The festival that brings the masters of the past, the most iconic museum institutions in the world and the movements that have made history to the big screen is back at the cinema. This autumn, La Grande Arte al Cinema – an original project by Nexo Studios – is preparing to conquer Italian cinemas with two new titles: one dedicated to the most famous British museum, the National Gallery in London, the other to the French movement that revolutionised the 19th century.THE NATIONAL GALLERY IN LONDON AT THE CINEMA FOR ITS 200 YEARSDirected by Ali Ray and Phil Grabsky, the documentary National Gallery 200 – in cinemas on 22 and 23 October – celebrates the National Gallery in London on the bicentenary of its foundation.The history of the museum is explored not only through its precious collections, an inexhaustible source of individual and collective stories, but above all through the testimonies of those who live or have lived in its spaces over the decades: from security guards to directors who have lived through its history, from ordinary visitors to celebrities, up to members of the royal family. The museum’s two-hundred-year history emerges vividly from the words of Claudia Winkleman, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Jacqueline Wilson and Princess Eugenie.CAMILLE PISSARRO AND IMPRESSIONISMThe second appointment, Pissarro. The Father of Impressionism, arrives in theaters on November 19 and 20. Directed by David Bickerstaff, the film takes the viewer on a discovery of the life and works of Camille Pissarro, the celebrated Impressionist painter who, at the age of 43, gave birth, together with other illustrious colleagues, to the first Impressionist exhibition. From that moment on, and for the following four decades, the artist gathered around him an entourage of fervent creatives, influencing many of them, including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne.Through a series of intimate and revealing letters that the painter wrote to friends, the documentary reveals, step by step, the most intimate and emotional background of his biography. Furthermore, the film focuses on works included in the recent exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Basel, shedding light on Pissarro’s role in the development of Impressionism and, more broadly, of all modern art.
