Antonio Vivaldi 🎵 Primavera 🌼 UGC Film Card 🎥

 

Yesterday I went to Venise,

In flights of fancy with a box of popcorn 🍿 

First chance to use my new UGC movie subscription card. For 23€ monthly I can see 3 films 🎥 a day for zero additional payment + get breaks on popcorn 🍿 Why did I wait so Long?

The film in France 🇫🇷 is called ‘Vivaldi et Moi’ 

The real Italian name is ‘PRIMAVERA’. Watch 👁️ the trailer with English subtitles.

The story takes place inside dell'Ospedale della Pietà, a convent, an orphanage, 

And a school of exceptionally gifted musicians.

Enter Antonio Vivaldi, in 1703 at the Ospedale. 

A glorified portrait of Antonio…

And a not so glorified character drawing ✍️ 

He remained as resident musician and composer for 30 years at the ospidale directing the orchestra of accomplished orphans.

People came from far and wide to hear this renowned, exquisite orchestra and choir…sometimes referred to as ‘Vivaldi’s Virgins’.

As they performed always hidden behind the grid of the choir.

Or hidden behind masks when in public.

Of course there is one particularly gifted, virtuoso violinist in the film, Cecilia, who becomes a muse to Vivaldi, and wins the place of first violinist 🎻 

Every scene is candle-lit, looking straight out of an 18th century painting 🖼️ 

Other than playing in the orchestra or singing, the only option for an orphan was mariage to a wealthy patron, who can ‘buy’ a virgin wife and thus support the orphanage. Here a bride leaves the convent as girls throw paper confetti 🎉 out the window.

So many scenes 

Are straight out of a Canaletto painting.

And the Vivaldi Baroque MUSIC 🎵 is heavenly. How appropriate to see Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is playing 🎵at the church on Île Saint Louis!

NOT MY DAD’S THEATER BUT SIMILAR.

I’m happy to be back at the movies 🍿 

My father owned the Princess Movie 🎥 theater in Minnesota. And my grandfather took afternoon naps at the movies, so it’s in my DNA.

France 🇫🇷 fully supports the film industry with pas cher movie subscriptions. Multi-plex theaters are kept busy, usually with lines. Streaming does not offer full immersion.

Coming home, it’s a joy to live in Paris full of history, where the 18th century is ever present.

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