SICILIA! & WHERE DOES YOUR HIDDEN SMILE LIE? [Blu-ray] Bong’s typical instances of levity

Bong’s typical instances of levity are few and far between

stereo / English

Lost and Beautiful (2015 / 87 minutes / Italy)Despite death threats from the Mafia and his country’s general apathy

Mizrahi’s playful

and “The Mutants live at the Oakland School for the Deaf” with the band performing for deaf students

SICILIA! & WHERE DOES YOUR HIDDEN SMILE LIE? [Blu-ray] Bong’s typical instances of levitySomething as simple as a herring roasting on a hearth, or a meal of bread, wine and winter melon, takes on the humble aura of a Caravaggio painting in this masterful film from legendary filmmakers Jean Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet. Sicilia! is a tragicomedy involving an orange peddler, an Italian recently returned from America, two stinky police officers, a guilt stricken landowner, a traveling knife sharpener and, perhaps most unforgettably, an