Cycle
From 12.04.2003. To 13.02.2008.
Program of films by Michelangelo Antonioni
DIRECTORS
Films in cycle
The Adventure
(L'Avventura, Italy, France, 1960)
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
PHOTOGRAPHY: Aldo Scavarda
Synopsis:
A group of young and wealthy bourgeois take a trip on a yacht to a volcanic island near Sicily. On the way, Anna mysteriously disappears. Sandro, Anna’s boyfriend, and Claudia, her friend, search for her and along the way and become lovers…This is one of the most important films by Antonioni. It won the jury award at Cannes film festival.
b/w, 144'
PROJECTION:
Friday 08.02.2008 AT 20:00
Wednesday 06.02.2008 AT 20:00
Saturday 12.04.2003 AT 16:00
The Night
(La notte, Italy, France, 1961)
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gianni Di Venanzo
Synopsis:
The story is about a married couple – a successful writer, Giovanni Pontano, and his wife, Lidia. We see them on an afternoon visit to a dying friend in a hospital, at a party for Pontano’s newest novel, in a house of a wealthy industrialist and finally in their own nightly adventures - Lidia roams the streets of Rome, while her husband has an affair with the industrialist’s daughter…This film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival.
b/w, 122'
PROJECTION:
Monday 11.02.2008 AT 21:00
Saturday 09.02.2008 AT 19:00
Tuesday 15.04.2003 AT 19:00
The Eclipse
(L'Eclisse, Italy, France, 1962)
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gianni Di Venanzo
Synopsis:
After a heated fight a young woman from Rome, Vittoria, breaks up with her lover, Riccardo. Afterwards, she meets a young and attractive Piero, a stock broker, and has an affair with him. But soon, she starts to question her feelings… This film won the jury award at Cannes film festival.
b/w, 126'
PROJECTION:
Monday 11.02.2008 AT 19:00
Saturday 09.02.2008 AT 21:00
Tuesday 15.04.2003 AT 21:00
The Red Desert
(Deserto rosso, Italy, France, 1964)
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carlo Di Palma
Synopsis:
Giuliana is an unhappy young woman, suffering from depression. Even though her mood swings annoy everyone around her, they all pretend that everything is all right. But, it seems that only Corrado Zeller, a British engineer, really understands her. They have an affair… Antonioni’s first film in color, won the Golden Lion and FIPRESCI award at the Venice film festival.
color, 117'
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 13.02.2008 AT 21:15
Tuesday 12.02.2008 AT 19:00
Saturday 19.04.2003 AT 15:00
The Cry
(Il Grido, Italy, 1957)
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gianni Di Venanzo
Synopsis:
Aldo, a worker employed in a sugar refinery in North Italy, lives with Irma, who is married to another man. They have a little daughter. When Irma finds out that her husband died, Aldo asks her to marry him. But Irma refuses and leaves him. Deeply disappointed, he takes his daughter and roams around Italy. On his wanderings he meets different people, among others a woman from his past. He cannot forget Irma, and decides to go back and look for her… The story takes place in a gloomy atmosphere of...
b/w, 116'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 05.02.2008 AT 19:00
Monday 04.02.2008 AT 21:00
Saturday 19.04.2003 AT 17:00
Zabriskie point
(USA, 1970)
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
PHOTOGRAPHY: Alfio Contini
Synopsis:
A young and radical student, Mark, is on a run after shooting a policeman during demonstrations. He steals a plane and flies across a desert where a beautiful young woman, Daria, drives her boss’, a businessman Lee Allen, car to his desert shelter. Daria is Allen’s secretary and lover. Mark and Daria meet in a secluded wasteland and fall in love…This is an epic portrait of America in late sixties, filled with music by Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, The Youngbloods,...