Film Screening: Bella e perduta
The screening of Bella e perduta will be followed by a conversation with the Italian director Pietro Marcello and Prof. John David Rhodes.
About the film
Despite death threats from the Mafia and his country’s general apathy, a humble shepherd, Tommaso, takes it upon himself to look after the abandoned Bourbon palace of Carditello, north of Naples, deep in the heart of the “Land of Fires.” One day, Tommaso suffers a heart attack and dies, but not before making a final wish. He summons a masked character named Pulcinella to rescue a buffalo calf called Sarchiopone from the forsaken palace. Together, man and beast, embark on a long journey through a lost and beautiful Italy, searching for something which may no longer exist. Shot on expired 16mm stock, Lost and Beautiful is a ravishing work that (after The Mouth of the Wolf) presaged the arrival of an extraordinary new filmmaker.
About the screening
The screening of Bella e perduta (2015, 87’) will be followed by a conversation with the Italian director Pietro Marcello and Prof. John David Rhodes (Cambridge Film & Screen), offering a valuable opportunity to engage with one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary cinema. The event has been organised by Dr Elena Sottilotta and Dr Luca Peretti (Italian Section, MMLL), with the support of the Cambridge-Intesa Sanpaolo Fund and the Italian Cultural Institute in London.
Speakers
Professor John David Rhodes
MMLL Faculty Co-Chair, Professor of Film Studies and Visual Culture, University of Cambridge
Pietro Marcello
Director