After the success of Matteo Garrone's last film, Reality, Santa Barbara dedicates 3 nights to one of the most controversial yet admired Italian directors, with a retrospective organized by UCSB Professor Anna Brusutti and co-sponsored by the Carsey-Wolf Center and the Film and Media Studies department.

After graduating from art school, Matteo Garrone dedicated several years to the pursuit of an artistic career as a painter. When he turned to directing, his first short film won a prestigious award and his film career took off. Between 2002 and 2012 he directed four films and consolidated his relevance on the international film scene, with stories about survival and alienation. His characters seem to be part of an existentially troubled generation, torn between social obligations and personal obsessions.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano