The Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC and the National Gallery of Art present the movie “Bella e perduta” by Pietro Marcello and Maurizio Braucci.
In Bella e perduta, a masked Pulcinella is summoned from the afterlife to wander through present-day Campania in search of a new home for a young buffalo, called Sarchiapone, who also narrates the film. This buffalo calf was the beloved companion to the late shepherd Tommaso Cestrone, caretaker of the abandoned Bourbon palace Carditello. Based on a story by Guido Piovene, Bella e perduta mixes original documentary footage with delicate poetic reverie and “layers the past, the present, and the timeless world of nature, fusing styles to explore Italy’s bucolic traditions and fragile but enduring cultural legacies” — Nicolas Rapold.
Directors: Pietro Marcello and Maurizio Braucci
Italy, 2015, 87 minutes
Film in Italian with English subtitles
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LOCATION
National Gallery of Art – East Building Auditorium
6th & Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Entrance on a first-come, first-served basis