Antonio Vivaldi 🎵 Primavera 🌼 UGC Film Card 🎥

 

Yesterday I went to Venise,

In flights of fancy and 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 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 a grid 

Or behind masks when in public.

Of course there is one particularly gifted violinist in the film, Cecilia, who becomes a kind of 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 is mariage to a wealthy patron, who can ‘buy’ a virgin wife and thus support the orphanage. Here a bride is leaving the convent as girls throw bits of paper out the window.

So many scenes 

Are straight out of a Canaletto painting.

And the Vivaldi Baroque MUSIC 🎵 is heavenly.

NOT MY DAD’S THEATER 

I’m happy to be back at the movies 🍿 My father owned the Princess Movie theater in Iowa and my grandfather took afternoon naps at the movies, so it’s in my DNA.

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

Coming home, it’s a joy to live in a place full of history, where the 18th century is not so far away.