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Splendor (1989) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Ettore Scola

Written By:
Ettore Scola

Actors:
Marcello Mastroianni ..... Jordan
Massimo Troisi ..... Luigi
Marina Vlady ..... Chantal Duvivier
Paolo Panelli ..... Signor Paolo
Pamela Villoresi ..... Eugenia
Giacomo Piperno ..... Il cavaliere Lo Fazio
Mauro Bosco ..... Il padre di Jordan
Ferruccio Castronuovo ..... Cocomero
Nicoletta Della Corte ..... Irritated young spectator
Giada Desideri ..... Friendly young spectator
Vernon Dobtcheff ..... Don Arno
Giovanni Febraro ..... Le Fazio's administrator
Filippo Greco ..... Jordan age 11
Ilaria Liotta ..... Giovanna
Benigna Luchetti

Synopsis:

The celebration of and homage to the language of cinema unites not only the three central characters of this film, but is the character of the film itself. This is the story of a man whose entire life has been shaped and supported by the movies. Jordan (Marcello Mastroianni) grew up at his father's movie theater, and after World War Two, he took over as the theater's manager. In those halcyon days, the theater was so popular that police had to be hired to keep the crowds waiting to get in from rioting. Now, however, the theater is losing money and is in danger of being torn down, or sold to a department store. Jordan has long since concluded that the townspeople have forgotten their affection for the movies, but in a Capra-esque vision, he imagines them gathering as a body to prevent him from selling the theater. One highlight of this successful film about films is the glimpses it offers of over a dozen great works of Italian cinema.

Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi (Troisi) and ushurette Chantale (Vlady). However, Jordan is finally forced to sell the Splendor to businessman Lo Fazio (Piperno), which plans to transform it in some kind of furniture store. When Jordan leaves the theater for the last time (the very first scene), he recalls the glorious days of Splendor and movies in general.

Jordan (Marcello Mastroianni) owns a cinema in Italy, named Splendor. Chantal (Marina Vlady) is his wife and cashier. Luigi (Massimo Troisi) is the projectionist. This film is about the cinema and the films that are shown on the screen. But people stop going to films...

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 22 December, 2011.

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