Screening of Eternal Visionary (2024) - Italian Film Focus

Join us for an exclusive screening of Eternal Visionary (Eterno Visionario), the 2024 Italian-Belgian biographical drama directed by Michele Placido. The film offers an intimate portrayal of Nobel Prize-winning playwright and novelist Luigi Pirandello, delving into his personal and professional life during a pivotal period. Eterno Visionario premiered at the 2024 Rome Film Fest in the Grand Public section.

In 1934, aboard a train to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, Luigi Pirandello reflects on the pivotal moments and relationships that shaped his life and art. The film explores his complex stance on fascism, turbulent relationships with his children, the painful mental illness of his wife, and his profound connection with Marta Abba, the young actress who became his muse and lover. Set against the backdrop of various locales, including Rome, Stockholm, Berlin, and Sicily, Eterno Visionario paints a vivid portrait of an eternal visionary.

CAST:

• Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Luigi Pirandello
• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Antonietta Portulano
• Federica Luna Vincenti as Marta Abba
• Giancarlo Commare as Stefano Pirandello
• Aurora Giovinazzo as Lietta Pirandello
• Michelangelo Placido as Fausto Pirandello
• Michele Placido as Saul Colin
• Ute Lemper as Herself
• Mino Manni as Giovanni Macchia
• Marcello Mazzarella as Luigi Capuana
• Dajana Roncione as Vera Vergani
• Guia Jelo as Maria Antonietta Portulano
• Cele Abba as Herself

Accolades:

• Premiered in the Grand Public section at the 2024 Rome Film Fest

The association of film authors Controluce, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Italy MIC, The Embassy of Italy in Johannesburg and the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria presents the 24th edition of THE ITALIAN FILM FOCUS SOUTH AFRICA 2024.

Host or Publisher Italian Cultural Institute Pretoria