The new season of The Great Art at the Movies will feature Leonardo, Raphael and Modigliani

Starting again in September, the new season of La Grande Arte al Cinema, the original Nexo Digital project that brings art and cultural places to Italian cinemas. This new 2020-2021 edition will feature Leonardo da Vinci, Amedeo Modigliani, Pompeii and Raphael.

It will begin on September 21, 22 and 23 with A Night at the Louvre: Leonardo da Vinci, offering viewers a unique opportunity to admire up close the works of Leonardo preserved in the famous Parisian museum. It will be a nighttime walk through the halls of the Louvre, accompanied by the curators of the exhibition dedicated to the genius, Vincent Delieuvin and Louis Frank. The retrospective, the Louvre’s first dedicated to the artist’s production in its entirety, shows how Leonardo elevated painting above all other pursuits and how his investigation of the world was at the service of an art whose supreme ambition was to bring his paintings to life. This is the first time the Paris museum has been presented in a documentary film shown in more than sixty countries with translations in thirty languages. Four nights of filming and a team of thirty technicians made possible the making of the docu-film directed by Pierre-Hubert Martin. The texts are by Catherine Sauvat and Pierre-Hubert Martin, with joint curators’ supervision. Narration was entrusted to Coraly Zahonero, a member of the Comédie-Française.

On the occasion of the centenary of Amedeo Modigliani’s death, the docu-film Maledetto Modigliani, produced by 3D Productions and Nexo Digital, directed by Valeria Parisi and written with Arianna Marelli on a subject by Didi Gnocchi, will be screened on Oct. 12, 13 and 14. The film recounts an avant-garde artist who became a contemporary classic, a life and talent beyond legend. From the Livorno of his origins, home of the Macchiaioli, to the Paris of Picasso and Brancusi, the center of modernity: a unique sign, between primitivism and Italian Renaissance. In the tale of a short and intense biography also the story of unconsummated, tumultuous, dramatic loves. With women of extremely contemporary personalities: poet Anna Achmatova, journalist Beatrice Hastings, painter Jeanne Hébuterne. The docu-film is also inspired by the exhibition Modigliani - Picasso. The Primitivist Revolution, curated by Marc Restellini and on view at the Albertina in Vienna, and is enriched by images of works on display at both the Albertina and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, in museums and collections in Paris and in the major exhibition Modigliani and the Montparnasse Adventure at the Museum of the City of Livorno.

On Nov. 9, 10 and 11 it will be the turn of Pompeii. Eros and Myth, produced by Sky, Ballandi and Nexo Digital, in collaboration with and with the scientific contribution of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. A journey back two thousand years in time in a docu-film about the myths and characters that have contributed to the immortality of this site. From the love story between Bacchus and Ariadne to the relationship between Leda and the Swan, from the thirst for blood satisfied by gladiatorial fights to Poppaea Sabina’s desperate search for immortality, The film analyzes the myths, legends and most secret aspects of the city. Accompanying viewers on this journey will be an exceptional narrator: Isabella Rossellini, directed by Pappi Corsicato, who will show how myths and found works have captivated and influenced artists such as Pablo Picasso and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Finally, on Dec. 14, 15 and 16 we will go into the Renaissance with the docu-film Raphael. The Young Wonder, directed by Massimo Ferrari and produced by Sky, on the occasion of the five hundredth anniversary of the artist’s death. The film aims to tell the story of the Urbino from his female portraits. The mother, the lover, the patron, the goddess: the protagonists of Raphael’s life allow us to narrate the painter from a new perspective and to investigate his continuous search for absolute beauty. From Galatea to the Muta, from the Lady with Unicorn to the Veiled Woman to the Fornarina. The documentary emphasizes the painter’s artistic metamorphosis and his ability to continually evolve his art without ever repeating himself. Emphasizing the narrative is the use of graphic animations that, inspired by classic black-and-white illustrations and through an evocative and dreamlike language, shape the key moments in Raphael’s life in which myth, legend and reality intersect.

La Grande Arte al Cinema is an original and exclusive project of Nexo Digital. For fall 2020, La Grande Arte al Cinema is exclusively distributed in Italy by Nexo Digital with media partners Radio Capital, Sky Arte, MYmovies.it, ARTE.it and in collaboration with Abbonamento Musei.

The new season of The Great Art at the Movies will feature Leonardo, Raphael and Modigliani

Warning: the translation into English of the original Italian article was created using automatic tools. We undertake to review all articles, but we do not guarantee the total absence of inaccuracies in the translation due to the program. You can find the original by clicking on the ITA button. If you find any mistake,please contact us.