Nostra Signora dei Turchi
Our Lady of the Turks
Carmelo Bene – Italien 1968 – 142 Min.
B+Kostüme+Szenenbild+P: Carmelo Bene – K: Mario Masini – S: Mauro Contini
Mit Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Dalvatore Siniscalchi, Anita Mashini u.a.
Nach dem Roman von Carmelo Bene
35mm – italienisch
Spezialpreis der Jury, Venedig 1968
In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale di Roma
Bene’s first feature film is an adaptation of his novel of the same name, published in 1966 and subsequently transferred to the stage. Bene himself compared the book to Huysmans’ À rebours, which catalogues the manias of a decadent aesthete. In Bene’s case, the protagonist’s obsessions are obscurely derived from the invasion of the southern coastal town of Otranto by Turkish forces. The character (or perhaps characters) played by Bene is haunted by visitations from Saint Margaret, to which he reacts, variously, with panic, ardor and erotic attraction. In keeping with Bene’s aesthetic of interruption and amputation, dramatic action and narrative threads are waylaid and eventually dropped. The film is a savage send-up of the weight of history and the ridiculous importance of the self. – Havard University
Saturday 11/10 9.00 p.m. Filmmuseum
The filmmaking career of Carmelo Bene (1937 - 2002) lasted from 1968 to 1973, six years out of a lengthy time spent in the theater that made Bene one of the most celebrated figures of the Italian avant-garde in the second half of the 20th century.
Films: Nostra Signora dei Turchi 1968 – Capricci 1969 – Don Giovanni 1971 – Salome 1972 – Un Amleto di meno 1973