I Could Have Been a Contender (On Five Films)

Synopsis of I Could Have Been a Contender (On Five Films)

«I Could Have Been a Contender» is Antonio D'Alfonso's film criticism essay, published by Casa Lago Press in paperback (366 pages, in English).

The book analyses five films —«Pan y chocolate», «El embrollón», «La reina de corazones», «El Mediterráneo para siempre» and «Toro salvaje»— that show the Italian reality outside Italy. Its segment-by-segment examination proposes parameters for defining the «cultura itálica» as a deterritorialised cultural identity, and helps understand the narrative of ethnic films and the representation of ethnicity in cinema.

Academic work on the construction of Italian identity in international contexts. Published on 29 November 2024, it belongs to the categories of performing arts, direction and film criticism.

Suitable for students, film scholars and readers interested in the representation of ethnicity on the big screen.