On November 15th 2022 the director Francesco Rosi (1922-2022) would have turned 100 years old. The Cinémathèque Québécoise, with tthe support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal, celebrates it with a series of films not to be missed.
Although his name is less famous than those of some of his contemporaries such as Fellini or Pasolini, the Neapolitan Francesco Rosi is nonetheless a major figure of Italian cinema of the second half of the 20th century. A figurehead of a rigorous political cinema, he has made power an essential theme of his work, recurrently addressing the weight of the mafia in Italian society. But far from shining only in their analysis, Rosi’s films are expressions of his remarkable talent as a director and storyteller, to which his taste for literary adaptations also responds. Celebrating the centenary of his birth offers us a wonderful opportunity to revisit many of the milestones of a filmography that spans more than forty years.
Thursday June 2nd, 6pm
Main basse sur la ville
[It.Fr., 1963, 109 min, VOSTF]
Thursday June 2nd, 8:30pm
Chronique d’une mort annoncée
[It.Fr.Col, 1987, 109 min, French version]
Sunday June 5th, 3:30pm
Salvatore Giuliano
[It., 1962, 125 min, Italian with French subtitles]
Monday June 6th. 8:30pm
Le moment de la vérité
[It.Spain., 1965, 110 min, Italian and English with French subtitles]
Tuesday 7th, 6pm
L’affaire Mattei
[It., 1972, 116 min, Italian and English with French subtitles]
Saturday June 11th, 4pm
Lucky Luciano
[It.États-Unis,Fr. 1973, 105 min, Italian and English with English subtitles]
Monday June 13th, 8:30pm
Le défi
[It.Esp, 1958, 87 min, French version]
Tuesday June 14th, 9pm
Many Wars Ago
[It., 1970, 101 min, Italian with English subtitles]
Friday June 17th, 8:30pm
The Context
[It., 1976, 120 min, Italian with English subtitles]
Saturday June 18th, 9pm
Christ Stopped at Eboli
[It.Fr., 1979, 150 min, Italian with English subtitles]
Sunday June 19th, 6pm
Carmen
[It.Fr., 1984, 152 min, French version]
