Cinemuze / Il Gattopardo (1963), Luchino Visconti
Feel the heartbeat of historyTo mark Gaasbeek Castle's centenary as a museum and as part of the new exhibition "Rebel Echoes", you can enjoy the muse of the seventh art in the Knights' Hall; cinema. One Saturday evening every month, a film linked to the life and work of Marquise Arconati Visconti or the year 1924, when the castle officially became a museum, will be screened in the Knights' Hall of the castle.
Before each screening, Wouter Hessels, film curator of Gaasbeek Castle, will give a bilingual introduction. He studied Romanic languages and is film historian (RITCS & INSAS) with a great passion for French, Italian and Belgian cinema. This comes in handy, because the residences and properties of Marquise Arconati Visconti were in France, Italy and of course... Gaasbeek.
Il Gattopardo (1963), Luchino Visconti
In 1873, Marie Peyrat married the aristocrat Giammartino Arconati Visconti. Through her husband, the Marquise also became involved in the Risorgimento, or the historic resurgence and unification of Italy, which was not completed until 1870 with the capture of the papal city of Rome. Her marriage suddenly transformed Marie from poor bourgeoise woman to a wealthy marquise.
The masterpiece Il Gattopardo (1963) by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon, won a Palme d'Or. It is a flamboyant fresco about the Risorgimento, the downfall of the nobility and the rise of the bourgeoisie. Moreover, there is a distant family connection between Giammartino Arconati Visconti and Count Luchino Visconti di Modrone.
An illustrated, bilingual lecture on cinematic avant-gardes will take place before this wonderful film.
Practical information:
» €10 / €5 students
» 19/10/2024, at 7:30 p.m. in the Knights' Hall.
» Introduction by Wouter Hessels (in Dutch/French).
» Screening of Il Gattopardo (1963) by Luchino Visconti di Modrone.
