For the series “Discovering the Italian cinema of the 21st century”: Screening of the movie directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci, with Rossana Podestà, Giulia Boschi, Lina Sastri, Alida Valli, Mariangela Melato, Stefania Sandrelli, Massimo Ghini.
The film is structured round four parallel stories involving seven of Italy’s best actresses representing characters from all walks of life. The point of intersection is terrorism, and its cause and effect on the lives of ordinary people.
Giuseppe Bertolucci (younger brother of Bernardo Bertolucci) has created a movie unusual for its all-female cast of well-known Italian actresses and for a script that gives them latitude to develop their individual characters. The story is about Laura (Lina Sastri) a young terrorist who commits a rash act of cold-blooded murder which introduces the other women in this story. Laura is in Venice when she kills a judge and a gang member who was vacillating in his commitment. The dead terrorist’s mother (Rossana Podestà) and sister (Giulia Boschi) attend his funeral in Avellino, an area devastated after a severe earthquake, a particularly dramatic backdrop for a funeral. Back home, Laura’s former nanny (Alida Valli) still lives with the family and is as astute as ever: she figures out what Laura has done and leaves for good. Laura’s mother (Lea Massari) is not as perceptive about her own daughter and can hardly believe Laura has done anything wrong, even after the police come to take her away. The effect this has on the devoted mother is totally devastating. Meanwhile, Laura is brought before a judge (Mariangela Melato) for questioning, made all the more difficult because of her critical emotional state and the judge’s own personal problems. The wisdom of Laura’s confession and the many “secrets” she reveals is another matter entirely.
In Italian, with English subtitles.
Refreshments from 18:15.
Monday, June 4th 2018, at 18.30
Italian Cultural Institute
rehov Meir Rutberg 12 – Haifa
FREE ADMISSION
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