1. Film Indie – La Grande Abbuffata di Marco Ferreri
The impossible suicide of 4 human types, Tognazzi, Mastroianni, Noiret, Piccoli, self-destructive parties, protagonists of a definitive - and introspective - "trimalchionis dinner "
Indie is the contraction of the English term independent and it refers to all that, in the artistic field, is located outside of the big industries orbit. We are simply speaking of the independent cinema: in this case, five films related to the kitchen that were produced without any intervention of a production company, or self-produced by the director. Last but not least, five films were freedom is the one and only dogma
The impossible suicide of 4 human types, Tognazzi, Mastroianni, Noiret, Piccoli, self-destructive parties, protagonists of a definitive - and introspective - "trimalchionis dinner "
A feminine and melancholic film, based on a story by Karen Blixen which tells about food as a form of art and expression. Like the best wines: delicate but persistent
Throughout the whole film the protagonist, Chu, is cooking: around him the stories of the 3 daughters are unrolled, that the great Chinese cuisine sublimates in a hundred traditional recipes
Tasty gastronomic comedy that fetishes a symbolic timbale. The American dream in "little Italy" sauce
Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel, a colorful, lively, spicy, surreal film that, in perfect South American style, transforms food into potion and the recipe into a panacea