directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, USA 1963, 147 min., colour, DCP, original version with Italian subtitles

A prostitute falls in love with a former cop who persuades her to cater to only one, wealthy client. Disguise is once again the leitmotif in this transgressive comedy with its perfect timing, set in a Paris reconstructed with a taste for the theatrical. In a merry-go-round of outrageous gags, role swapping and the multiplication of identities spawn an increasingly surreal game of pretense, helping both the leading man and us, the audience, to realise that escape can itself become a new kind of prison.

Image: Irma la Douce © 1963 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Informazioni

Admission free while places last. Reservations are required

Sala Cinema - Palazzo Esposizioni Roma

Admission via steps in via Milano 9a

Reservations may be made on the Italian version of this page from 9:00 am on the day before the film is due to be screened until one hour before the performance begins. If for any reason you are unable to come, please remember to cancel the reservation in your basket so that someone else can book the place.