Reality TV is getting the Cannes treatment at the world's premiere film festival. Italian director Matteo Garrone (pictured above right with actor Nando Paone) brought Reality to the fest's competition, following up his critically acclaimed gangster pic Gomorrah several years ago. The film centers on a village fisherman who sacrifices everything for the perceived chance to become a reality-television celebrity.
After being persuaded to apply for the Italian version of Big Brother, Luciano gets a follow up interview in Rome. He is initially reluctant to pursue the role, but after an interview he thinks went well, Luciano begins to believe he's in the running for the series. After returning to Naples, he begins to believe he's still "being cast" as he goes about his daily life. Soon, he lives as if he's already on the show. A chance meeting with people from Rome turns into an "incognito casting session," and soon it gets worse as he loses sense of actual reality.
"After Gomorrah, I was waiting for a theme that would be as powerful," Garrone said in Cannes on Friday morning. "I wanted a surprising film, but after Gomorrah, I didn't realize I'd be hitting a brick wall."
The film is chock full of thematic takeaways, including the religious metaphor that through good works, one can achieve paradise: In the film, Luciano begins to give up his worldly possessions, believing the people secretly watching him will be charmed by his selflessness — much to the horror of his family. Reality could also be an indictment of the meteoric rise of reality television itself over the past decade, though Garrone said the film takes a neutral stance — at least officially.
"We shot the film without trying to be critical in any way," he said. "The main character…
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