Cycle
From 13.04.2004. To 06.11.2006.
Program of films by Luchino Visconti
DIRECTORS
Films in cycle
The Earth Trembles
(La terra trema, Italy, 1948)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Aldo Graziati
Synopsis:
This is a contemporary interpretation of the novel Porodica Malavoglia by Verga, planned as the first part of a trilogy (due to its commercial failure the other two parts were never made). The Earth Trembles is the story of exploited fishermen from Sicily who are forced to migrate to richer northern Italy. The plot in this film is subtle and sometimes the film seems more like a sequence of fragments from people’s lives (although very compactly structured). It was shot with unprofessional actor...
b/w, 160'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 20.04.2004 AT 22:00
Tuesday 13.04.2004 AT 21:00
Conversation Piece
(Gruppo di famiglia in un interno, 1974)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Pasqualino De Santis
Synopsis:
An American professor leads a quiet life in his house in Rome. He is disturbed when a decadent family moves into the apartment above him… This film won many awards such as the most important Italian film award David di Donatello in the category of the best film.
color, 121 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 22.04.2004 AT 20:00
Wednesday 14.04.2004 AT 16:00
Rocco and His Brothers
(Rocco e i suoi fratelli, Italy, France, 1960)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Giuseppe Rotunno
Synopsis:
his story is about a poor family from a village in south Italy whose search for a better life leads them to Milan. The proud Rosaria Parondi, after her husband’s death, arrives at the big city with her four sons - Rocco, Simon, Luca and Ciro. The oldest brother Vincenzo awaits them in Milan. The film depicts their acclimatization to the big city, their personal dramas, and the different paths their lives take… This film was very popular among the working class while the critics were...
b/w, 177'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 29.04.2004 AT 21:45
Thursday 22.04.2004 AT 17:00
Thursday 15.04.2004 AT 19:00
The Damned
(La caduta degli dei AKA Götterdämmerung, Italy, West Germany, 1969)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Pasqualino De Santis, Armando Nannuzzi
Synopsis:
This is a story of the rise and fall of industrialist Von Essenbeck’s, (alluding to the Krupps’) family. The head of the family is Konstantin Von Essenbeck, whose daughter Sophia asks him to let her lover, Nazi sympathizer Frederick Bruckman, take over the family’s company. After Konstantin’s death, that is what happens. Martin, Konstantin’s teenage son is a drug addict and has an incestuous relationship with his mother, who also becomes addicted to drugs. In the constant pursuit to...
color, 156'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 20.04.2004 AT 21:00
Thursday 15.04.2004 AT 22:00
The Leopard
(Il gattopardo, Italy, France, 1963)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Giuseppe Rotunno
Synopsis:
The story takes place after the Italian Risorgimento. Wealthy Don Fabrizio Salina experiences a breakdown of his power and influence, degradation of his morale and all other symptoms of the vanishing of his class from the historical scene. He is frustrated with his inability to stop it from happening… The film won a Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival.
color, 186'
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 21.04.2004 AT 22:00
Saturday 17.04.2004 AT 19:00
Of a Thousand Delights
(Vaghe stelle dell'orsa, 1965)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Armando Nannuzzi
Synopsis:
A young Italian, Sandra, together with her American husband, Andrew, returns to her hometown, Volterra. She is there to pay her respects to her father, who was killed by the Nazis. Andrew meets his wife’s brother Gianni for the first time. Soon, he notices that brother and sister have a strange relationship and share a secret… This highly praised film won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival.