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PRESS RELEASE (29/1/2014)
He continues, at Loano, the theater season sponsored by the’Department of Tourism and Culture of the City of Loano and organized by the Garage Theater, as part of the theatrical promotion circuit The Riviera of Theaters - Province of Savona.
Andrea Giordana e Giancarlo Zanetti will be the protagonists of the play “The Beautiful Antony, based on the novel by Vitalino Brancati, which will be staged Saturday February 1, at 21.00, in the Loanese Cinema Theater.
Worldwide, the second most widely read and loved Italian novel, after “The Leopard,” turns out to be “The Beautiful Anthony. A lucid and wonderful fresco of Italy made through a concentric mechanism that, from the history of a country in great difficulty during the Fascist period, photographs a micro-history in Sicily of a family and its Bell'Antonio. A character made famous by Mastroianni's performance and Bolognini's direction, full of charm, almost enigmatic, locked in a destiny contrary to his own nature.
Antonio, handsome and devoid of any talent, is seen as a kind of deity; women faint at his passing, are upset, tear their hair; men envy him in charm. His father extols the virility of this only son; people think he is close to Mussolini and influential; Catania speaks of nothing but his talents. A local fascism speckled and inadequate. A mother meek but ready to bite to defend her son. A philosopher uncle. An unconsummated marriage will bring two Catania families to the center of a tragedy in reverse, in which the hero is in spite of himself, and the reason for the tragedy itself does not exist except in Antonio's incomprehensible difficulty in loving. Everything explodes into a ridiculous tragedy reversed seen with the great irony of one of the most important pens of the 20th century.
In this Reduction edited by Brancati's daughter, Antonia, and by Simona Celi there was a strong desire to bring Brancati's writing back to the stage without making operations of interpretation.
Ticket presales continue from Lollipop records (Via Garibaldi 64, Loano - tel. 019.675488). the cost of tickets is 18.00 euros (full) and 16.00 euros (reduced - are entitled to the reduced ticket children under 18 years of age, over 65 years of age, spectators provided with a subscription to one of the reviews of La Riviera dei Teatri - Province of Savona)
Presale fee 1.20 euros.
Confirmed the free service “To the theater by bus at Loano” for all those who are in possession of season tickets or tickets for the Loire theater season and have difficulty moving with their own vehicles.{:}
