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Welcome to the tibi-movies section.

Why so much space for the cinema in my blog?

Because movies can be an excellent tool for people who want to invest in their personal and professional growth.

Here you can find the storyline, reviews and trailers related to specific topics: coaching, leadership, motivation, negotiation, sport, resilience are some of them.

I know, the movie reviews I’ve published so far are not many: I promise you it will grow soon.

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In the meantime, enjoy a good movie!

A film that will help you understand the meaning of coaching
Directed by Tom Hooper – 2010 – UK, Australia – 111 min

The King's Speech

2023 September 27 | by Arduino Mancini Asking questions - Coaching - Leadership - Listening effectively - Motivation

The film is based on the story of King George VI and his relationship with speech therapist Lionel Logue, who helped him manage his stutter, thus enabling him to cope without much hassle with the obligations the role imposed on him. Now a bit of plot. In 1925, Prince Albert, Duke of York and second […]

What is the link between money, power, sex and politics?
Directed by Kevin Macdonald - 2009 – USA, UK, France – 127 min

State of Play

2023 August 23 | by Arduino Mancini Boss and Staff member - Conflict - Cryme and Thriller - Motivation - Politics

The film is based on the self-titled BBC television series and is set in Washington, the U.S. capital. The story begins with two criminal acts: a man kills a burglar on the run, then strikes a passerby, accidentally witnessing the murder, who remains in a coma. The following day Sonia Baker, a young assistant to […]

When a bad teacher plays the role of a charismatic leader
Directed by Dennis Gansel - 2008 - Germany - 101 min

The Wave

2023 July 12 | by Arduino Mancini Critical thinking - Leadership - Politics

Rainer Wenger, a physical education teacher with a past as an anarchist, involves his high school students in an experiment to explain to them the concept of autocracy. For a week they must respond to Herr Wenger’s strict disciplinary system, conform to a dress code, and work together as a hierarchical body, isolating or repressing any […]

WHEN SPORT HELPS POLITICS TO UNIFY A NATION
Directed by Clint Eastwood - 2009 - USA - 133 min

Invictus

2023 June 21 | by Arduino Mancini Leadership - Motivation - Performance - Politics

The film focuses on the events that took place in 1995, when the Rugby World Cup was held in South Africa, and stems from an adaptation of John Carlin’s novel Playing the Enemy – Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation. The time the country is going through is very delicate. Nelson Mandela […]

A film that shows the use of all types of closed questions
Directed by Rob Reiner, 1992, USA, 138 min

A Few Good Men

2023 May 24 | by Arduino Mancini Asking questions - Boss and Staff member - Critical thinking - Leadership

A U.S. soldier dies at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, and two of his fellow soldiers are charged with murder, found guilty of killing him in inflicting exemplary punishment. A panel of lawyers led by Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee is formed to defend them, and he soon realizes that the death of Soldier William […]

When values, friendship and couple life serve personal power
Directed by George Clooney - 2011 - USA - 101 min

The Ides of March

2023 April 26 | by Arduino Mancini Boss and Staff member - Conflict - Cryme and Thriller - Leadership - Politics - Stratagems

The protagonist of the film (from the book Farragut North, by Beau Willimon) is Stephen Meyers, a young and ambitious press secretary who manages media relations in Mike Morris’ campaign for U.S. President; Mike, a Democrat and Governor of Pennsylvania is opposed in the primary to Arkansas Senator Ted Pullman. The competition is very uncertain […]

What happens in the kitchen of a 3-star Michelin restaurant?
Directed by John Wells - USA - 2015 - 101 min

Burnt

2023 April 05 | by Arduino Mancini Coaching - Leadership - Resilience - Teamwork

The film tells the story of Adam Jones, a two-Michelin-starred chef who, until three years earlier, had been booming in Paris and had to give it all up because of his alcohol and drug habit. After spending three years in New Orleans filling second-rate roles in the kitchen (he left town after shucking a million […]

A genuine team-building training course
Directed by Robert Aldrich - 1967 - USA - 145 min

The Dirty Dozen

2023 February 23 | by Arduino Mancini Leadership - Motivation - Teamwork - War

Have you ever wondered what strategy you can employ to build a team and keep it united? How to convince a group of people, even quite different from each other, to work as one? This film will help you answer these and other difficult questions! In 1944, on the eve of the Normandy invasion by […]

THE STRATEGIC USE OF KNOWLEDGE IN ONE OF THE BEST FILMS EVER!
Directed by Frank Darabont - 1994 - USA - 142 min

The Shawshank Redemption

It is 1947 and we are in Maine, a U.S. state. Andy Dufresne, a brilliant vice president of a Portland bank, is accused of murdering his wife and a golf champion, who was having an affair with the woman. Andy says he is innocent, but the judge sentences him to two life terms. The man […]

A real training course on negotiation and nonverbal communication
Directed by J. Leven - 1995 - Usa - 97 min

Don Juan De Marco

2022 December 07 | by Arduino Mancini Asking questions - Critical thinking - Negotiation - Resilience

Want to attend a negotiation or communication course? Maybe this film can teach you more: here is the story. A young man who says his name is Don Juan De Marco, claims to be the world’s greatest lover and the son of a great swordsman. And he wears a mask, hat, and mantle reminiscent of […]