Paolo Sorrentino portrays his life in his deeply personal and autobiographical film The Hand of God. The title of the film is the namesake of football legend Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” goal. The film also shows the importance and influence of Diego Maradona on Sorrentino as well as Naples. The film also depicts …
Andrei Tarkovsky painted his life on the canvas of memories, dreams, and nostalgia in his deeply personal and autobiographical film Mirror. Tarkovsky’s Mirror is one of the most beautiful films ever made. The film lacks proper narrative structure and flows through three time periods in the life of the protagonist named Alexei (Filipp Yankovsky, Ignat …
Jasmila Zbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida? is a heartbreaking writ of the Srebrenica genocide. Under the command of notorious military general Ratko Mladic, 8372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were brutally murdered, and countless women were raped by the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska (RS) on 11th, 12th, and 13th July 1995. These inhuman atrocities …