The Circle

2023 1h 48m IT

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 4

Documentary

Synopsis

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Who are today’s children? What do they think and what do they manage to grasp of the adult world? To answer these questions, the director Sophie Chiarello decides to follow the pupils of a primary class in a school immersed in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood. For five years with her camera, she lowers her gaze to child height to capture their point of view of the world. The Circle is not a documentary about children, but with children. Disarming and genuine as only they know how to be.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tito Amadei
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Chiara Amalfitano
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Pietro Noe Baffigo
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Giulio Bartoloni
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Leonardo Bianco
Self
Diego Bispuri
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sophie Chiarello
Writers: Sophie Chiarello
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 6

DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrea Campajola shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Tito Amadei and Chiara Amalfitano and Pietro Noe Baffigo carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt22797508 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Sophie Chiarello directs. Andrea Campajola cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Editor Andrea Campajola shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Tito Amadei and Chiara Amalfitano and Pietro Noe Baffigo carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt22797508 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.