The Leopard: The Woman Behind Visconti’s Masterpiece. Special screening + conversation
<span id="docs-internal-guid-46d509f5-7fff-864b-d4d2-e8341cf54a38"><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">The original <em><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The Leopard </span></em>by <span class="m_795971934453159613hoverentity-accent">Luchino Visconti</span> featured a woman among its screenwriters: <span class="m_795971934453159613hoverentity-accent">Suso Cecchi D'Amico</span>, one of the figures highlighted in the free photographic exhibition <em><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">“Above and Below the Line: The Labour of Women in Post-War Italian Cinema”</span></em>, on display in the foyer of <span class="m_795971934453159613hoverentity-accent">Regent Street Cinema</span> from <span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">3 to 17 July 2026</span>. </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">This screening aims to encourage audiences to visit the exhibition and to revisit the film from a new perspective—focusing on Cecchi D’Amico’s role in its screenplay, as a prolific writer and a key collaborator of Visconti across many of his most celebrated works.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Following the screening,<b> </b><span class="m_795971934453159613hoverentity-accent" style="">Stephen Gundle</span>, Professor and curator of the exhibition, and <span class="m_795971934453159613hoverentity-accent">Rossana Capitano</span>, author and Visconti specialist, will take part in a panel discussion and Q&A.</span></p></span>DramaPT3H6MU2026-07-10