Outdoor cinema in Venice, awaiting the Film Festival: the Classics outside the Festival at the Biennale Gardens and Cinemoving in Campo San Polo. Sunday, August 23, the Venetian film on Tintoretto
Outdoor cinema is in Venice until August 30 thanks to the Biennale for Classics Outside the Festival at the Gardens, and to Cinemoving by the Culture Sector of the City of Venice, in Campo San Polo. Sunday 23rd, the film on Tintoretto produced by Kublai Film.
While waiting for the arrival of cinema in Venice with the 77th Venice International Film Festival from September 2 to 12, 2020, there are two opportunities to watch films outdoors in company, until August 30:
In Venice, cinema is auteur-driven with Classics Outside the Festival, the first edition dedicated to films that have marked the history of cinema, restored and in their original language with Italian subtitles. Screenings take place in the green arena between the pavilions at the Biennale Gardens, and the cost of a single ticket is €8, or €2.50 for students. In the same location, we will see some of the films from the Film Festival in September.
Cinemoving is the outdoor cinema festival that brings films to every neighborhood, district, and island of the Venetian territory. From silver screen classics to the hits of recent years, from thrillers to animated films, once again Campo San Polo returns to be one of the venues of the Venetian summer made of culture, art, and conviviality.
Admission is free of charge, with reservation. Sunday, August 23 in Campo San Polo, the film Tintoretto: The Artist Who Killed Painting, produced in Venice by Kublai Film, tells of Tintoretto’s modernity with a contemporary language, to immerse the viewer in the social and artistic context of 16th-century Venice.
Cinemoving PROGRAM
Campo San Polo, 9:15 PM
Thursday, August 20
Please Stand By
(USA, 2017, 93’) comedy-drama film, by Ben Lewin
Wendy is autistic and resides in a specialized facility where she dedicates herself to her greatest passion: Star Trek. When Paramount announces a competition for new screenwriters, the girl commits to traveling miles and miles to submit her screenplay and realize her dream.
Friday, August 21
The Martian
(USA, 2015, 144’) sci-fi film, by Ridley Scott
During a mission to Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and abandoned by his crew. But Watney has survived and now finds himself alone on the hostile planet. With meager supplies, Watney must draw upon his ingenuity, wit, and spirit of survival to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Saturday, August 22
Inside Out
(USA, 2015, 94’) animated film, by Ronnie Del Carmen, Pete Docter
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no different for Riley, who moves from the Midwest to live in San Francisco. Meanwhile, the control center is in turmoil. Joy, Riley’s main emotion, tries to see the positive side of things, but the other emotions do not agree.
Sunday, August 23
Tintoretto: The Artist Who Killed Painting
(Italy, Germany, 85’) documentary film, Directed by Erminio Perocco, music by Theo Teardo
Tintoretto, the great painter of the Italian Renaissance, was capable of astonishing his patrons with surprising inventions, also thanks to the speed with which he executed his works. The technical innovations of his painting have exerted a profound and constant influence on art history. According to Cezanne: “His work is immense, it includes everything from still life to God; it is a huge Noah’s ark; I would have moved to Venice only for him”.
Monday, August 24
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
(France, 2010, 90’) comedy film, by Benoît Pétré
Leaving behind a less than exciting reality. This is what Nelly, Chantal, and Gabrielle do, three French fifty-somethings disappointed at various levels by life: they set off to attend the wedding of a man who had made them dream, Philippe.
Tuesday, August 25
Rara
(Chile, Argentina, 2016, 90’) comedy-drama film, by Pepa San Martin
Sara lives with her mother, her sister, and her mother’s wife. Her life is happy and her daily routine carefree, but adolescence is approaching her existence and the first comparisons with the opposite sex raise a series of problems.
Wednesday, August 26
If Life Gives You Lemons
(Italy, 2018, 88’) drama film, by Ciro D’Emilio
Antonio is seventeen years old and has a dream: to be a footballer in a major team. He lives in a small town in a province of Campania and loves his sweet but deeply troubled mother more than anything.
Thursday, August 27
10 Items or Less
(USA, 2006, 82’) drama film, by Brad Silberling
A fading actor, undecided whether to accept a role in a low-budget film set in a supermarket, conducts a site visit to observe the behavior of staff and shoppers. Struck by the determined character of Scarlet, a Latina cashier who occupies and “guards” the “express lane” (maximum ten items), the actor is determined to make her a “protagonist.” Makeup, costume, posture, and acting are some of the things she will learn to overcome a job interview and the fear of not being up to life’s challenges.
Friday, August 28
The Bookshop
(Spain, UK, 2017, 108’) drama film, by Isabel Coixet
Florence Green, a free-spirited widow, risks everything to open a bookstore – the first in the sleepy coastal town of Hardborough in 1959 England. Struggling against dampness, cold, and the apathy of the locals, she finds it hard to establish herself, but things will soon take a turn for the better.
Saturday, August 29
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(USA, 1956, 119’) spy film, by Alfred Hitchcock
On vacation in Morocco, the McKennas witness a murder: a tourist is killed and Ben McKenna, who is a doctor, attempts to help him. Before dying, the man confides in him that an assassination will soon be committed in London. The man goes to the police, but to prevent him from speaking, someone kidnaps his son…
Sunday, August 30
The Other Side of Hope
(Finland, 2017, 98’) drama film, by Aki Kaurismäki
Khaled is a Syrian refugee who has reached Helsinki where he has submitted an asylum application that does not have much prospect of being granted. Wilkström is a traveling salesman who sells men’s ties and shirts and who decides to leave his wife, winning at gambling, to take over a restaurant in the suburbs. The two will meet and help each other.
Classics Outside the Festival PROGRAM
Biennale Gardens, 9:00 PM
Friday, August 21
DANS LA VILLE BLANCHE (In the White City) by Alain Tanner with Bruno Ganz, Teresa Madruga, Julia Vonderlinn, José Carvhalo; Switzerland/Portugal, 1982, 107’.
Saturday, August 22
DETOUR by Edgar G. Ulmer with Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald; USA, 1945, 67’.
Friday, August 29
THE CONJUGAL BED / UNA STORIA MODERNA by Marco Ferreri with Ugo Tognazzi, Marina Vlady, Walter Giller, Linda Sini, Riccardo Fellini; Italy/France, 1963, 93’.
Saturday, August 30
TONI by Jean Renoir with Charles Blavette, Jenny Hélia, Célia Montalvan, Edouard Delmont; France, 1935, 84’.
Cinemoving: admission is free of charge for every evening. HOW TO DO IT: subscribe to the WhatsApp group to receive the updated program and for any changes to the calendar:
1) Save the number 342 7611875 in your contacts
2) Send a WhatsApp message with: FIRST NAME + LAST NAME followed by CINEMOVING
Classics Outside the Festival: the cost of a single ticket is €8, while for students it is €2.50.
The subscription for the 12 evenings is €60 full price and €20 for students.
Info: Tel. 041 5218828, email: promozione@labiennale.org
