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Selfie

2019

Agostino Ferrente

Documentary, Self: Alessandro Antonelli, Pietro Orlando

6.7

207

Documentary Selfie is a unique record of the case of 16-year-old Davide Bifolco, who was shot dead by a carabiniere in the Neapolitan district of Traiano. To understand a neighbourhood often portrayed as a ghetto and ‘Camorra’ stronghold, as well as the circumstances of Davide’s death, director Agostino Ferrente seeks out Davide’s friends and meets Pietro and Alessandro. In the film’s introduction he is heard asking off-camera, ‘tell me about your ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"Insightful and touching (...) The reason that 'Selfie' makes such an impression, however, is that it doesn’t only focus on all the bad or hopeless things that surround the boys"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"[An] unexpectedly charming, lively doc (...) [The footage] is lively and full of personality (...) A friendship that is touchingly steadfast and sensitive."	POS
	Camillo de Marco Cineuropa	"[It reverses] the current stereotype of the romanticised criminal underworld (...) The fascinating thing about 'Selfie' is not so much its use of a mobile device (...) it’s more that it represents an evolving film format"	POS

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