Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Italy
Reality
Italy | 2012 | 110 min. | Not Rated | Comedy, DramaA Film by Matteo Garrone
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From acclaimed director Matteo Garrone, REALITY is a darkly comic look at Luciano, a charming and affable fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on the reality show “Big Brother” leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia. So overcome by his dream of being on…
Terraferma
Italy | 2011 | 88 min. | Rated R | DramaA Film by Emanuele Crialese
Capawock Theatre
A man is put in jeopardy when he’s forced to help a family with nowhere to turn in this drama from Italian filmmaker Emanuele Crialese. Ernesto (Mimmo Cuticchio) is an elderly fisherman who lives on the Sicilian island of Linosa. The fishing business has gone into a slump and many on the…
THE GREAT BEAUTY
Italy | 2013 | 142 min | Rated R | Comedy, DramaPaolo Sorrentino
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Journalist Jep Gambardella (the dazzling Toni Servillo, Il divo and Gomorrah) has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city’s literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth…
OPERA in Cinema: Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI
Italy | 1787 | 205 mins | Not Rated | OperaKasper Holten
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The debut feature film of leading opera director Kasper Holten (Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), DON GIOVANNI (JUAN) retells Mozart’s classical masterpiece as a story of the modern man’s escape from himself and his demons. Star studded cast featuring the leading Don Giovanni of today Mariusz Kwiecien…
OPERA in Cinema: Verdi’s NABUCCO
Italy | 2014 | 149 Mins | Not Rated | OperaDaniele Abbado’
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Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated vocal talents of our time, is making a major role debut. This is a rare chance to see a genre-defining masterwork, containing some of the greatest choral music ever written, along with some wonderful arias and ensembles. This new production of Nabucco is not-to-be-missed. Domingo…
Opera in Cinema: Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA
Italy | 1994 | 190 minutes | Not Rated | OperaRichard Eyre's
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Verdi’s La Traviata, based on Alexander Dumas fils’s play La Dame aux camélias, is one of Verdi’s most popular operas, combining drama, passion and memorable melodies. Verdi’s tragic tale of a Parisian courtesan who sacrifices all for love is vividly presented in Richard Eyre’s production. Alfredo and the courtesan Violetta fall passionately in…