Handbook of Movie Theatres' History

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Handbook of Movie Theatres' History (Manuale di storie dei cinema)

original title:

Manuale di storie dei cinema

directed by:

cast:

Carlo Valli, Martina Donà, Giaime Alonge, Gabriele Bocchio, Giorgio Serra, Ascanio Fiori, Riccardo Menicatti, Bruno Ugioli

cinematography:

editing:

music:

Stefano Danusso, Cristiano Lo Mele

production:

distribution:

world sales:

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

97'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (11/03/2021)

festivals & awards:

  • Glocal Film Festival 2021
  • Ischia Global Film Festival 2021
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Villa de Leyva 2021
  • Vittoria Peace Film Festival 2021

From the first screenings by the Lumière brothers to the closure of cinemas due to the pandemic, going through all the key steps of a 120 years long-lasting adventure. Handbook of movie theaters’ history talks about the evolution of the movie theaters’ and digs into their social and cultural value.
Would it know how to re-establish itself as a strong and stable space to share emotions, how would the future movie theaters’ be like? Which viewers would attend to it? Handbook of movie theaters’ history tries to answer these questions by analyzing how the movie theaters’ businesses in Turin adapted and reinvented themselves through time to finally achieve a global picture of the situation.