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Lies of Love

Tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni 2012 / L' amorosa menzogna / Italy 1948

An ironic look at the huge popularity of so-called "photo- romances,” supplements issued by a number of magazines between the 1930s and 1950s. The viewer is ushered into a studio where the stage is set for a dramatic story of love and jealousy, and we meet the main "actors” involved, mostly ordinary people off the street, whose appearance in the photo-romances turned them into stars. This film will be screened in the Tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni I.

Synopsis

An ironic look at the huge popularity of so-called "photo-romances,” supplements issued by a number of magazines between the 1930s and 1950s. The viewer is ushered into a studio where the stage is set for a dramatic story of love and jealousy, and we meet the main "actors” involved, mostly ordinary people off the street, whose appearance in the photo-romances turned them into stars.

About the film

12 min / Black & white, 35 mm

Director Michelangelo Antonioni / Screenplay Michelangelo Antonioni / Dir. of Photography Renato Del Frate / Music Giovanni Fusco / Editor Michelangelo Antonioni / Production Warner Bros., P. Associata Filmus Edizioni Fortuna / Cast Anna Vita, Annie O’Hara, Sergio Raimondi, Sandro Roberti / Contact Istituto Luce Cinecitta Srl

Contacts

Istituto Luce Cinecitta Srl
, 001 73, Rome
Italy