SUN MAR 5, 2023 7:30 PM

SEVEN BEAUTIES / THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Aero Theatre | Pre-screening Q&A with actor Giancarlo Giannini. Moderated by Variety Executive Editor Steven Gaydos.

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ABOUT THE FILMS:

SEVEN BEAUTIES, 1975, Dir. Lina Wertmüller, 115 Minutes, Kino Lorber, Italy. 

In Italian with English subtitles.

Pasqualino (Giancarlo Giannini) enlists in the Italian army after 12 years in an insane asylum following a conviction for murdering his sister’s pimp. Shortly after deserting, Pasqualino finds himself in a German concentration camp, where his fate lies between death and obedience to an overly friendly female commandant. Lina Wertmüller’s absurd WWII masterpiece explores the ways in which people survive, and sometimes thrive, in times of societal collapse.

FORMAT: DCP

 

THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA, 1969, Dir: Stanley Kramer, 139 Minutes, Park Circus, USA. 

During the German occupation of Italy, residents of the town of Santa Vittoria plan to hide a million bottles of their famous wine from the approaching soldiers. Under the questionable leadership of Mayor Italo Bombolini (Anthony Quinn), they submit to house searches and torture to stall the Germans’ discovery as long as they can. With Anna Magnani, Giancarlo Giannini, and more.

FORMAT: 35mm