Padre Nostro (2020)

Padre Nostro: Directed by Claudio Noce. With Pierfrancesco Favino, Barbara Ronchi, Mattia Garaci, Francesco Gheghi. Two young boys, Valerio and Christian, form a powerful friendship over the summer.

“Very likable tale of a young boyu0026#39;s friendship with another–thankfully without sexual undercurrents. It also happens to be the directoru0026#39;s own life story in a period when his father was under constant threat of being killed by terrorists in the line of duty. The two awards for the Best Actor (the father Alfonsou0026#39;s role by Favino) and the technical award for camera and lighting at the Venice Festival were well deserved. Two factors that raise questions: One, how is that Alfonsou0026#39;s body in the boat sequences does not show injury (real or part imagination) marks of the recent bloody shooting incident recollected by his son and, two, did Christian (the older boy) target Valerio (the younger boy) for friendship by design, if he knew the connection with his parents to Alfonso. A superior film when compared to two other awardee films at the Venice competition: u0026quot;The New Orderu0026quot; and u0026quot;Wife of a Spy.u0026quot; The cinematography was notable, too.”