New York State Writers Institute - Classic Film Series

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AMARCORD

February 12, 1999 (Friday) at 7:30 p.m.
Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue
(Free and Open to the Public)

(Italian/French, 1973, 124 minutes, color, 35 mm)
Directed by Federico Fellini
Starring Magali Noel, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio
In Italian with English subtitles

Set in a seaside village in Italy, very similar to director Fellini's boyhood town, AMARCORD is a pictorial weaving of bits and pieces of Fellini's youth in the 1930's. Through the eyes of the impressionable young Zanin, Fellini takes a penetrating look at family life, religion, love, sex, education, and politics. AMARCORD won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1974. Outstanding musical score by Nino Rota.