Bellissima (Visconti, 1951): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.10pm
This presentation, part of the BFI Southbank's Italian Neorealism season, is also being screened on June 4th. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
Perhaps the most unjustly neglected of Luchino Visconti’s early films is
this hilarious 1951 comedy, tailored to the talents of Anna Magnani,
about a working-class woman who is determined to get her plain
seven-year-old daughter into movies. A wonderful send-up of the Italian
film industry and the illusions that it fosters, delineated in near-epic
proportions with style and brio.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is a trailer.
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