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Viva l'Italia! (1961)

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Viva l'Italia!

Roberto Rossellini | Italy, France | 1961 | Unclassified (15+)
Film

When

Wed 19 Mar 2025

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Working with one of Rossellini’s largest budgets, this historical epic restages the 1860 conquest of Sicily led by Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi (played by Renzo Ricci).

A crucial film in the director’s oeuvre, it presages the historical focus of his late work while also exhibiting his early adoption of the zoom lens, the camera often recomposing the entire frame and commenting on the process of history. It’s no surprise that Rossellini once called this the work he was most proud of, considering it “important as a work of research, the most carefully done of all my films”.

35mm print courtesy of Cinecittà Luce.

Format: 35mm
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Source: Cinecittà Luce
Courtesy: Cinecittà Luce
Runtime: 129 mins

Event duration

129 mins

Rating

Unclassified (15+)

Unclassified 15 + (unless accompanied by an adult)

Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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