The relations between Parma and cinema were so strong for almost the whole of the twentieth century that this city became an early laboratory of ideas and theories on cinema and a set chosen by some of the greatest Italian authors and beyond. Furthermore, a considerable number of directors, actors, screenwriters and set designers were born in Parma who have made their way internationally, testifying to the fact that in this small city in Northern Italy there was a decidedly cinematic air. Red armchairs takes up the thread of this story, wondering why, unique among the Italian provincial cities, Parma has given so much to the cinema, accompanying the viewer on a journey backwards that from the first projections of the Lumière cinema reaches the ultramodern experience of new multiplexes. During this journey we will meet the characters who created the conditions for this diffusion of cinematographic culture in Parma.
Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love.
Aureliano Fuciletto
Em 1914, um navio de cruzeiro sai navegando de Nápoles com o objetivo de espalhar as cinzas da amada cantora de ópera Edmea Tetua perto da ilha de Erimo, local de nascimento da cantora. Durante a viagem, a variedade eclética de passageiros descobre um grupo de refugiados sérvios a bordo do navio. A paz e a camaradagem reina até que o navio é abordado por uma nau capitânia austríaca. Os sérvios são obrigados a abandoná-lo, mas, naturalmente, eles resistem, iniciando uma escaramuça que acaba em destruição. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Várias versões:
132 min - Itália
128 min - Argentina
118 min - Suécia
128 min - EUA
A girl who entered the convent pushed by devotion is depraved, marries, betrays her husband and becomes a courtesan.
