Cycle
From 12.11. To 21.11.2020.
Portreti: Vizualna raskoš Luchina Viscontija
All films have Croatian subtitles.
Ticket is 20 kuna, for members 10 kuna.
DIRECTORS
Films in cycle
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:
Thursday 12.11.2020 AT 19:00
Death in Venice
(Morte a Venezia, Italy, France, 1971)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Pasqualino De Santis
Synopsis:
Skladatelj Gustav von Aschenbach, ozbiljan srčani bolesnik, dolazi u Veneciju na odmor. Odsjeda u luksuznom Grand Hotel des Bains na Lidu i tamo uoči privlačnog poljskog adolescenta Tadzija koji je sa svojom obitelji odsjeo u istom hotelu. Aschenbach je fasciniran Tadzijevom ljepotom i iako ne uspostavlja izravan kontakt s mladićem osjeća se osvježenim i pomlađenim usred grada kojim je zavladala epidemija kolere, ali lokalne vlasti to skrivaju da se turisti od kojih žive ne bi razbježali…...
color, 130'
PROJECTION:
Friday 13.11.2020 AT 19:00
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:
Saturday 14.11.2020 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:
Sunday 15.11.2020 AT 19:00
Najljepša
(Bellissima, Italy, 1951)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Piero Portalupi, Paul Ronald
Synopsis:
Slavni redatelj dolazi u grad u potrazi za novim licem, djevojčicom, za novi film. Siromašna majka odvodi svoju kćer na audiciju, nadajući se da će baš ona biti izabrana i da će tako postati zvijezda... Film je sociološko-psihološka studija i karaktera i društvenih prilika ili kako je to sam Visconti govorio priča o krizi.
b/w, 108'
PROJECTION:
Monday 16.11.2020 AT 19:00
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 17.11.2020 AT 19:00
White Nights
(Le notti bianche, Italy, France, 1957)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Giuseppe Rotunno
Synopsis:
Mario, a shy young man who has just moved to Venice, meets Natalia on a bridge. Even though it is not certain that her lover will return, she spends her days hoping to see him again, which hinders the relationship between Mario and her. This is a film version of Dostoyevski’s short story by the same name.
b/w, 97'
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 18.11.2020 AT 19:00
Senso
(Italy, 1954)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: G.R. Aldo, Robert Krasker
Synopsis:
Radnja filma smještena je u Italiju u doba austrijske okupacije. Venecijanska grofica Livia Serpieri, patriotkinja, napušta muža zbog austrijskog oficira Franza Mahlera. No, uskoro uviđa da je Mahler zainteresiran samo za njen imetak. Njezina osveta je brza i odlučna... Freska zbivanja i snažnih emocija iz doba talijanskog Risorgimenta, djelo koje zauzima posebno mjesto u povijesti talijanskog i europskog filma.
color, 123'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 19.11.2020 AT 19:00
L’innocente
(Italy, France, 1976)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Pasqualino De Santis
Synopsis:
Rim krajem 19. stoljeća. Tullio Hermil bogati je aristokrat u braku sa suprugom Giullianom koju zanemaruje zbog posesivne ljubavnice Terese Raffo. U njemu se pobudi novi erotski interes za suprugu, a splasne želja za Teresom kad shvati koliko je Giulliana sretna otkad je počela ljubavnu vezu s romanopiscem Filippom D'Arboriom, s kojim naposljetku ostane trudna. Tullio je požuruje da napravi pobačaj, ali ona odbija to učiniti. U međuvremenu D'Arborio se razboli od tropske groznice…...
color, 112'
PROJECTION:
Friday 20.11.2020 AT 19:00
Obsession
(Ossessione, Italy, 1943)
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Domenico Scala, Aldo Tonti
Synopsis:
Lutalica Gino Costa stiže u seosku gostionicu gdje upoznaje Giovannu, suprugu gostioničara Giuseppea Bragane. I Gino i Giovanna ljudi su bez nade, a ona uz to i zanemarena od sirovog supruga, te osjete međusobnu privlačnost koja preraste u ljubav. Međutim Gino ne vjeruje u budućnost tog odnosa te odlazi, ali ga Giuseppe, koja ne zna da su njegova supruga i Gino ljubavnici, nagovori da se vrati. Veza Gina i Giovanne postaje sve strastvenija te njih dvoje odluče ubiti Giuseppea. Gina ipak muči gri...