Are cannibals evil? Follows this idea Luca Guadagnino in the film Bonus and All presented at the 79th Venice Film Festival. Luca Guadagnino follows this thought. He believes he is Dante Alighieri when he writes about Ugolino della Gherardesca in the Antenora, the second zone of the ninth circle of Inferno in the Divine Comedy.

How many wars has the United States of America fought, provoked and unleashed?

How many coups did he organize? How many enemies are dead, wounded, mutilated, tortured?

The answer of director Ibrahim Nash'at, in his documentary Hollywoodgate, is certain: it was the ruthless Afghans who attacked the United States. Did American soldiers only defend their homeland by building the first defensive line 11,925 kilometers from home?

Hollywoodgate was presented at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

Teenagers seek refuge in themselves, in solitude, in misogyny, in resignation, in agitation, in not sleeping, in feeling empty. They exclude their family, boycotting the school they thinks are useless.

Adolescence depression is the dramatic argument of the film The Son by director Florian Zeller, presented at the 79th Venice Film Festival.

What is the appropriate age to get married? For the twelve-year-old Iranian twins Marzieh and Razieh, their age is appropriate to get married: “Now we are adults, we must get married”. They are the protagonists of Alone, directed by Jafar Najafi, presented at the 79th Venice Film Festival.

The setting is southwestern Iran, in the province of Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari. A predominantly mountainous region and an agricultural economy with low income.

The vast outdoors is a symbol of freedom. The good and the bad ride through immense territories. These men are the heroes, the myth, anarchy, nihilism. They interpret the moral law in an infinite desert. Justice is not efficient. There are numerous, powerful and merciless enemies. Perhaps even the law is sometimes unfair. It is the West, unique, immortal, legendary.

These themes were modified with more mainstream ones, in Walter Hill's latest film, Dead for a Dollar, a western set between New Mexico and Mexico, presented at the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Director: Mong-Hong Chung

Starrings: Alyssa Chia, Gingle Wang, Lee-zen Lee, Yi-wen Chen, Hsin-yao Huang, Waa Wei, Li-Yin Yang

Country: Taiwan

Year 2021

Director: Rodrigo Plá, Laura Santullo

Starrings: Israel Rodriguez, Julia Chavez, Cristopher Jones, Leah Miller

Country: Mexico

Year: 2021