Love and Anarchy
Fri, Aug 21
|Backlot Cinema @ Epsilon Spires
A powerful statement on the terror of fascism, Lina Wertmüller's masterpiece of operatic emotion and subversive comedy: LOVE AND ANARCHY investigates the murky dualism between the personal and political, victim and agent, bourgeois and proletarian.
Time & Location
Aug 21, 2020, 8:00 PM
Backlot Cinema @ Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Every Friday Night in August, Epsilon Spires transforms the parking lot into a safe socially-distanced outdoor cinema featuring innovative film screenings & performances under the stars...
April 21st- Love and Anarchy (1973) An epic tragicomedy from director Lina Wertmüller (Seven Beauties), LOVE AND ANARCHY plumbs the depths of fascist Italy from the perspective of a simple farm boy sent to assassinate Mussolini.
Giancarlo Giannini won the best acting prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his achingly sensitive portrayal of Tunin, a freckle-faced innocent who becomes an accidental anarchist. His contact in Rome is Salome (Mariangela Melato), a politically passionate sex-worker. The brothel is frequented both by fascist officials and anti-fascist revolutionaries. By proximity the prostitutes are privy to clandestine political strategy otherwise inaccessible to women. Salome’s strategic relationship with Mussolini's head of security, and scheming alliance with Tunin is therefore possible. While they prepare for the assassination, Tunin falls…
Tickets
Backlot Cinema 1 or 2
Up to 2 people: $20 (space is 3ft x 6ft). Entry Includes Raffle Ticket for each person! In case of rain the event will be moved into the Sanctuary, which will be spaced for social distancing.
$20.00
Sale endedBacklot Cinema up to 4
Up to 4 people: $40 (space is 6ft x 6ft). Entry Includes Raffle Ticket for each person. In the case of rain the event will be moved into the Sanctuary, which will be spaced for social distancing.
$40.00
Sale endedBacklot Cinema up to 6
Up to 6 people: $60 (space is 6ft x 9ft). Entry Includes Raffle Ticket for each person! In the case of rain the event will be moved into the Sanctuary, which will be spaced for social distancing.
$60.00
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