For sixty years Villa Adriana has been told by cinema. An exhibition investigates the theme

Twenty years have passed since the inclusion of Hadrian’s Villa on the World Heritage List, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary, theVilla Adriana and Villa d’Este-Villae Institute is presenting until September 30, 2020 the free-entrance exhibition 60/20: Villa Adriana between Cinema and UNESCO, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Francesca Roncoroni, organized by the Villae and supported by Service I of the General Secretariat of MiBACT.

The intent of the exhibition is to narrate Villa Adriana through the cinema that has made it the protagonist of films and TV and web series for sixty years.

The exhibition highlights how around the 1960s, with a new generation of audiences, with the emergence of new themes, places and forms of storytelling, cinema designated Villa Adriana as a set of excellence. The site had recently undergone an archaeological rediscovery, then an active site of study, restoration and major museographic projects.

The multimedia exhibition, equipped with panels in Italian and English and multimedia content in Chinese, is set up in the Reception Center of the archaeological area of Hadrian’s Villa and brings together a selection of visual suggestions from Italian and foreign films, the sound of which is in the original language to highlight the internationality of the productions.

“The exhibition,” commented Villae director Andrea Bruciati, "traces the themes of the archaeological rediscovery of Hadrian’s Villa after the war, its opening to mass tourism and the mediation of its cultural and aesthetic values through cinema to an increasingly wide audience. In this key, the exhibition is as relevant as ever, at a time of identity reappropriation of places and leisure time. Cinema and audiovisuals are fundamental means of artistic expression, cultural education and social communication and play a role of primary importance in the sphere of territorial promotion and the image of our country abroad. With this exhibition, the Institute intends to continue the path of exploring the relationship between cinema and art undertaken with the Villae Film Festival."

Below is the list of films and TV and web series featuring Villa Adriana:

The Blood and the Rose / Et mourir de plaisir, 1960. Director: Roger Vadim. France/Italy, col. 87’
Totò, Fabrizi and the youth of today, 1960. Director: Mario Mattoli. Italy, b/w 87’
Tototruffa ’62, 1961. Director: Camillo Mastrocinque. Italy, b/w 107’
Tutto è musica, 1963. Director: Domenico Modugno. Italy, col. 90’
Colonel Von Ryan / Von Ryan’s Express, 1965. Director: Mark Robson. USA, col. 117’
Allonsanfàn, 1974. Director: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. Italy, col. 116’
Nero, 1977. Directed by: Mario Castellacci and Pierfrancesco Pingitore. Italy, col. 105’
Hercules 2. The adventures of the incredible Hercules / The adventures of Hercules II 1985. Director: Luigi Cozzi. Italy/USA, col. 82’
Dagobert / Le bon roi Dagobert, 1984. Director: Dino Risi. France/Italy, col. 110’
The belly of the architect / The belly of an architect, 1987. Director: Peter Greenaway. Britain/Italy, col. 118’
La balia, 1999. Director: Marco Bellocchio. Italy, col. 105’
Titus, 1999. Director: Julie Taymor. USA, col. 162’
Teeth, 2000. Director: Gabriele Salvatores. Italy, col. 96’
The order, 2003. Director: Brian Helgeland. USA, col. 102’
The fall, 2006. Director: Tarsem Singh. USA/India, col. 117’
Excavation news, 2010. Director: Emidio Greco. Italy, col. 89’
All the money in the world / All the money in the world, 2017. Director: Ridley Scott. USA/GB, col. 132’
Smetto quando voglio - Masterclass, 2017. Director: Sydney Sibilia. Italy, col. 118’
Angels in America, 2003. Director: Mike Nichols. USA, col.
Elisa di Rivombrosa 2, 2006. Director: Cinzia TH Torrini. Italy, col.
Inside the stones, 2012. Director: Alessio Jim Della Valle. Italy, col.
The Medici: Masters of Florence, 2016. Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan. GB/Italy, col.
Killing Eve 2, 2018. GB, col.

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For sixty years Villa Adriana has been told by cinema. An exhibition investigates the theme

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