Venice festival's Russian exile film echoes Marche's own cinematic ties

At the Venice Film Festival, director Julia Loktev is moving audiences with the second part of her documentary 'My Undesirable Friends,' which follows Russian journalists forced to flee the country who continue to report on the war in Ukraine from abroad, Le Monde reported Sunday. The film immerses viewers in the precarious conditions and ongoing intimidation faced by reporters working in exile.

The screening resonates beyond the festival circuit. For the Marche region, where cinema has long been a window onto displacement and identity, the documentary's themes of exile and journalism under pressure touch on a regional character shaped by emigration and return.