Filmed 2025-10-07
Carla Simón
The director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The director of Romería talks about Víctor Erice’s influence on her work, shares how Wanda made her interrogate what feminism really means in cinema, and selects favorites like Umberto D. and Walkabout.
What they took
8 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 8 choices reach 10 films.
Least-picked choice here: Vermiglio, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  El Sur | Víctor Erice | 1983 |
| 2 |  Wanda | Barbara Loden | 1970 |
| 3 |  Walkabout | Nicolas Roeg | 1971 |
| 4 |  Umberto D. | Vittorio De Sica | 1952 |
| 5 |  The Tree of Wooden Clogs | Ermanno Olmi | 1978 |
| 6 |  Vermiglio | Maura Delpero | 2024 |
| 7 |  Beau travail | Claire Denis | 1999 |
| 8 |  Three Films by Mai Zetterling box set, 3 films | · | · |
Italy accounts for three of their seven single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 10 films.
Closest taste
Jaccard overlap against every other visit, counted on what came off the shelf rather than on films, so a shared box set counts once rather than as the films inside it.
403 visits compared · 31 filmed-together pairs excluded
Their decades
Their seven single films with a release year on record, against where every guest's single-film picks land. Box sets are left out of both sides, so the two bars measure the same thing.