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This program has rich discussions on the movies selected each month by facilitator Barbara Brennan. If you enjoy movies, we encourage you to be a part of the group. Check out the movies below for June. Join the group and be a part of the fun!
Luzzu (2021) – Luzzo
Available on Amazon Prime
Luzzu is a 2021 Maltese drama film written and directed by Alex Camilleri. The film stars Jesmark Scicluna, Michela Farrugia and David Scicluna.
Luzzu had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 29, 2021. It was selected as the Maltese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Jesmark won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award in Acting for his debut performance.
Jesmark stars as a hardworking Maltese fisherman who is faced with an agonizing choice. He can repair his leaky luzzu -- a traditional, multicolored wooden fishing boat -- in the hopes of eking out a meager living at sea for his wife and newborn son, just as his father and grandfather did before him. Or he can decommission it in exchange for an EU payout and cast his lot with a sinister black-market operation that is decimating the Mediterranean fish population and the livelihoods of the local families who depend on it.
Sound of Metal (2019) – Awards
Available on Amazon Prime
Sound of Metal is an American drama film directed and co-written by Darius Marder. It stars Riz Ahmed as a heavy metal drummer whose life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence. The film also features Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, and Mathieu Amalric.
Sound of Metal had its world premiere in the Platform Prize program at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2019. The film was critically acclaimed, with particular praise for the performances of Ahmed and Raci, the sound design, the editing and Marder's direction and screenplay. It was listed on 52 film critics' top-ten lists for 2020. At the 93rd Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Ahmed) and Best Supporting Actor (Raci) and won for Best Sound and Best Film Editing.
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