One of Florence's most beautiful gardens is transformed into an outdoor cinema with a view

For many, it is one of the most beautiful gardens in Florence: it is the Villa Bardini Garden, for centuries considered among the most pleasant places in the city, owned by several families and now attached to the Villa Bardini Museum. For the first time in its history, this garden, which enjoys priceless views of Florence, becomes an open-air cinema, ahundred-seat numbered arena located on the Belvedere Terrace, overlooking the city.

The programming of the Cinema in Villa festival (this is the name of the schedule) brings to the public, every evening from July 8 to August 8, always at 9:15 p.m., a review of important films of recent years, with special focus dedicated to art. For example, Friday, July 17 is scheduled Marilyn by Simon Curtis (2011), the film that tells the story of Marilyn Monroe, and then on July 21 Frida - Viva la vida by Gianni Troilo (2019), a reconstruction of Frida Kahlo’s life, and again on July 27 Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen (2011) with Owen Wilson as a writer who meets the artists and writers of 1920s Paris, on July 28 it is the turn of Klimt and Schiele. Eros and Psyche by Michele Mally (2018), and on Aug. 4 there is also the acclaimed Van Gogh. On the Threshold of Eternity, Julian Schnabel’s film (2018) starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh, a performance that earned him the Coppa Volpi at Venice(reasons to see it at this link).

To see the films, the cost is 5 euros per show, with purchase possible in advance. Also, every Thursday evening admission is free for families with children (reservations required). Free parking at Fort Belvedere. For all info and to reserve a ticket, you can visit the Villa Bardini website. Cinema in Villa is promoted and organized by Fondazione CR Firenze and Fondazione Parchi Monumentali Bardini e Peyron, in collaboration with Musart Cultural Association and under the patronage of the City of Florence.

One of Florence's most beautiful gardens is transformed into an outdoor cinema with a view

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