Long Live the Lady! (Lunga vita alla signora!)
by Ermanno Olmi (1987) – 115 mins - Rating: PG13 (some coarse language)
Date: 24 November 2016, 3.30pm
Venue: The Arts House, Screening Room (1 Old Parliament Lane, S 179429)
FREE ADMISSION, Registration at: iicsingapore@esteri.it
The Film Screening is part of the International Week of Italian Cuisine
Synopsis:
Long Live the Lady! is an "experience vs. naivety" from Italian director Ermanno Olmi. The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Six catering trainees are brought to the castle upon its conversion into a resort hotel. They are ordered to prepare a special meal for the old lady, whom none of them has ever seen for more than an instant. As the caterers grow in wisdom and sophistication, we learn that the lady may very well be an urbane ghost rather than a flesh-and-blood entity...
(Synopsis source: Rotten Tomatoes)
Film was the winner of FIPRESCI Prize and the Silver Lion at 44th edition of Venice Film Festival
Cast: Marco Esposito, Simona Brandalise, Stefania Busarello, Simone Dalla Rosa, Lorenzo Paolini, Tarcisio Tosi, Marisa Abbate
