"The Funeral" - Isabelli Rossellini film retrospective

Kino Rex is having a retrospective "A Summer with Ingrid Berman and Isabella Rossellini" and is showing 19 films dating from 1942 to 2024.

For details see: [https://rexbern.ch/filmreihen/ingrid-bergman-isabella-rossellini](Test)

Meeting time allows us 15 minutes before the film starts to meet up - please be on time so we can get seats together. In English with German subtitles.

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Tonight's movie: The Funeral is a 1996 American crime-drama film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro and Gretchen Mol.

The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York City in 1930s. It details, through a series of flashbacks, the past of the brothers and their families.
Chris Penn won the Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actor at the 1996 Venice Film Festival for his performance. The film received five Independent Spirit Awards nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

About the actress, from Wikipedia:
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (1952) is an Italian actress and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model and an established career in American and European cinema. She has received nominations for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

About the director, from Wikipedia:
Abel Ferrara (born 1951) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known movies are gritty crime thrillers set in New York.