Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
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Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of Italian cinema, to an original work that continues to inspire today's cinema. Coming from one of the greatest families of the Italian aristocracy, he could have been a rich and cultured man, living in opulence and idleness, but Luchino wanted a different destiny. This is the story that director Elisabeth Kapnist and Christian Dumais-Lvowski wanted to tell. Count Visconti di Modrone wears the clothes of a legend that he never stopped shaping throughout his life. This documentary reconstructs the fabric of a brilliant life, dedicated to art; theater, opera, and cinema. This artistic work is also that of a committed man, who was a fellow traveler of the Communist Party, and who resisted fascism.
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Cast
20 people
Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
Olivier Assayas
Self - Movie Director
Élisabeth Kapnist
François Duplat
Christian Dumais-Lvowski
Helmut Berger
Self (archive footage)
Known for
The Godfather Part III
Ludwig
Christiane Graziani
Maria Callas
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Medea
Patricia Houtart
Claudia Cardinale
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
8½
Caterina D’Amico
Self - Visconti's Archivist
Also in
Le romane - Storie di donne e di quartieri
Alain Delon
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Le Samouraï
Le Cercle Rouge
Elisabeth Kapnist Director · Christian Dumais-Lvowski Writer Francesca Melani Editor
First release November 15, 2016 · Produced in France · Production AVROTROS, Bel Air Media
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ARTE
Production
AVROTROS
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Bel Air Media
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Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
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Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
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France
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Original title
Luchino Visconti, entre vérité et passion
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 15, 2016
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
February 10, 2018
Portugal
April 10, 2019
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