Noi due cineasti. The Cinema of Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi

Through a personal and evocative visual language, their films reflect on the violence of the 20th century—colonialism, war, exile, and migration. The program unfolds in three screenings from May to September and includes some of their most powerful and intimate works: from personal film diaries to the renowned War Trilogy, culminating in the recent Frente a Guernica.

I diari di Angela / Noi due cineasti vol. 1 (2018), 125’
I diari di Angela / Noi due cineasti vol. 2 (2019), 100’

I diari di Angela / Noi due cineasti is a moving tribute created by Gianikian after the death of Ricci Lucchi, using her illustrated diaries and film or personal video reports that recorded the couple’s daily life and travels.

Prigionieri della guerra (1995), 67’
Su tutte le vette è pace (1999), 72’
Oh! Uomo (2004), 71’

These three films form the so-called Trilogia della guerra: a three-part account of the drama of World War I, through the archives of the countries involved in the conflict, culminating in the portrayal of the “new man” of the postwar era, ready to face the experience of totalitarian regimes.

Frente a Guernica (2023), 126’

Born from a close encounter with Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, where Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi visited in 2014, this project spans a decade and explores the Spanish Civil War and episodes of European history that contributed to the outbreak of that conflict.

Single-day admission:

The ticket grants access to the full program of the day, regardless of the number of films screened.

This event is part of the project Il museo situato. New Acquisitions for Centro Pecci, supported by PAC2024 – Plan for Contemporary Art, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.