event
Wednesday 1 February 2017 ore 21:00 - 23:00

Cinema at MAXXI - EXTRA.BILLY LYNN – UN GIORNO DA EROE by Ang Lee

MAXXI Auditorium – Tickets €7
Tickets may be purchased from the museum ticket office of from www.vivaticket.it
The ticket give holders the right to reduced price admittance to MAXXI (€8) fro a week from issue

A film by Ang Lee,
UUSA / United Kingdom / China 2016, 113’, original version (with Italian subtitles)
starring Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin

The soldiers in Billy Lynn’s unit were transformed into heroes by TV news company in Iraq. However, the truth is light years away from that perceived by the public. From the director of I segreti di Brokeback Mountain and Vita di Pi, a film rich in visual invention, bitter criticism of patriotic sentimentalism and 2food for thought about, life, war and the world in which we live” (Louise Keller, “Urban Cinefile”).


CINEMA AT MAXXI | 25 January – 29 March 2017
curated by Mario Sesti

One of the shining lights of high quality film scheduling in the capital: born as an experiment it soon transformed into a contemporary, innovative and original event. Cinema at MAXXI is back with a range of new features and a programme that is neither a simple film season nor a traditional festival but rather combines diverse traits from both.

The schedules for this edition::
EXTRA major previews
EXHIBIT exhibitions and film
MAXXI DOC new documentary talents
SHORTSLEAGUE the best Italian short films
ALICE FAMILY animation and more

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A co-production Fondazione Cinema per Roma and MAXXI.