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2025 Films, Chicago International Film Festival, International Films, Interviews

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Reclaiming the Self: Carolina Cavalli on the Strange Beauty of “The Kidnapping of Arabella”

by Rebecca Martin

October 31, 2025

Italian filmmaker Carolina Cavalli has quickly emerged as one of the most original voices in contemporary cinema. Born in Milan, Cavalli made her feature debut with “Amanda” (2022), which premiered

International Films, Interviews

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First-time filmmaker Carolina Cavalli explores friendship through a deadpan lens in “Amanda”

by Rebecca Martin

July 11, 2023

Like “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Ghost World,” the Italian gem “Amanda” is unconventionally funny and dark. As in these films, there is a longing from the protagonist for a friendship that