#Films

Tuesday 28 May 2024, at 8 pm, Théâtre des Variétés
Movie Tuesdays - "Pain and Glory" by Pedro Almodóvar (2019). An autobiographical tale that glides between past and present, this film hits with all the emotional heft we have come to expect from Almodóvar.

Tuesday 7 May 2024, at 8 pm, Théâtre des Variétés
Italian Cinema - "Big Deal on Madonna Street", by Mario Monicelli (1958). A cult fifties Italian comedy featuring a gallery of bungling but combative characters, each more magnificent than the last. In partnership with the Dante Alighieri association.

Wednesday 15 May 2024, at 8 pm, Théâtre des Variétés
Cine-concert - "The Kid", by Charles Chaplin (1921). One of the ultimate universal works of cinema, in which Chaplin somehow inspires tears of both laughter and sorrow. In partnership with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Friday 17 May 2024, at 8 pm, Opéra de Monte-Carlo - Salle Garnier
Cine-concert - "The Passion of Joan of Arc", by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1928). Featuring a striking performance by Renée Falconetti, Dreyer's take on the Joan of Arc story is a thing of beauty. In partnership with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.

From Monday 25 March 2024 to Friday 31 January 2025, from 10 am to 5.30 pm (5 pm on Fridays), Institut Audiovisuel de Monaco
The Cabinet of Curiosities - "The Early Days of Télé Monte-Carlo, 1954-1974​" - An exhibition looking at the first 20 years of Monaco's TV channel launched in 1954. A selection of archives and objects will take you back in time, to the very earliest days of colour television. Organised by the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco, the exhibition features items entrusted by Télé Monte-Carlo for safekeeping, documents from partner institutions, and materials kindly loaned by private individuals.

Thursday 2 May 2024, at 7 pm, Théâtre des Variétés
Rome, November 1975. The last day of Pier Paolo Pasolini's life. Poised to complete his masterpiece Salo, he risks his life by continuing his merciless critique of the ruling class. His words are scandalous, and his films attract the wrath of the censors. Pasolini spends his final hours with his beloved mother, and later his closest friends, before getting into his Alfa Romeo to seek out adventure in the Eternal City...

Thursday 20 June 2024, at 9 pm, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Sauber
Screening in the gardens of the Villa Sauber as part of the exhibition "Pasolini in Chiaroscuro". Having lost Maddalena, who has been jailed because of him, the cowardly and unscrupulous pimp Accattone must find some way to make a living. He goes back to the mother of his child, but she throws him out. Then he meets Stella, an innocent and naive young woman, and falls in love...

Thursday 11 July 2024, at 9 pm, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Sauber
The sorceress Medea, daughter of the King of Colchis, encounters the prince Jason who has come to her land to steal the Golden Fleece, sacred to her people. Falling madly in love with the young Greek, she betrays her family by taking the Golden Fleece and running away with him. Years later, after she has borne him two children, the man for whom she gave everything up leaves her for a younger woman...