Claudia Cardinale: on being directed by Federico Fellini

Series of talks: “The Fellini laboratory”

Behind the poetic power and mechanics of memory deployed in Fellini’s films lay a “complex production process” (preparatory drawings, the meticulous choice of actors, etc.) which had both the experimental quality of a laboratory and the organisational rigour of a “factory,” a fantasy factory where the tasks of desire were divided up and allotted. The end result of this process combining seemingly heterogeneous activities was the coherent and indivisible finished work. This series of talks looks at Fellini’s working processes from four different angles.

> 1: “Claudia Cardinale: on being directed by Federico Fellini”

Although her film career is international, actress Claudia Cardinale is no doubt at her best in her Italian work, and notably in her unforgettable role in Fellini’s 8 ½ (1963). In conversation with film critic and curator Dominique Païni, the actress will discuss what impressed her about the maestro as a director of actors.

Tuesday 27 October, 7 pm. Free entrance on presentation of the exhibition ticket (valid same day only) and for members.