ITALIAN AND CINEMA
Visconti and Fellini, so distant yet so close
PLEASE NOTE: The 2025 Italian and Cinema course will have the same structure as far as schedules are concerned, but new and different content from that described here. Full details will be posted here as soon as possible.
A week discovering two directors who made the history of Italian cinema: Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini.
Their origins, their personalities, and two films in particular that will allow us to learn more about their poetics and the Italy of those times.
The films we will analyse are Il Gattopardo and 8½. Many great little anecdotes unite these two masterpieces, both from 1963, and it will be fun to discover them together.
A textual analysis of some pages of Il Gattopardo, the book by Tomasi di Lampedusa from which the film is based, and Visconti's cinematographic rendering of these pages will also be part of the course.
We will also have the opportunity to visit together some places in the city that have been the set of famous films shot in Lucca, and to dine together one evening.
Duration: one week.
Planned dates in 2025: 26 May, 20 October.
Linguistic level: Minimum level of knowledge of the Italian language required to participate in this course: B2 (advanced level).
Minimum number of participants: 2
The week program: From Monday to Friday, in the morning: group lessons (maximum 10 participants) reserved for those enrolled in this course (20 hours of lessons in total). In addition to the morning lessons, participants will also be occupied on three afternoons and for one evening with the activities described above.
Course price: 550€ (includes language tuition and all the afternoon activities).
For information and enrolment write to luccaitalianschool@gmail.com