Episodic Cinema
During the month of December, Filmatique is streaming a collection of great extended cinema—international series and miniseries from Bruno Dumont, Agnieszka Holland, Miguel Gomes, Jacques Rivette and Michele Placido.
Alongside award-winning long-form content such as Holland's Burning Bush and Rivette's groundbreaking Out 1, new additions to the Episodic Cinema collection include Bruno Dumont's follow-up to Li'l Quinin, Coincoin and the Extra Humans; Miguel Gomes's Arabian Nights, a wildly ambitious three-part portrait of contemporary Portugal; and Season 1 of Michele Placido's masterful series Romanzo Criminale.
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Coincoin and the Extra Human, Bruno Dumont (2018)
Coincoin and the Extra-Humans, Bruno Dumont / France, 2018
In Bruno Dumont's farcical follow-up to Li'l Quinquin, the surly French boy is all grown up and goes by the nickname CoinCoin. He hangs out on the Côte D’Opale and attends meetings of the Nationalist Party with his childhood friend Fatso while his old love, Eve, has abandoned him for Corinne. When a suspicious magma is found near the town, the inhabitants suddenly start to behave strangely. Captain Van Der Weyden and his loyal assistant Carpentier show up to investigate and quickly begin to suspect an alien attack. The Extra-Human invasion has begun!
Romanzo Criminale: Season 1, Michele Placido (2005)
Romanzo Criminale: Season 1, Michele Placido / Italy, 2005
Il Libanese has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. Alongside his accomplices Dandi and Freddo, Il Libanese assembles a ruthless and highly organized gang of criminals who will, he hopes, achieve unprecedented control of the city. Over the course of twenty-five years, from the 70's to the 90's, the gang's evolution will become entangled with the dark history of modern Italy.
Arabian Nights, Miguel Gomes (2015)