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I happened to see Ali on TV a few weeks ago, also by Michael Mann about Muhammad Ali. That's also a great film, with lots of action. Ferrari is also such an action-packed biopic. But really, Ferrari is all about the Italian automaker's love affairs. Very well done to make that element plus the Mille Miglia race with De Portago's terrible accident the centrepiece of the story. All based on Brock Yates' biography which I read years ago and was very impressed with.

Adam Driver plays the lead role very well. He portrays Ferrari exactly as you imagine him. Penelope Cruz is also fantastic. Doesn't try to be the glamougirl for a moment but portrays a powerful Laura Ferrari. Shailene Woodley is sympathetic as Lina Lardi. Well-cast roles.

Remember. After all this is fiction. Michael Mann tells a story.

Is not that easy to make such a documentary. The director has succeeded in creating a good picture of the misery in which Romanian workers and Roma live in France. The underside of society.

He does this through interviews, everyday images and old photos. I will say nothing about the political aspects here. It's about the cinematography. That's well put together. The film invites you to look further. Not a dull moment, and thought provoking.

The movie shows the difficulties which people from abroad, even when they are officially EU citizens have to go through, probably not only in France but in the whole of Europe.

Not a bad movie, but they're all sweating all the time. I know it is supposed to be hot there but still... The 2013 movie is quite exciting but this one I find good too. A pleasure to watch. Especially because of Robert Redford playing Gatsby.

But all this sweating all the time, these sweaty faces, a bit overdone.