Driver is a solitary Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. His life is put in grave danger when he decides to help Standard—the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene—who, fresh out of prison, drags him into a dangerous scheme...
Refn Celebration
On Thursday 1 October, Refn Celebration comes to Centro Pecci Cinema!
One ticket gives you the chance to (re)discover Drive, the acclaimed film by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, followed by his eagerly awaited new film, Her Private Hell. The second screening will be preceded by an interview conducted by film critic Mattia Carzaniga.
Two films, one ticket
The evening begins at 6:30 pm with Drive. Starring Ryan Gosling, the iconic 2011 film brought Nicolas Winding Refn international acclaim. It returns to the big screen for its 15th anniversary in a new 4K restoration.
At 8:45 pm, following an interview conducted by film critic Mattia Carzaniga, we will screen Her Private Hell. Refn’s latest film had its world premiere Out of Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and is distributed by MUBI. Set in an evocative futuristic world, this hypnotic thriller stars Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Kristine Froseth, Havana Rose Liu, Diego Calva and Dougray Scott. Its bold vision and uncompromising cinematic language made it one of the festival’s most surprising and widely discussed films.
"In modern cinema, there is a 'before' and 'after' Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive—not merely in terms of artistic caliber, but for what it made us understand and for what it represents semantically and historically. We are beyond mere homage; we are witnessing a revival that transforms and simultaneously negates its source material, only to come full circle and resurrect the very cinematic body it had previously killed off. 'Everything changes, nothing changes'—it is a rule of cinema we often forget, yet this film stands apart; even fifteen years later, it remains a magnificent and incredibly powerful moment in the seventh art." (Giulio Zoppello)
