Don Giovanni

Quinzaine 1970 | Feature film | 90'

« No, Time, thou shalt not boast
that I do change:
Thy pyramids built up with newer might
To me are nothing novel, nothing strange;
They are but dressings of a former sight.
Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire
What thou dost foist upon us that is old;
And rather make them born to our desire
Than think that we before have heard them told. »

Director

Carmelo Bene

Born in 1937, Carmelo Bene enrolled in the National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1957, which he left a year later. He first acted on the stage in Albert Camus’s Caligula in Rome in 1959. He began his film work in the 60s as an actor in Pasolini’s ‘dipus Rex . In 1969, he made Our Lady of the Turks , which was screened at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Several of his later films were also selected for the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs , among them Capricci (1969) and Don Giovanni (1970). In 1974, he began to immerse himself in his experimental theater work, with its blend of music and poetry. He died in Rome in 2002.

Artistic & technical sheet

With
Bodini
Carmelo Bene
Gea Marotta
Lydia Mancinelli

Screenplay
J E Barbey d'Aurevilly et Carmelo Bene

Prod. Carmelo Bene Aventina 30 Roma