Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2019
On the occasion of the 20th Lavazza Italian Film Festival, which will start on the 19th of September in Melbourne, the IIC Melbourne, in collaboration with Palace Cinemas, wishes to commemorate the recent departure, in November 2018, of one of the undisputed masters of Italian cinema, Bernardo Bertolucci, with a mini-retrospective dedicated to the great film director.
The retrospective includes the screening of restored versions of two masterpieces, ‘Novecento’ (on the 29th of September) e ‘The Conformist’ (on the 13th of October)
‘1900’ by Bernardo Bertolucci [1976, 347′] This expansive period drama set in Emilia, Bertolucci birth region, follows two childhood friends in northern Italy during the early 20th century. Alfredo Berlinghieri (Robert De Niro) and Olmo Dalcò (Gérard Depardieu) grow up as close companions despite their class differences. However, they drift apart as adults, Alfredo embracing his landowning heritage and Olmo championing workers’ rights. As the years go by, they see the rise of Fascism in their country, and eventually their values find them directly in conflict. In Italian cinemas it was released, to great acclaim, in two stages, Novecento Act I and Novecento Act II. The film premiered out of competition at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival and in 1977 won the Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film.
1900
Sunday 29th September 2019, 1.30pm
The Astor Theatre, St Kilda
Introduction by IIC Melbourne, followed by the screening (with intermission).
https://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/films/1900
Tickets
Palace Movie Club $16
General Admission $ 18
- IIC Member Giveaway!
To win one of 4 double passes, simply send an email to iicmelbourne@esteri.it and write in the subject line ‘1900′
‘The Conformist’ by Bernardo Bertolucci [1970, 113′] is a political drama based on the 1951 novel The Conformist by Alberto Moravia, with a screenplay written by Bertolucci. Marcello Clerici (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a member of the secret police in Mussolini’s Fascist Italy. He and his new bride, Giulia (Stefania Sandrelli), travel to Paris for their honeymoon, where Marcello also plans to assassinate his former college professor Luca Quadri (Enzo Tarascio), an outspoken anti-Fascist living in exile. But when Marcello meets the professor’s young wife, Anna (Dominique Sanda), both his romantic and his political loyalties are tested.The movie won a David di Donatello Award as Best Movie in 1971.
THE CONFORMIST
Sunday, 13th October 2019, 1.30pm
The Astor Theatre, St Kilda
Introduction and Q&A presented by IIC Melbourne.
https://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/films/the-conformist
Tickets
Palace Movie Club $16
General Admission $18
- IIC Member Giveaway!
To win one of 4 double passes, simply send an email to iicmelbourne@esteri.it and write in the subject line ‘The Conformist’