With writer/director Daniele Luchetti’s 2024 film Trust, he does his best to redefine the filmgoing experience. You are never given absolutes and as the red herrings add up you come to learn that you as the audience member have to filter the film’s reality for yourself. No easy answers are given.
The basic story revolves around the life of a teacher named Pietro, played by Elio Germano. He appears to be a great teacher with a unique teaching method and is loved by all his students. That is the initial impression you are given, yet the addition of more information will tilt your perception of both his character and morality.
This information comes via a large number of scenes that suggest much but confirm little. This technique at first is somewhat off-putting as it makes you crave a solid foundation to hang your thoughts on. The longer this subterfuge exists the more you accept it and look within yourself to create a narrative. It even causes you to filter events through your own moral compass.
By the film’s end, you are left with more information and fewer answers. Filter the events presented on screen through your own sensibilities and you will come up with a conclusion. Luchetti’s greatest success with Trust is that the conclusion will be more of your making than his
Rob Hudson
Trust screenings in Brisbane
Palace Barracks
Friday 20th Sept – 10:00am
Sunday 22nd Sept – 3:10pm
Wednesday 25th Sept – 7:00pm – Prosecco Premiere
Saturday 28th Sept – 3:20pm
Tuesday 1st Oct – 1:10pm
Thursday 3rd Oct – 12:50pm
Saturday 5th Oct – 1:00pm
Monday 7th Oct – 10:30am
Saturday 12th Oct – 3:00pm
Palace James St
Saturday 21st Sept – 5:45pm
Wednesday 25th Sept – 6:30pm – Prosecco Premiere
Friday 27th Sept – 3:00pm
Sunday 29th Sept – 3:00pm
Monday 30th Sept – 8:15pm
Thursday 3rd Oct – 3:00pm
Saturday 5th Oct – 10:30am
Sunday6th Oct – 5:10pm
Monday7th Oct – 6:30pm
Sunday13th Oct – 10:30am
Wednesday16th Oct – 11:00am
2024 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival runs in Brisbane from 19 September – 16 October, and will take place at the Palace James Street and Palace Barracks cinemas.
Click here for more information about the festival, or head to the official website for more information and to book your tickets!
www.italianfilmfestival.com.au
