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Release Date:
November 15, 2016
Original Title:
Luchino Visconti, entre vérité et passion
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ARTE
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 58
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.
Cinematography:
Ned Burgess
Raphaël O'Byrne
Director:
Elisabeth Kapnist
Editor:
Francesca Melani
Executive Producer:
François Duplat
Line Producer:
Patricia Houtart
Post-Production Manager:
Coralie Petit
Producer:
Christiane Graziani
Production Assistant:
Amaury Lafarge
Sound:
Piergiuseppe Fancellu
Mirko Guerra
François Waledisch
Sound Mixer:
Delphine Thelliez
Unit Production Manager:
Patricia Houtart
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