Roberto Rossellini, Radical Neorealist

Sometimes, you need to go back to the essentials, and Roberto Rossellini is one of them, a pillar of one of the most decisive movements in cinema, neorealism. Milestone after milestone, this program offers a journey through a body of work characterized by formidable rigor and astonishing density, particularly prolific from the post-war period until the dawn of the 1960s. Whether he filmed the ravages of war, the battles that are romantic relationships, or the complexity of spiritual destinies, he was able to elevate his subjects to a kind of timeless perfection, thanks to a highly precise direction, capable of capturing the human condition in the most intimate way.