This event is in the past.It took place on September 20, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Drama Film
Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley
🎭"hilarious and tragically human" performance
🎬Visconti's takedown of the star-making machine
☕BAMPFA café has pastries worth arriving early for
Anna Magnani is an absolute force as a working-class mother bulldozing her daughter through a Cinecittà casting call. Visconti's 1951 satire skewers the star-making machine with surprising tenderness.
classic Italian cinema
Anna Magnani showcase
film screening
satirical melodrama
Drama FilmDowntown Berkeley, Berkeley
🎭"hilarious and tragically human" performance
🎬Visconti's takedown of the star-making machine
☕BAMPFA café has pastries worth arriving early for
Anna Magnani is an absolute force as a working-class mother bulldozing her daughter through a Cinecittà casting call. Visconti's 1951 satire skewers the star-making machine with surprising tenderness.
classic Italian cinema
Anna Magnani showcase
film screening
satirical melodrama