Ferrante Fever

Name: Ferrante Fever
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 8, 2019
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Ann Goldstein, Elizabeth Strout, Jonathan Franzen, Roberto Saviano

2019

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Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: March 8, 2019 | NR

Starring: Ann Goldstein, Elizabeth Strout, Jonathan Franzen, Roberto Saviano

Summary: With over 10 million copies of her “Neapolitan Novels” sold in over 50 countries, Elena Ferrante is a global literary sensation. She was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and HBO recently turned the first book in the quartet, My Brilliant Friend, into a subtitled miniseries hit with more seasons to come.With over 10 million copies of her “Neapolitan Novels” sold in over 50 countries, Elena Ferrante is a global literary sensation. She was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and HBO recently turned the first book in the quartet, My Brilliant Friend, into a subtitled miniseries hit with more seasons to come. A journey between New York City’s cultural hub and Ferrante’s native Italy, the film explores how an anonymous author’s visceral tales of love and friendship gained such an enthusiastic following. Hillary Clinton, Roberto Saviano, Jonathan Franzen and others weigh-in on the Ferrante “craze” and what makes her work--and her mysterious persona--so uniquely captivating.… Expand

Director: Giacomo Durzi

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: NR

Runtime: 74 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 25, 2019

In avoiding the “Big Question,” and not really substituting enough of the writing, plotting and characters to give us a clear picture of her talent or make the documentary more compelling, we wonder if the fact that we don’t know who she is might be the secret to her appeal. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Mar 8, 2019

Giacomo Durzi's aptly titled documentary Ferrante Fever delivers a fan-friendly examination of the novelist and her works, and what it lacks in depth it more than makes up for with enthusiasm. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

May 17, 2019

Technically this is competent if not remarkable film-making. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Jul 3, 2019

There are a few problems with Giacomo Durzi’s documentary, Ferrante Fever. The worst is that it’s mundane in the making, a talking heads and clips assemblage with a constantly breathless tone. The second is that betrays the entire idea of putting the work ahead of the literary cult: The film gives us neither the author in person, nor her writing, except in brief clips, read in voice-over by an actor. Read full review

Jennifer Szalai

Mar 7, 2019

It’s an anodyne fan flick that casts only furtive glances in Ferrante’s direction, as if the filmmaker, Giacomo Durzi, were a reverential subject who doesn’t dare to make eye contact with the queen. Read full review

Robert Abele

Mar 28, 2019

A biography may have been impossible, but in spotlighting a writer who leaves no emotion or thought unexamined, this documentary won’t satisfy devotees hoping for a dive as deep as those their beloved author can produce. Read full review

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