Starting July 9, a retrospective of films by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, titled “Sorrentino’s Summer,” will begin at select movie theaters across Ukraine.
As part of the program, three films by one of the most famous contemporary Italian directors will be shown on the big screen once again: “The Great Beauty,” “Youth,” and “The Grace.”
“The Great Beauty” is one of Sorrentino’s most famous works. It was this film that earned the director an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best International Feature Film.
The program also includes “Youth”—the director’s second English-language film, starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda.
The third film in the retrospective will be *Grace*—the opening film of the Venice International Film Festival, which had its world premiere in the main competition.
Screenings will take place July 9–12 at select theaters across Ukraine. The program was initiated by the Italian Cultural Institute in Ukraine, the Italian Embassy in Ukraine, and the film company “Arthouse Traffic.”
Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian director and screenwriter, one of the most recognizable figures in contemporary European cinema. His works are distinguished by their visual sophistication and focus on themes of memory, aging, beauty, loneliness, power, and the search for the meaning of life. Among the director’s most famous films are “The Great Beauty,” “Youth,” “The Hand of God,” “The Wonder,” “The Consequences of Love,” and “Il Divo.”
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