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K. Il bandito (2008)
he word "fictional" in some of the reviews above regarding the film seems erroneous given that the film is based on the life of Silvano Maistrello, known as "Kociss"
The word "fictional" in some of the reviews above regarding the film seems erroneous given that the film is based on the life of Silvano Maistrello, known as "Kociss" (after Cochise, the tribal chieftain).
He was born in Castello, Venice, a stone's throw from the Arsenal. His mother was a long-term prostitute with many children, and was often seen in the alleyways along the rio della Tana plying her trade, near to where they lived.
Many in Castello, in particular, and Venice, generally, still remember the family, but without nostalgia. His criminal activity, sadly, began as a child but was at its height in the 1970s and 1980s. he died in a shoot-out, possibly preferring to die thus rather than go back to prison.
Il mestiere delle armi (2001)
See above.
This film is for audiences with some awareness of renaissance military and art history, being a cross between a documentary (the words, armoury and events are rigorously based on documented history) and a series of achingly beautiful, live renaissance frescoes (photography: Fabio Olmi).
It also hazards that that were it not for the betrayal of the Duke of Ferrara and his giving of four small cannon to the invading German forces of Emperor Charles V, not only might the young Joanni not have died as he did but the successful invasion and the sacking of the Papal state might not have occurred.
Jivkov as Joanni De Medici and the whole cast are excellent. In short, an uncompromising film from an uncompromising director.