On Thursday, March 17th, the appointment is with The Great War of Monicelli
On Thursday, March 17th the appointment with the great cinema. It still, in fact, proposals to free entry (at 9pm) Neorealism e dintorni in the cinema Palladino. This is the time of The Great War, considered one of the masterpieces of cinema history. Directed by Mario Monicelli in 1959 starring Alberto Sordi and Vittorio Gassman, who won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film. The film is a choral fresco, ironic and poignant life of the trenches during the First World War. With this film, the writers Monicelli and reach the pinnacle of their career combining art with unparalleled fluidity of storytelling, comedy and dramatic, and paving the way for a new style of filmmaking in the vicissitudes of war. The film denounces the absurdity and violence of the conflict, the miserable living conditions of people and soldiers but also created strong bonds of friendship despite differences in cultural backgrounds and geographical. In 1999 he was elected by critics of the magazine Ciak among the 100 best movies of history.
