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Join us for three recently restored films that reflect the brilliance and power of Oscar-winning Italian actress Anna Magnani. Magnani embodied the essence of Italian cinema: passion, resilience and an independence especially exemplified during and after the German occupation during World War II. She collaborated with renowned filmmakers like Roberto Rossellini and Luigi Zampa, among many others, and her contribution to some of Italy’s major works of cinema is heralded this weekend.
“Angelina,” March 9, 2:00 p.m.
Introduced by Céline Stéphanie Pozzi, L’Immagine Ritrovata
Oscar-winning Italian actor Anna Magnani plays Angelina, a commanding working class presence who, along with other women in her community, fights for the right to move into a new block of apartments built on the ruins of her hometown after the Second World War. Through struggle and tenacity, she eventually builds a workers’ movement and becomes a member of parliament fighting for representation and equality. (L’Onorevole Angelina, Luigi Zampa, 1947, Italian with English subtitles, DCP, 92 minutes)
This screening will be preceded by the short film The Human Voice, a unique cinematic collaboration and interpretation of Jean Cocteau’s play by the French artist with director Roberto Rossellini. The relationship was initiated and encouraged by Anna Magnani herself, who stars in the longer film L’amore from which this part is excerpted. (Una Voce Umana-L’Amore, Roberto Rossellini, 1948, Italian with English subtitles, DCP, 35 minutes)
“Rome, Open City,” March 10, 2:00 p.m.
Rome, Open City is a chronicle of resistance set during World War II and a foundational work of neorealist cinema, (the title is taken from Rome’s status as an “open city” as of August 14, 1943). It centers a group of everyday Romans who collaborate during the early months of 1944 to protect a fugitive antifascist leader from capture. Oscar-winning actress Anna Magnani, one of the few professionals in the cast, is the film’s moral core and archetypal earthmother, set to marry a resistance fighter after losing her first husband to the fascists. Steeped in the miseries and passions experienced by long-endured suffering during World War II, the film was co-written by Rossellini with Federico Fellini and Sergio Amidei. (Roma Città Aperta, 1945, Italian with English subtitles, DCP, 102 minutes)
Free. Registration required.
