The Economic Crisis in Contemporany European Cinema. Analysis of The Films: "Bacalaureat" (Chistitan Mungiu, 2016) "Deux Jours, Une Nuit" (Jean Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2014) And "Il Capital Humano" (Paolo Virzi, 2013)
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Some European movies shows deep insights on economic crisis. Masterpieces that focus on social aspects also develops climatic plots; there are few that have made strong box office. This article selects three that reunites the two sides, critics on politics and good stories. Arthouse Movies as premium instrument, does surgery on the darkest corners of the social phenomena; the three movies dismissed topical visions and put some light over complex conflicts. The crisis is not only economics, is also moral, characters fought against superstructures but also got a furious battle inside themselves.Downloads
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