Born in 1981 in Fiesole, Italy, Alice Rohrwacher studied in Turin and Lisbon. She has worked in music and documentary projects, and has also worked as an editor and composer for theatre. Her first feature, Corpo Celeste, made its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2011, and her film The Wonders won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes in 2014. Her latest film, Happy as Lazzaro, is out now on Netflix. Photo by Fabio Lovino .
Biography via Criterion.
The List
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The Exterminating Angel
Luis Buñuel
1962
93 min
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Viridiana
Luis Buñuel
1961
90 min
2
Stromboli
Roberto Rossellini
1950
107 min
3
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard
1960
90 min
4
Arabian Nights
UnavailablePier Paolo Pasolini
1974
131 min
5
Le Havre
Aki Kaurismäki
2011
94 min
6
Vagabond
Agnès Varda
1985
106 min
7
A Woman Under the Influence
John Cassavetes
1974
155 min
8
La Ciénaga
Lucrecia Martel
2001
101 min
9
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Ermanno Olmi
1978
187 min
10
An Angel at My Table
Jane Campion
1990
158 min