{{about|the film|the play|Black Souls (play)|the video game series|Black Souls (video game series)}} {{Short description|2014 Italian-French crime drama film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Black Souls | image = Anime nere poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Francesco Munzi | producer = | writer = Francesco Munzi<br>Gioacchino Criaco | starring = {{Plainlist| *Marco Leonardi *Fabrizio Ferracane *Peppino Mazzotta }} | music = Giuliano Taviani | cinematography = Vladan Radovic | editing = Cristiano Travaglioli | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2014|8|29|Venice|2014|9|18|Italy|df=yes}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = Italy<br>France | language = Italian<br>Calabrese }}
'''''Black Souls''''' ({{langx|it|'''Anime nere'''}}) is a 2014 Italian-French crime drama film directed by Francesco Munzi. It was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.<ref name="Venice">{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/71st-festival/line-up/off-sel/venezia71/ |title=International competition of feature films |accessdate=24 July 2014 |work=Venice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083927/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/71st-festival/line-up/off-sel/venezia71/ |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Deadline">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/venice-film-festival-lineup-2014-movie-list-808803/ |title=Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced |access-date=24 July 2014 |work=Deadline|date=24 July 2014 }}</ref> It was also selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/toronto-international-film-festival-reveals-7-big-new-lineups-20140812 |title=TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups |accessdate=28 August 2014 |work=Indiewire|date=12 August 2014 }}</ref>
==Plot== Luigi is a member of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta and an international drug dealer, linked to powerful South American crime groups. His elder brother Rocco lives in Milan with his wife Valeria and their daughter. He does not approve of his younger brother's lifestyle and is in construction business. Luciano, the eldest of the three brothers, has remained in Calabria tending his goats in the mountains, with the illusory goal of remaining uninvolved with his brothers' illegal businesses.
Leo, the young and rancorous son of Luciano, in response to an insult shoots up the exterior of a bar protected by a rival clan of 'Ndrangheta, who had already been offended by Luigi's refusal to trade with them. Their history goes deep, however; Luigi hates them because their boss killed his father many years before.
The rival clan demands that Luigi supply them with drugs, but this only motivates Luigi to return to his hometown to take them on, initially by strengthening his links with other families. However, before he is able to carry out his plans Luigi is summarily killed in the street. Rocco, arriving from Milan, is determined to take revenge but, before acting, he wants to know if his family is isolated or if it can count on the support of the other crime families. Leo, on the other hand, having had a strong attachment to his deceased uncle Luigi, feels that his duty is to solve things alone. He plans to kill the enemy boss, but is betrayed by his accomplice and killed. This upsets everyone involved, particularly his father Luciano who, after burning photos of his own father who died years before in an ambush by the rival clan, returns home, kills his younger brother Rocco, and seems as if he contemplates a suicide which would complete the extermination of all the men of his family and thus the lineage of violence.
==Cast== *Peppino Mazzotta: Rocco *Marco Leonardi: Luigi *Fabrizio Ferracane: Luciano *Anna Ferruzzo: Antonia, Luciano's wife *Giuseppe Fumo: Leo, Luciano's son *Barbora Bobuľová: Valeria, Rocco's wife *Aurora Quattrocchi: Rosa *Paola Lavini: Lucia's mother
==Reception== ===Critical response=== ''Black Souls'' has an approval rating of 91% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 53 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Black Souls works within familiar themes to explore intelligent -- and thrillingly entertaining -- dramatic arcs that plunge into the deliciously dark depths of Mafia crime".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_souls_2015 | title=Black Souls | website=Rotten Tomatoes }}</ref> Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/black-souls?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c | title=Black Souls | website=Metacritic }}</ref>
=== Awards and nominations=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Awards |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Award ! Category ! Recipients and nominees ! Result |- |rowspan="5"|71st Venice International Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.it/news/?source=cinema&key=35861|title=Festival di Venezia 2014: ecco tutti i premi della 71ma Mostra del Cinema|date=6 September 2014 |publisher=|accessdate=26 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/foto-e-video/2014/09/05/fotogalleria/venezia71-anime-nere-vince-il-premio-akai-migliori-attori-antonori-e-forte-1.9876659|title=Venezia71, Anime Nere vince il Premio Akai, migliori attori Antonori e Forte - Foto - La Nuova di Venezia|date=5 September 2014|publisher=|accessdate=26 June 2016|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919090445/https://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/foto-e-video/2014/09/05/fotogalleria/venezia71-anime-nere-vince-il-premio-akai-migliori-attori-antonori-e-forte-1.9876659|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Golden Lion | Francesco Munzi | {{nom}} |- | Pasinetti Award for Best Film | Francesco Munzi | {{won}} |- | Mimmo Rotella Fondation Award | Luigi Musini | {{won}} |- | Carlo Mazzacurati - Quality Screen Award | Francesco Munzi | {{won}} |- | Akai Award for Best Direction | Francesco Munzi | {{won}} |- |rowspan="16"|60th David di Donatello Awards<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2015/05/11/news/david_di_donatello_2015_tutte_le_candidature-114099858/|title = David di Donatello 2015, le cinquine: 16 nomination per "Anime nere", 14 per Martone| date=11 May 2015 |accessdate= 11 May 2015}}</ref> | Best Film | Cinemaundici, Babe Films and Rai Cinema | {{won}} |- | Best Director | Francesco Munzi | {{won}} |- | Best Script | Francesco Munzi, Fabrizio Ruggirello & Maurizio Braucci | {{won}} |- | Best Producer | Cinemaundici, Babe Films and Rai Cinema | {{won}} |- | Best Actor | Fabrizio Ferracane | {{nom}} |- | Best Supporting Actress | Barbora Bobulova | {{nom}} |- | Best Cinematography | Vladan Radovic | {{won}} |- | Best Production Design | Luca Servino | {{nom}} |- | Best Costumes | Marina Roberti | {{nom}} |- | Best Make-up | Sonia Maione | {{nom}} |- | Best Hairstyling | Rodolfo Sifari | {{nom}} |- | Best Editing | Cristiano Travaglioli | {{won}} |- | Best Sound | Stefano Campus | {{won}} |- | Best Score | Giuliano Taviani | {{won}} |- | Best Song | Giuliano Taviani and Massimo De Lorenzo | {{won}} |- | Youngs' David | Francesco Munzi | {{nom}} |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|3894190|Black Souls}}
{{David di Donatello Best Film}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Black Souls}} Category:2014 films Category:2014 crime drama films Category:Italian crime drama films Category:Vertigo Films films Category:French crime drama films Category:2014 Italian-language films Category:Films about the 'Ndrangheta Category:2014 French films Category:Films set in Calabria Category:Calabrian-language films Category:Films directed by Francesco Munzi