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A real son of Rome (and a favorite at Cannes, Berlin, and Venice International Film Festivals), director and screenwriter Matteo Garrone carries the mantle of Italy’s neorealist and surrealist-fantasist cinema traditions, lifting them into the 21st Century. As Michael Atkinson of the Village Voice wrote in his review of Reality (Garrone, 2012) over a decade ago, “Rampaging through the otherwise arid desertscape of contemporary Italian cinema, Matteo Garrone doesn’t want for ambition — he may be the premier chronicler of Berlusconi-era Italian culture, and its most muscular satirist.”
Garrone’s accolade-laden filmography toes the lines of narrative, documentary, and fantasy, bringing forth to the surface the depth of humanism and understanding through resonant human stories and an artist’s eye for fine detail. Eschewing the satirical bite of his previous work without sacrificing the forthright effect, his latest film Io Capitano is a modern-day migrant’s journey of Homeric and truly cinematic proportions, nominated for the 2024 Academy Award for Best International Feature.
The Quad is thrilled to present this retrospective of acclaimed Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, on the occasion of the theatrical release of his new film Io Capitano, opening on February 23.