Cycle
From 10.11. To 15.11.2006.
Program of films starring Vittorio Gassman
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Films in cycle
For Love and Gold
(L'armata Brancaleone, 1966)
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carlo Di Palma
Synopsis:
A German knight dies while trying to defend a small Italian village from a group of robbers. His murderers throw the body in the river and among his things they discover a deed of donation given to the knight by the Roman emperor himself. With this deed the knight became the owner of a piece of land in Apulia in South Italy. A group of people, led by the naďve knight Brancaleone set off on a mission to find the land and take it for themselves.
color, 120 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 11.11.2006 AT 21:00
Friday 10.11.2006 AT 19:00
We All Loved Each Other So Much
(C’eravamo tanto amati, 1974)
Directed by: Ettore Scola
PHOTOGRAPHY: Claudio Cirillo
Synopsis:
This is a story about three friends Antonio, Gianni and Nicola who became friends during WW II fighting against the Nazis. We follow their life stories after the war, their relationship and the problems that arise when all of them get attracted to the same girl, Luciana...
b/w and color, 124 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 11.11.2006 AT 19:00
Friday 10.11.2006 AT 21:00
Scent of a Woman
(Profumo di donna, 1974)
Directed by: Dino Risi
PHOTOGRAPHY: Claudio Cirillo
Synopsis:
Fausto is a captain who lost his sight in battle. On his way from Turin to Naples he is accompanied by a young cadet that he calls Cuccio. The captain does not want sympathy and is very independent, so Cuccio and he have problems getting along. Then Fausto asks Cuccio to find him a young woman but, dissatisfied, soon says that he can smell a beautiful woman himself. In Naples, Fausto has to meet a soldier who was injured in the same battle. The two of them have a secret pact…
color, 35 mm, 103 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 14.11.2006 AT 21:00
Monday 13.11.2006 AT 19:00
The Desert of the Tartars
(Il deserto dei Tartari, 1976)
Directed by: Valerio Zurlini
PHOTOGRAPHY: Luciano Tovoli
Synopsis:
Lieutenant Drogo is sent on his first mission into a far away and isolated fort on the very edge of a desert bordering massive mountains. The goal for the soldiers is to defend the fort from Tatars. While anticipating the attack some soldiers use this time to advance their careers, and others give up on waiting for the attack. As a matter of fact, nobody has ever seen any Tatars in the vicinity…
color, 140 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 15.11.2006 AT 19:00
Monday 13.11.2006 AT 21:00
The Family
(La famiglia, 1987)
Directed by: Ettore Scola
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ricardo Aronovich
Synopsis:
This film shows relationships in a family throught eighty years. The story begins in 1906 with christening of the boy Carl0, held in his arms by the grandpa. It ends with Carlo as a grandpa holding a child in his arms. Other members of the family include Carlo’s younger brother Giulio, wife Beatrice and her sister Adriana, bohemian artist with who Carlo fell in love in his youth.