WHITE NIGHTS (LE NOTTI BIANCHE)

Italy | 1957 | DCP | 101 min. | Italian with English subtitles
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Maria Schell, Jean Marais
Visconti’s ravishing adaptation of a Dostoevsky story stars Mastroianni and Schell as two lonely souls whose chance meeting on a moonlit canal blossoms into a fragile romance haunted by past loves and melancholy longing. Set within a dreamlike, studio-built city of shadowy streets and shimmering canals, the film transforms a fleeting encounter into an achingly beautiful meditation on love. This new 4K restoration brings the breathtaking black-and-white imagery of Le notti bianche back to the big screen, allowing cinema viewers to discover one of the great masterpieces of postwar Italian cinema.