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CineFan's Jan/Feb/Mar Program

CineFan's 2025 Program Begins with the Films of
Danish Filmmaker Lars von Trier and Sophia Loren

Focusing on the films of Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, the new 2025 program includes the screening of several of his films. An obsessive-compulsive enfant terrible. A provocateur. He is Lars von Trier, the notorious Danish filmmaker who said that his every film is basically to irritate and provoke his mother, because she only told him the man he thought was his father was not on her dying bed. He also likes to say that everything in life scares him except filmmaking – it's the only way to harness his demons, and shed light on his heart of darkness.

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The Films of Lars von Trier

A founder of the Dogme 95 movement, von Trier advocates for ascetic filmmaking, preserving the values of traditional storytelling against the overreliance on technology. Despite defining the ten commandments, he only has The Idiots adhering (mostly) to the rules. But one Dogme oath he sticks to is the use of handheld camera, for offering him dangerous freedom.

The Films of Lars von Trier

Theme obsessive, his works are mostly conceived as a triptych – the Europe Trilogy stylishly explores chaos and alienation in history and modern world; the Golden Heart Trilogy examines naivete and conscience against moral conventions; the America Trilogy austerely scrutinises civilisation, democracy and all manners of human brutality; the Depression Trilogy delves into grief, despair, and isolation.

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Images from the films of Sophia Loren

Rising above her poverty-stricken origins in postwar Naples, Loren started her career as an actress at the age of 15. She has since enthralled the world with her earthy charisma and enormous talents, thanks to the support of film producer Carlo Ponti, whom she fell in love with at 16 and eventually married through overcoming many obstacles.

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