Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

In The Hand of Dante: a striking and ambitious cinematic fever dream

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par Laura O'Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University

There are few films this year as ambitious as director Julian Schnabel’s In the Hand of Dante. Combining manuscript mystery, gangster thriller and spiritual odyssey, the film moves between medieval Italy and the 21st-century criminal underworld in pursuit of questions about creativity, faith, power and redemption.

This film is a big, gutsy gamble. Casting a heavily costumed Martin Scorsese in an acting role with overwrought philosophical dialogue was always going to be a risk. Your enjoyment of it…

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