A Night Full of Rain (La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia) by Lina Wertmüller
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A Night Full of Rain
La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia
Nomination
Best Director, Golden Berlin Bear, Berlin International Film Festival 1978
Festival
Berlin International Film Festival 1978
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Candice Bergen
Italy, USA | 1978 | 104’ | In English with no subtitles | Digital | Colour
10/11 (Thur) - 7:45pm
Over a rainy night, communist Italian journalist Paolo and his liberal American photographer wife Lizzy argue, make love and recall their tumultuous courtship in their home. Their story began years ago in a small Italian village, when Paolo rescued Lizzy from a hostile situation. After clashing over political beliefs, Paolo failed to seduce Lizzy, but things would change when they met again years later in San Francisco.
Though this was Lina Wertmüller’s first English-language production, the director made the film with a largely Italian crew, including her beloved leading man Giancarlo Giannini. Despite the challenges of working in English, Wertmüller produced another signature Wertmüller romance in which politics, love, lust and gender dynamics are blended in a powerful toxic relationship portrait that is at once sexy, provocative and playfully chaotic.
Co-Presenter: Hong Kong Arts Centre, Italian Cultural Institute Hong Kong & Macau
In collaboration with: Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong
Associated programme: Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism, Italia Mia
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