08/10/2003

The Cinema Museum in Anversa is dedicating its whole programme for Cinedays 2003 to Italian cinema and the French poet, Jean Cocteau. The retrospective starts on October 11 and is being extended to continue through November and December.

The tribute to the marvellous moments from Italian cinema features works like Woman (1948) by Roberto Rossellini, Hands Over the City (1963) by Francesco Rosi, The Defeat of Hannibal (1937) by Carmine Gallone, Lights of Variety (1950) by Federico Fellini and The Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio de Sica, Rocco and His Brothers (1960) by Luchino Visconti, Mamma Roma (1962) by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Miracle in Milan (1950) by Vittorio de Sica.
For the tribute to Jean Cocteau, the Film Museum will be presenting The Storm Within (1948), Orpheus (1950), The Testament of Orpheus (1959), as well as The Strange Ones by Jean-Pierre Melville (1949) and Le Bel Indifférent by Jacques Demy

(Translated from French)