Screening Room: ‘Io Capitano’
My review of the Oscar-nominated Io Capitano ran in Slant Magazine: Given the challenges that many migrants face when traveling to a new land, it makes sense to assume that they’re fleeing harrowingly nightmarish realities. But the scenes that director Matteo Garrone uses to open his heartrending Io Capitano are far from nightmarish. Garrone’s big-dreaming migrant characters …
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