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Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016)

0h 58m | PG-13

⭐ 1 / 10

Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of Italian cinema, to an original work that continues to inspire today's cinema. Coming from one of the greatest families of the Italian aristocracy, he could have been a rich and cultured man, living in opulence and idleness, but Luchino wanted a different destiny. This is the story that director Elisabeth Kapnist and Christian Dumais-Lvowski wanted to tell. Count Visconti di Modrone wears the clothes of a legend that he never stopped shaping throughout his life. This documentary reconstructs the fabric of a brilliant life, dedicated to art; theater, opera, and cinema. This artistic work is also that of a committed man, who was a fellow traveler of the Communist Party, and who resisted fascism.

Director: Elisabeth Kapnist

Studio: ARTE

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti

as Self (archive footage)

Olivier Assayas

Olivier Assayas

as Self - Movie Director

Helmut Berger

Helmut Berger

as Self (archive footage)

Maria Callas

Maria Callas

as Self (archive footage)

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

as Self (archive footage)

Caterina D’Amico

Caterina D’Amico

as Self - Visconti's Archivist