Celebration for the 100th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s birth
The Fellini Retrospective organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with Randwick Ritz Cinema on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great master of Italian cinema continues with the screening of Variety Lights (Luci del varietà)
(1951).
The retrospective, organised by the Ritz Cinema, immediately found the enthusiastic participation of the IIC who has engaged the expertise of Christian Pazzaglia to open the series and introduce some of the titles listed in the program. The public will be invited to interact with Pazzaglia at the end of the screening through Q&A sessions.
Variety Lights (Luci del varietà) (1951)
Cast: Giulietta Masina, Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller
Plot: When a young woman of beauty and talent joins a provincial vaudeville troupe, they’re suddenly playing to packed houses, and their aging comic Checco Dalmonte gets big ideas. He falls in love with the ingenue, Liliana, and ignores his companion of several years, Melina Amour. (She wants to marry Checco and she’s saving to open a deli.) Also, believing he can be an impresario, he hires other actors and begins rehearsal for a revue that will star Liliana and himself. Liliana admires Checco, but she’s being squired around town by Adelmo Conti, the assistant to the region’s biggest impresario. Can Checco’s new troupe hold onto Liliana, and how will Melina fare?
Bookings: https://www.ritzcinemas.com.au/movies/variety-lights-1951