PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Lucio Castro, director of the film End of the Century.
Lucio Castro penned his first feature with a very personal and daring approach, getting to create a true story, a universal tale about love and chances and choices in life, a sliding doors kind of tale. He tells Angelo Acerbi about the great actors he was lucky to have and his inspiration in terms of the looks of his film.
End of the Century: An Argentinian man from New York and a Spanish man from Berlin hook up by chance while in Barcelona. What seems like a one-night encounter between two strangers becomes an epic, decades-spanning relationship, in which time and space refuse to play by the rules.
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Jackie Chan will receive the 2025 Pardo alla Carriera at the Locarno Film Festival. The beloved action star will also present screenings of Project A and Police Story, followed by a public panel on August 10.
Juliette Binoche leads a distinguished jury featuring Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo, Carlos Reygadas, and Jeremy Strong at the 78th Festival de Cannes.