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The Night
Film/Video
BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION:
ITALIA ANNI 1962-1972
ITALIAN ECONOMIC BOOM (LA ITALIA DEL BOOM ECONOMICO)
INTRODUCED BY CESARE CASARINO

SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 10, 2001,
8 PM

$6 ($4 WALKER MEMBERS)
AUDITORIUM

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THE NIGHT (LA NOTTE)
DIRECTED BY MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI

Antonioni's renowned film examines the existential impact of success and the seeming impossibility of sustained romance. Giovanni (Marcello Mastroianni) has just published his latest book to great acclaim. His wife, Lidia (Jeanne Moreau), disenchanted with her husband's flirtations with women and wealth, attempts to reclaim their love by visiting places that had been special to them in the past. Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. 1960, Italy, BW, 35mm, in Italian with English subtitles, 121 minutes.


 

 


BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION: ITALIA ANNI 1962-1972 WAS PROGRAMMED IN COLLABORATION WITH SCUOLA NAZIONALE DI CINEMA-CINETECA NAZIONALE, ROME.

THE SERIES IS MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORT FROM FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI, FLORENCE; CINE CITTÀ HOLDING, ROME; AND ARCHIVIO AUDIOVISIVO DEL MOVIMENTO OPERAIO E DEMOCRATICO, ROME. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED BY THE ITALIAN FILM COMMISSION, A DIVISION OF THE ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION-LOS ANGELES, AND THE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA, CHICAGO. SPECIAL THANKS TO JIM DEMPSTER AT THE BFI, LONDON.