Festivals

Minerva Pictures at the 40th Torino Film Festival

The festival of the return to theaters and the centrality of the cinema: our participation in the 40th Torino Film Festival (November 25 – December 3) will be extensive, with a world premiere, a tribute to Malcolm McDowell, and three 4K restorations.

THE HUNT
A film by Marco Bocci

Presented out of competition in the “Favolacce” section, The Hunt marks Marco Bocci‘s return to directing, following his successful debut with A Tor Bella Monaca non piove mai (2019). The Hunt is a family drama that follows the story of four siblings, three brothers and one sister, who reunite after many years of estrangement due to their father’s sudden death.

The protagonists are portrayed by Laura Chiatti, who shares the screen with her husband for the first time, Filippo Nigro, Paolo Pierobon, and Pietro Sermonti.

The film – produced by Santo Versace and Gianluca Curti for Minerva Pictures, with Rai Cinema – features Federico Annicchiarico as the Director of Photography, costumes by Sara Fanelli, sets by Paola Peraro, and editing by Luigi Mearelli.

CALIGULA
(Tribute to Malcolm McDowell)
Directed by Tinto Brass (Italy/USA, 1979, DCP, 155’)

Sex and violence in a scandalous film that made history. Criticized, destroyed, renounced, seized, and the subject of disputes between Brass and Guccione, it remains one of the most notorious cult films ever made. Malcolm McDowell stars as Caligula, fresh off the triumphant success of Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.

• Sunday, November 27 at 6:00 PM – Cinema Romano 2 (Official Screening)
• Monday, November 28 at 10:00 AM – Cinema Greenwich 3 (Repeat)

Exclusive world premieres of three 4K restorations

ALL’ARMI SIAM FASCISTI! (Back to Life)
Directed by Lino Del Fra, Cecilia Mangini, Lino Miccichè (Italy, 1961, DCP, 106′)

On the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome, one of the finest documentary films by Mangini – Del Fra, alongside critic Lino Miccichè, with commentary by Franco Fortini.

Half a century of history, from the Fiftieth Anniversary to the Centenary of Italy’s Unification, reconstructed with exclusive archival documents: from the Libyan War to the Treaty of Versailles, from post-war unrest to Fascist terror and corruption, from the Resistance to the events of July ’60. The film – made 16 years after the end of the second world war – ends with a still relevant question: has fascism truly ended?

• Sunday, November 27 at 4:30 PM – Cinema Massimo 3 (Official Screening)
• Tuesday, November 29 at 9:00 PM – Cinema Massimo 3 (Repeat)

2+5: MISSION HYDRA (Back to Life)
Directed by Pietro Francisci (Italy, 1966, DCP, 89′)

Light-hearted science fiction, extraordinary ideas, emotions, and scenes that have entered the collective imagination of avid film buffs. For some bold individuals, one of the sources of inspiration for Planet of the Apes (1968). A true cult movie of popular Italian cinema with the iconic performance of the beautiful Leonora Ruffo.

• Sunday, November 27 at 10:45 PM – Cinema Massimo 3 (Official Screening)
• Friday, December 2 at 2:00 PM – Cinema Massimo 3 (Repeat)

MILANO CALIBRO 9 (Back to Life)
Restored in collaboration with the CSC-Cineteca Nazionale
Directed by Fernando Di Leo (Italy, 1972, DCP, 102′)

On its 50th anniversary and re-presented in its original version, one of the most acclaimed Italian noir films in the world, a source of inspiration for contemporary masters like Quentin Tarantino. Featuring performances by Barbara Bouchet, Gastone Moschin, and Mario Adorf, Fernando Di Leo delivers his most iconic work and one of the most celebrated noir police films in modern cinema, part of the “Milieu Trilogy,” along with The Italian Connection (1972) and The Boss (1973). Produced by Ermanno Curti and Armando Novelli.

• Sunday, November 27 at 7:30 PM – Cinema Massimo 3 (Official Screening)
• Tuesday, November 29 at 1:30 PM – Cinema Massimo 3 (Repeat)

The 40th edition of the Torino Film Festival will take place from November 25 to December 3 under the auspices of the National Cinema Museum – chaired by Enzo Ghigo and directed by Domenico De Gaetano – with the artistic direction of Steve Della Casa, who returns to direct the event after twenty years.