To tie in with its exhibition entitled "1861. The Painters of the Risorgimento" the Palazzo delle Esposizioni presents Italy - Year zero The Cinema and the Risorgimento, in conjunction with the Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale.
The story of the Unity of Italy has been the bane of thousands of schoolchildren as they struggle with a ton of dates and battles, but if we take a quick look at what Italy's movie industry has produced on the topic, that feeling is turned on its head. The Risorgimento has provided some of the subject matter for some of the most gripping masterpieces in the history of Italian cinema. The country's great movie directors bent on exploring the Italian national character and identity have inevitably cast their analytical gaze on the moment in history that marked the birth of modern Italy.
To tie in with the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Unity of Italy and the major exhibition entitled "1861. The Painters of the Risorgimento" at the , the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, in conjunction with the Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale, is to host a season of the movies that have been most successful in recreating the events of the Risorgimento for the silver screen.
With sincerity and poetic strength, our great directors explore the events and personalities that allowed the country to gain its independence and its national unity, seeking out the truth and shunning all rhetoric in their endeavor to tell the human story. These films, which naturally reflect the political and cultural climate prevalent in the various periods in which they were made, also constitute a precious document recording the development of politics in Italy. You are going to find it difficult to resist the pull of these splendid films as you join us on this fascinating journey through an era of movie-making that is likely to completely change your outlook on history.
Information:
Palazzo delle Esposizioni - Sala Cinema
Admission via steps in via Milano 9A, Rome
www.palazzoesposizioni.it
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