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Set in Venice

Set in Venice

5 Episodes

Venice can be the most magical and romantic of movie settings—or the most sinister and haunting. With its ornate architecture set upon a maze of canals as dense as its history, the city has provided the unforgettable backdrop to countless stories of dreams, nightmares, and intrigue. Together, these films immortalize one of the world’s most unique destinations—a floating neverland, always sinking, until the day when it will become a pure memory.

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Set in Venice

5 Episodes

  • The Comfort of Strangers
    1:44:50
    The Comfort of Strangers
    Episode 1

    The Comfort of Strangers

    Episode 1

    Directed by Paul Schrader • 1990 • United States
    Starring Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson

    Two couples are drawn into a dark psychosexual vortex in Paul Schrader’s stylish take on the erotic thriller. Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are a British couple hoping to repa...

  • Senso
    2:03:28
    Senso
    Episode 2

    Senso

    Episode 2

    Directed by Luchino Visconti • 1954 • Italy
    Starring Alida Valli, Farley Granger

    This lush, Technicolor tragic romance from Luchino Visconti stars Alida Valli as a nineteenth-century Italian countess who, during the Austrian occupation of her country, puts her marriage and political principle...

  • Summertime
    1:40:41
    Summertime
    Episode 3

    Summertime

    Episode 3

    Directed by David Lean • 1955 • United States, United Kingdom
    Starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin

    With this sublimely bittersweet tale of romantic longing, director David Lean left behind the British soundstage to capture in radiant Technicolor the sun-splashed glory of Ve...

  • Eva
    1:49:31
    Eva
    Episode 4

    Eva

    Episode 4

    Directed by Joseph Losey • 1962 • France, Italy
    Starring Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi

    Blacklisted ex-Hollywood director Joseph Losey’s reinvention as a voice of coolly stylized European art-house cinema in many ways began with this Venice-set tale of romantic obsession, gorgeously ph...

  • Identification of a Woman
    2:10:29
    Identification of a Woman
    Episode 5

    Identification of a Woman

    Episode 5

    Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni • 1982 • Italy
    Starring Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson

    Michelangelo Antonioni’s IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN is a body- and soul-baring voyage into one man’s artistic and erotic consciousness. After his wife leaves him, a film director finds him...

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