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The highlight was undoubtedly the tribute to Claudia Cardinale, one of the last great figures of a European cinema in which the boundary between art and industry remained fluid. Throughout her career, she worked with directors such as Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, and Luigi Comencini, distinguishing herself through a rare independence—rejecting the “sex symbol” label and consistently choosing demanding, coherent, and uncompromising roles.

Her brief experience in Hollywood did little to alter this path. It was in Europe that she consolidated a solid and distinctive body of work. Her later collaboration with Manoel de Oliveira in "O Gebo and the Shadow" stands as a testament to that artistic integrity and long-standing consistency.

The festival’s program, however, proved uneven. Alongside noteworthy surprises such as "Hitler’s Providers", several films revealed weaknesses or a lack of ambition. Among them, "Modi", by Johnny Depp, stands out for reducing the complexity of Amedeo Modigliani to a superficial and narrowly framed episode.

The closing film, "Three Times Goodbye!", provided a fitting conclusion to an otherwise inconsistent edition. Paradoxically, the most compelling moments emerged when Italian cinema turned back to its own roots—particularly the legacy of Italian Neorealism, where its most enduring strength still resides.

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