Primo Amore
Vittorio, an accomplished goldsmith with exacting standards, seeks a woman whose mind and body are in perfect symmetry. Through a classified, he meets Sonia, an artist’s model who is as pliable as he is intransigent. Repairing to a country house near Verona, the two lovers are drawn into a dangerous obsessive liaison, through which, like the gold from Vittorio’s fiery furnace, Sonia will emerge in her essential state. This unusual love story, based on true events, is from Matteo Garrone (The Embalmer, ND/NF 2003), who combines a naturalistic narrative style with a gothic-horror sensibility. Vitaliano Trevisan, a writer by profession, gives a scarily controlled performance as the flm’s Pygmalion and the heartbreaking Michela Cescon is his all-too-human Galatea. Italy, 2004. 94 min. A Strand Releasing release.
M-2a Sat April 2 at 12:30pm
M-3d Sun April 3 at 9pm
A Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
W Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
M The Museum of Modern Art