carefully in my hands as if it were a bowl brimful of fresh milk. It will be a sign to me, and a great sufficiency.”

    I think, for a brief moment, Antonius saw a glimps of faith. 

    (Unfortunately being a woman also means you have to hold your nose in front of gratuitous misogyny to approach such pillars of cinematography)

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ½

    Il vecchio Nosferatu sotto sotto poteva parlarci del proprio tempo, questo invece sembra solo un involucro vuoto.

  • Not a Pretty Picture

    Not a Pretty Picture

    ★★★★

    Grazie Célin Sciamma.