50 years of "GODFATHER PART II": the Athens International Film Festival celebrates this great anniversary with a 4K print edited by Coppola himself
Awarded with Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Adapted Screenplay, Music and Art Direction, Francis Ford Coppola's monumental epic film turns 50 this year. The Athens International Film Festival celebrates this milestone anniversary with a digitally restored print edited by the director himself, in a one-of-a-kind screening- not to be missed.
If the first "Godfather" built a grand gangster universe in terms of illustration and echoes of ancient tragedy, telling the story of the Corleone family, the imposing patriarch who is about to bequeath his throne, his children who claim it and the bloody purge that will lead to his succession, the second "Godfather" accomplishes something more: It takes all the thematic and ideological achievements of the first film and deepens and enriches them, now telling the story of the rise and fall of Michael Corleone, a character unable to deal with the flattening weight of paternal heritage and power or to remain moral and integral in a ruthless world
But at the same time, in a bold narrative move, Coppola returns to the past and the days when a still young Vito Corleone leaves his Italian hometown and emigrates to America to climb the first rungs of organized crime, sensationally contrasting the glorious story of the father's triumph over the son's inglorious wreck while offering a tragic and ironic allegory of the American Dream.
Al Pacino marks here the most important performance of his career, Robert De Niro worthily takes the acting reins from Marlon Brando, embodying a younger version of Vito Corleone, and Francis Ford Coppola, given the triumphant success of the first film, is now unhindered to achieve greatness by strictly artistic standards, signing one of the masterpieces of world cinema. "The Godfather Part II" will be screened in our country more radiant and imposing than ever before, due to the recent digital editing that the director supervised himself.
THE GODFATHER PART II
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg
Duration: 202΄
Year of production: 1974
Date: Saturday, April 20th 2024
Venue: CINOBO OPERA 1 | 57 Akadimias Str.
Starting Time: 21:30
Ticket: 7,00 €
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https://www.more.com/cinema/o-nonos-ii-the-godfather-part-ii/
