Screening October 10 | 7.30pm
Spadina Theatre24 spadina road
M5R 2S7 Toronto, ON
Canada
The Leopard Movie by Luchino Visconti. 1963. 3h05
In Sicily in 1860, Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, enjoys the customary comforts and privileges of an ancient and noble name. War has broken out between the armies of Francis II of the Two Sicilies and the insurgent volunteer redshirts of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Among the rebels is the prince’s remarkably handsome and dashing nephew, Tancredi, with whose romantic politics the Prince shares some whimsical sympathy. Moved by the uprising, the prince departs for nearby Palermo. Garibaldi’s army conquers the city and wrests Sicily from the Bourbons. The prince muses upon the inevitability of change, as the middle class displaces the hereditary ruling class, while on the surface everything remains the same.