Novecento (1900)

In this colossal epic depicting the rise and fall of Italian rural communism in the first half of the previous century, Bertolucci attempts to reconcile the codes and techniques of Hollywood's historical superproductions with the socialist realism of Soviet cinema, all through his personal lyrical-decadent temperament. The result is this gigantic fresco on life and death, sex and violence, revolution and fascism, fathers and sons, winters and summers, children and adults, wealth and poverty, red and black, melodrama and propaganda. Perhaps one of the greatest monuments in European cinema, it appeals to both arthouse enthusiasts and fans of spectacle cinema, reaching breathtaking aesthetic and cinematographic heights. A film of this ambition and scale doesn't fully come to life in the living room and cries out to be experienced on the big cinema screen. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity!

"Like Fassbinder’s Berlin Alexanderplatz or Edgar Reitz’s Heimat, Novecento aims to grant the cinema the same psychic and temporal space as a great epic novel, tackling the two great themes of the twentieth century - the struggle between classes and the mysteries of the human psyche - with bold flourish and a majestic sense of scale." - TIFF