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Past Film/Video | Contemporary Screen
Columbus Premiere
$7 members and seniors $9 general public $5 students
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Descend into one of the deepest-known caves on Earth and explore breathtaking scenes of natural life at this screening of the award-winning masterpiece Il buco.
Michelangelo Frammartino, visionary filmmaker of Le quattro volte (The Four Times, 2010), returns with another almost wordless film capturing mystic and mysterious landscapes. Il buco is based on the true adventures of young speleologists who in 1961 explored the bottom of Europe’s deepest cave (as known at the time), discovering a world that few living creatures had ever experienced. The expedition goes unnoticed by nearby villagers except for an old shepherd, whose isolated life is woven into the story.
As Reverse Shot magazine noted, "the resplendence of the cave sequences" captured by Frammartino and veteran cinematographer Renato Berta "must be seen to be believed." With nearly every shot a marvel, this film—winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2021 Venice Film Festival—encapsulates the sublimity of the natural world in a way few others have. (93 mins., DCP)
"'Il Buco' Review: Notes From Underground", A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Il Buco: The Tower and the Abyss," Forrest Cardamenis, Reverse Shot
Il buco, image courtesy of Grasshopper Film.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Cardinal Health ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council American Electric Power Foundation L Brands Foundation The Columbus Foundation Adam Flatto Mary and C. Robert Kidder Bill and Sheila Lambert Nationwide Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Axium Packaging CampusParc CoverMyMeds Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard Nancy Kramer Larry and Donna James Lisa Barton Johanna DeStefano PNC Foundation Bruce and Joy Soll Jones Day Alex and Renée Shumate
Past Film/Video
Il buco
