‘Pasolini: In Retrospect’ in collaboration with Habitat World
The Italian Cultural Centre invites you to ‘Pasolini: In Retrospect’ in collaboration with Habitat World, India Habitat Centre New Delhi.
The week-long retrospective screening of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s best works (with English subtitles) will take place from November 2nd to 9th, 2022.
Le Mura di Sana followed by Accattone
Italy, 1971, 16 mins., Documentary/Short Film
Nov 2nd, 2022 7:00PM
Stein Auditorium
Cast: Pier Paolo Pasolini (Narrator - voice)
Le Mura di Sana (The Walls of Sana’a) is a documentary footage of the city of Sana'a in Yemen, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, with a voice-over calling for UNESCO to protect the city's architectural heritage before it is destroyed by development.
Accattone
Italy, 1961, 116 min, Drama/Neorealism Nov 2nd, 2022 7:20PM
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre
Cast: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi
Accattone reimagines Neorealism by eschewing any sentimentality for the poetry of the everyday. After writing a pair of novels, Ragazzi di vita and Una vita violenta, set in the urban periphery of Rome, Pasolini decided to turn to cinema to continue exploring the world of a young loafer (Franco Citti) roaming the hardscrabble Roman slum of Pigneto.
Uccellacci e uccellini
Italy, 128 mins., Comedy/Fantasy
Nov 5th, 2022 7:00PM
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre
Cast: Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi
On an empty road, an old man is walking with his son. They meet a crow that can speak. They are changed into monks and Saint Francois sent them to preach for hawks and sparrows. A reflexion about idealism. Written by Yepok.
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo
Italy, 1964, 137 min./Historical
Nov 6th, 2022 7:00PM
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre
Cast: Enrique Irazoqui, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante
Is an austere, documentary-style retelling of the life and martyrdom of Jesus Christ. A man named Jesus from Nazareth claims to be the Messiah from the prophecies of Israel. Matthew, one of the disciples of Jesus, portrays his life and the message he preached to all.
Il Decameron (The Decameron)
Italy, 1971, 106 min., Drma/Comedy Nov 7th, 2022 7:00PM
Amaltas Hall, Habitat Centre
Cast: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic
Il Decameron (The Decameron) is a 1971 anthology film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the 14th-century allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Decameron. A series of stories revolves around an aspiring painter, nuns, a gardener, a priest and a husband.
I Racconti di Canterbury
Italy, 1972, 109min., Comedy/Drama
Nov 8th, 2022 7:00PM
Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Centre
Cast: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti
I Racconti di Canterbury( The Tales of Canterbury) is based on the medieval narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. The second film in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", preceded by The Decameron and followed by Arabian Nights, it won the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Italy, 1974, 129 mins.
Nov 9th, 2022 7:00PM
Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Centre
Cast: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Ines Pellegrini, Tessa Bouché Franco Merli, Alberto Argentino
It is the last of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", which began with The Decameron and continued with The Canterbury Tales. The film is an adaptation of several stories within the original collection but they are presented out of order and without the Scheherazade, Dunyazad and King Shahriyar frame story.