Interview With "The Damned" Filmmaker Roberto Minervini

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

"The Damned" had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Director award for filmmaker Roberto Minervini. Set in 1862 against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the film follows a group of volunteer Union soldiers. Minervini was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will open in theaters on May 16th from Grasshopper Film. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the director and writer of the film The Damned, Roberto Minervini.
0:09.0	This land has it all. I think it'd be a great life, raise a family. I'm looking forward to that day.
0:19.2	We're running low on rations. We're only wasted here.
0:28.6	Our troops are down in New Mexico.
0:31.6	It's gonna take them at least two weeks to get up here.
0:36.6	Two weeks.
0:41.3	I'll do you?
0:42.3	Sixteen.
0:43.3	Shot one before?
0:45.3	Yeah.
0:46.3	And what have you shot?
0:48.3	Rabbits.
0:50.3	We need to hold the line.
0:51.3	Our guys will catch up with us.
0:53.3	Hear the robin? My aunt used catch up with us hear the robin
0:54.5	man used to say when you hear a robin
0:58.4	everything's going to be okay
0:59.7	hello everyone welcome to the next
1:01.6	next episode of the podcast
1:02.5	where I do enjoy right now by the director
1:04.6	and writer of the film
1:06.3	The Damned Roberto
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