Classici Fuori Mostra

Thirteen classic films, recently restored by the major film libraries around the world, will be screened in the original version with subtitles in Italian. Special concessions will be offered to students (discounted student ticket 2.50 euro, student pass 20 euro, full price ticket 8 euro, full-price pass 60 euro).

The first film in the line-up – Wednesday August 4^th at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale (9 pm) – Sedotta e abbandonata (Seduced and Abandoned, 1964) by Pietro Germi, with Stefania Sandrelli, is a memorable comedy and an award-winner at Cannes in which Germi, following the success of Divorzio all’italiana (Divorce Italian Style, 1961), casts light on the grotesque sense of honour still prevalent in Sicily at the time. The film was restored by the Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with Cristaldifilm, with the support of MIC.

The extensive and enthusiastic participation of Venetian spectators in the first edition of Classici fuori Mostra – stated the Director of the Venice International Film Festival Alberto Barbera – held from July 24^th to August 30^th 2020 in the open-air Arena at the Giardini della Biennale, satisfied us that there is an audience interested in the film presentations that the Venice Film Festival can offer, even beyond the traditional timespan of the Festival. It is therefore with a spirit of renewed confidence that we prepare to inaugurate the second edition, which will allow Venetians to enjoy the programme of Venice Classics conceived for the 2020 edition of the Venice Film Festival, then moved to the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. With one difference: the screenings will no longer be held in the Giardini, where the Biennale Architettura is currently taking place, but at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale which has been transformed into a movie theatre for the occasion.

The second edition of Classici fuori Mostra, the Permanent Festival of Restored Films, will feature masterpieces by master filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, John Berry, Souleymane Cissé, Zoltán Fábri, Pietro Germi, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Shôhei Imamura, Hiroshi Inagaki, Fritz Lang, Sidney Lumet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Nikita Mikhalkov and Martin Scorsese. This is a unique opportunity to enrich one’s knowledge of the cinema history of cinema, in a dialogue with the masters of the past. The aim is to introduce audiences to films that have influenced the history of cinema in a different but equally significant way, and continue to inspire the work of today’s filmmakers.

Venezia Classici is the section that since 2012, with increasing success, presents the world premiere screenings at the Venice Film Festival of a selection of the finest film restoration projects completed over the past year by film libraries, cultural institutions and production companies around the world. Venezia Classici is curated by Alberto Barbera with the collaboration of Federico Gironi.

The screenings will be held at 9 pm.
All the films are in the original language version with Italian subtitles.

Wednesday August 4^th
SEDOTTA E ABBANDONATA (SEDUCED AND ABANDONED) by Pietro GERMI
with Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì, Aldo Puglisi, Lando Buzzanca, Leopoldo Trieste, Rocco D’Assunta, Lola Braccini, Umberto Spadaro
Italy /France, 1964, 118’
Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with Cristaldifilm and with the support of MIC

Thursday August 5^th
MUHOMATSU NO ISSHO (THE RICKSHAW MAN) by Hiroshi INAGAKI
with Tsumasaburo Bando, Yasushi Nagata, Keiko Sonoi, Kamon Kawamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Kyoji Sugi
Japan, 1943, 80’
Restored by the Kadokawa Corporation and The Film Foundation, in collaboration with the Kyoto Film Archive

Friday August 6^th
LE CERCLE ROUGE (THE RED CIRCLE) by Jean-Pierre MELVILLE
with Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonté, Yves Montand, Bourvil, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot, Pierre Collet, François Périer
France, 1970, 140’
Restored by StudioCanal and CNC – Centre national du cinema et de l’image animée

Saturday August 7^th
GOODFELLAS by Martin SCORSESE
with Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese
USA, 1990, 146’
Restored by Warner Bros. Entertainment

Sunday August 8^th
CRONACA DI UN AMORE (STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR) by Michelangelo ANTONIONI
with Lucia Bosè, Massimo Girotti, Ferdinando Sarmi, Gino Rossi, Marika Rowsky, Rosi Mirafiore, Franco Fabrizi, Vittoria Mondello
Italy, 1950, 98’
Restored by Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with Surf Film

