Acclaimed Italian film-writer and director who worked in tandem with his brother Vittorio for six decades
April 2015
Film blog
My favourite Cannes winner: Padre Padrone
Continuing our series in which writers choose their favourite recipient of the Palme d’Or, a controversial choice: the Taviani brothers’ earthy 1977 coming-of-age drama
September 2007
Philip French's DVD club
Padre Padrone
Gritty realistic story told in a stylised, impressionistic, at times Brechtian manner.
