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Cinematographer

Maryse Alberti

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26 min
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The Wrestler

Darren Aronofsky · 2008

Darren Aronofsky’s 2008 drama follows Randy 'The Ram' Robinson, an ageing professional wrestler clinging to identity through performance as his body fails and his relationships fray. Shot on 16mm by Maryse Alberti and scored by Clint Mansell, it stars Mickey Rourke in a physically exacting performance that revitalised his career. The film won the Golden Lion at Venice and received critical acclaim for its restraint, realism, and unsentimental treatment of ageing, labour, and obsolescence.

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Happiness

Todd Solondz · 1998

Todd Solondz’s 1998 ensemble film follows three sisters and their circle across intersecting stories of loneliness, repression and violation. Shot by Maryse Alberti and scored by Robbie Kondor, it treats pedophilia, obscene phone calls, marital drift and suicidal despair with unblinking, tonally level observation. Its power lies in accumulation, not climax — in the weight of unspoken things, the silence after a confession, the banality of moral collapse. It won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes and the National Board of Review’s Top Ten Films award, and was released unrated after surrendering its NC-17 classification.