Rome, Open City
Dir: Roberto Rossellini
Italy, 1945, 103 minmins, DCP
Cast: Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero
A world cinema landmark that launched the revolutionary style of Italian neorealism, Rossellini’s thrilling drama, simultaneously realistic and melodramatic, has left a trace on every film movement since. Shot amid the ruins of Rome during World War II, the story of brave resistance leaders struggling against the Nazi occupation is a shockingly authentic experience, galvanised by newsreelstyle cinematography. The infamous torture and execution scenes have lost none of their monumental impact today.
Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize of the Jury
National Board of Review: Best Actress, Best Foreign Language Film
13/3 (Sat): Film talk with William Lau
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
2021-03-13 (Sat)
14:302021-03-21 (Sun)
17:15
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
K11 Art House
Broadway Hollywood
Hong Kong Film Archive
Festival Grand Cinema
The Grand Cinema
M+ Cinema
Cine Moko
MOViE MOViE
The Metroplex
the sky
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Arts Centre Shouson Theatre
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
The HKFYG Jockey Club Media 21
CINE FAN ONLINE
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Assigned seating
Full House
Remarks
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