The Leopard
Luchino Visconti, 1963
Colour, certificate PG, 178 mins
Saturday 28 July, 2.30pm
Sainsbury Wing Theatre
The turbulent period of Italy's unification in the early 1860s is revealed through the eyes of an aristocratic Sicilian family threatened by the political upheavals.
The ageing Prince of Salina (Burt Lancaster) must reluctantly acknowledge that one age is giving way to another. He watches as his beloved nephew Tancredi (Alain Delon) sets off to fight with Garibaldi's revolutionary red shirts, then falls in love with the daughter of a boorish merchant.
From the graphic opening battle scene to the extended ballroom sequence at the end, this is a gorgeous evocation of an era.
Short:
Film
Katy Shepherd, 2001
4 mins
A family history is animated through a series of old photographs.
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