Wednesday August 11^th
DEN MUSO (THE YOUNG GIRL) by Souleymane CISSÉ 
with Dounamba Dany Coulibaly, Balla Moussa Keita, Ismaila Sarr, Fanta Diabate, Mamoutou Sanogo, Oumou Diarra, Mamadou Tarawele
Mali, 1975, 88’
Restored by Souleymane Cissé and Cinémathèque française, in collaboration with Cinémathèque Afrique and Institut français

Thursday August 12^th
UTÓSZEZON (LATE SEASON) by Zoltán FÁBRI 
with Antal Pager, Janos Rajz, Sandor Kőmives, Samu Balazs, Jozsef Szendrő, Noemi Apor, Lajos Basti, Janos Zach
Hungary, 1966, 120’
Restored by Nemzeti Filmintezet Magyarorszag (Hungarian National Film Archive), in collaboration with Magyar Operatorok Tarsasaga HSC, with the support of the Magyar Műveszeti Akademia

Friday August 13^th
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE by Fritz LANG
with Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, William Gargan, Jerome Cowan, Charles ‘Chic’ Sale, Margaret Hamilton, Warren Hymer
USA, 1937, 86’
Restored by StudioCanal

Saturday August 14^th
SERPICO by Sidney LUMET
with Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Eda-Young, Cornelia Sharpe, Tony Roberts, John Medici, Allan Rich, Norman Ornellas
USA, 1973, 130’
Restored by StudioCanal

Sunday August 15^th
NEOKONCHENNAYA PYESA DLYA MEKHANICHESKOGO PIANINO (AN UNFINISHED PIECE FOR MECHANICAL PIANO) by Nikita MIKHALKOV
with Aleksandr Kalyagin, Elena Solovey, Yevgeniya Glushenko, Antonina Shuranova, Yuri Bogatyryov
Soviet Union, 1976, 102’
Restored by Mosfilm Cinema Concern

Wednesday August 18^th
LA ÚLTIMA CENA by Tomás GUTIÉRREZ ALEA 
with Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto Garcia, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Samuel Claxton, Mario Balmaseda, Idelfonso Tamayo, Julio Hernandez
Cuba, 1976, 113’
Restored by ICAIC and Academy Film Archive, in collaboration with Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique

Thursday August 19^th
CLAUDINE by John BERRY
with James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Tamu, David Kruger, Yvette Curtis, Eric Jones
USA, 1974, 88’
Restored by Century-Fox Film Corp

Friday August 20^th
FUKUSHÛ SURU WA WARE NI ARI (SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE) by Shôhei IMAMURA 
with Ken Ogata, Rentaro Mikuni, Chocho Miyako, Mitsuko Baisho, Mayumi Ogawa
Japan, 1979, 140’
Restored by Shochiku

The screenings may be subject to rescheduling​.

Full € 8
Student € 2,5
Subscription full € 60
Subscription student € 20

Adults accompanying spectators with impaired mobility holding a disability ID Free admission. For reservations, please contact biglietteria.cinema@labiennale.org at least 72 hours before the starting time of the screening.

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According to the regulations in force, tickets are strictly personal and non-transferable.
Access is allowed from 8 p.m. Due to the health and hygiene protocols in place for cultural activities, it is recommended to go to the access control at least 30 minutes before the beginning of the screening and to wear a mask.
Children under the age of 6 are not admitted to screenings.

Starting from August 6, 2021, with the exception of children under 12 years old and spectators who are exempt from it, all tickets holders must present an EU Covid Certificate (Green Pass) or equivalent certificate recognized by the Italian State at the time of admission. An EU Covid Certificate (Green Pass) or equivalent certificate is proof that a person has either been vaccinated against Covid-19, or received the first dose of a vaccine requiring two, or recovered from Covid-19, or received a negative PCR or rapid antigen test result in the previous 48 hours. Spectators must present a valid ID together with the certificate. If you have received only the first dose of the vaccine, the Certification is issued after 14 days and it is valid until you complete the vaccination cycle (within the time indicated by Sanitary Authorities).
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La Biennale di Venezia wishes to express its thanks for their valuable collaboration to: Academy Film Archive, Century-Fox Film Corp, Cinémathèque française, Cineteca di Bologna e il festival Il Cinema Ritrovato, CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Hungarian National Film Archive, ICAIC, Kadokawa Corporation, L'Immagine Ritrovata, Mosfilm Cinema Concern, Shochiku, StudioCanal, The Film Foundation, Warner Bros. Entertainment

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