Film at Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical are honoring the legacy of Brazil’s iconic L.C. Barreto Film Productions with retrospective “Isso é Brasil: Cinema According to L.C. Barreto Productions.”
The 13-film festival commemorates 60 years of Barreto-produced features. The series will take place from September 6 through 15 at Lincoln Center.
Director Bruno Barreto and producer Lucy Barreto will both be in attendance to introduce select screenings and take part in Q&As for the new 4K restorations of beloved films like “The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga” and “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands,” which catapulted actress Sônia Braga to international fame. The feature was also Brazil’s highest-grossing film for more than 30 years.
L.C. Barreto Productions was founded in 1963 by Luiz Carlos and Lucy Barreto and is based in Rio de Janeiro. According to a press release, the Barreto family company is Brazil’s most important film...
The 13-film festival commemorates 60 years of Barreto-produced features. The series will take place from September 6 through 15 at Lincoln Center.
Director Bruno Barreto and producer Lucy Barreto will both be in attendance to introduce select screenings and take part in Q&As for the new 4K restorations of beloved films like “The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga” and “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands,” which catapulted actress Sônia Braga to international fame. The feature was also Brazil’s highest-grossing film for more than 30 years.
L.C. Barreto Productions was founded in 1963 by Luiz Carlos and Lucy Barreto and is based in Rio de Janeiro. According to a press release, the Barreto family company is Brazil’s most important film...
- 8/21/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
While its often the world premieres that get the most buzz out of any major film festival, look to their restorations lineup (if they are smart enough to have one), and a treasure trove of classics sure to be better than most premieres await. Ahead of their official lineup being unveiled on July 23, the Venice Classics slate is here, featuring films by Michelangelo Antonioni, Fritz Lang, Frederick Wiseman, Howard Hawks, Nagisa Ōshima, Anthony Mann, Lina Wertmüller, and many more.
“The programme of Venice Classics includes the commemoration of several important anniversaries.” said Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera. “First and foremost, the centennial of the birth of Marcello Mastroianni, the most beloved and celebrated Italian actor in the world, whom we will see in The Night (La notte), one of Michelangelo Antonioni’s finest films. It has been fifty years since the death of Vittorio De Sica, who in The Gold of Naples...
“The programme of Venice Classics includes the commemoration of several important anniversaries.” said Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera. “First and foremost, the centennial of the birth of Marcello Mastroianni, the most beloved and celebrated Italian actor in the world, whom we will see in The Night (La notte), one of Michelangelo Antonioni’s finest films. It has been fifty years since the death of Vittorio De Sica, who in The Gold of Naples...
- 7/5/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Venice Classics will screen restorations of Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Night and Vittorio De Sica’s The Gold Of Naples as part of an 18-film programme at the 81st Venice Film Festival (August 28-Septemer 7).
The Night, a 1961 black-and-white drama depicted a day and night in the life of a disillusioned novelist and his alienated wife, will play in the 100th anniversary year of the birth of its lead actor Marcello Mastroianni.
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De Sica’s 1954 The Gold Of Naples is formed of six episodes inspired by Giovanni Marotta’s short stories, and plays...
The Night, a 1961 black-and-white drama depicted a day and night in the life of a disillusioned novelist and his alienated wife, will play in the 100th anniversary year of the birth of its lead actor Marcello Mastroianni.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
De Sica’s 1954 The Gold Of Naples is formed of six episodes inspired by Giovanni Marotta’s short stories, and plays...
- 7/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
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