The Ghost Goes West (1935) Review: The Good, The Bad & How to Watch

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  The Ghost Goes West (1935) Review: The Good, The Bad & How to Watch  British Film, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance Venice Film Festival, 1936-  Official Selection National Board of Review, 1936- Winner: Top Foreign Films When French director René Clair crossed the English Channel to make his first British film, nobody quite expected him to deliver a comedy that would feel so undeniably American in its spirit. The result was The Ghost Goes West , a delightful 1935 satirical fantasy that took a gentle, witty jab at the clash between old-world Scottish tradition and new-world American commercialism. More on Wikipedia or Mubi  A Ghost That Conquered America  The story kicks off in the rugged, misty highlands of Scotland, where Murdoch Glourie, a dashing but somewhat cowardly 18th-century Scotsman, dies in a ridiculous explosion of gunpowder. Because he failed to avenge an insult to his family name, Murdoch is doomed to haunt his ancestral castle until he can find a w...
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l cammino della speranza (1950)
Italian film, Adventure, Drama
English title: Path of Hope

Official Selection

Path of Hope (Italian: Il cammino della speranza) is a 1950 Italian language drama film directed by Pietro Germi that belongs to the Italian neorealism film movement. It is based on Nino Di Maria's novel Cuori negli abissi. Federico Fellini co-wrote the script. In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

After the shuttering of a local mine, villagers in a tiny Sicilian town are desperate for work. Widower Saro (Raf Vallone) decides to try his luck in France with his three children. He buys passage abroad from Ciccio (Saro Urzì), a guide who is to accompany him, his family and several others on their trek. Along for the ride are Barbara (Elena Varzi), and her boyfriend, Vanni (Franco Navarra). While the group travels across Italy, perils, as well as new relationships, are unavoidable. More on Wikipedia or Mubi 

Cannes Film Festival, 1951- Official Selection
Cannes Film Festival, 2021- Cannes Classics
Berlin International Film Festival, 1951- Winner: Silver Bear
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 1951- Official Selection
Locarno International Film Festival, 1976- Official Selection
German Film Awards, 1952- Winner: Outstanding Feature Film Promoting Democratic Values (Challenge Award 'Golden Candlestick')

Full Film (English subtitles)


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