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still Orfeo (Claude Goretta, FR/IT/CA/CH 1985)

Orfeo

Claude Goretta / FR, IT, CA, CH, 1985 / 92 min.

Spectacular film adaptation of Monteverdi’s opera, based on the myth about the marriage of a demi-god to a nymph. Director Goretta concentrates on the story of Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice in the underworld. Cinema programme accompanying the VR experience ‘Eurydice, a descent into eternity’.

poster Orfeo (Claude Goretta, FR/IT/CA/CH 1985)
Director Claude Goretta bases this adaptation on the famous opera by Claudo Monteverdi, who gave his version of the Greek myth about poet Orpheus the title La favola d’Orfeo.

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Director

Claude Goretta

Production year

1985

Country

FR, IT, CA, CH

Original title

Orfeo

Length

92 min.

Language

Italian

Subtitles

ENG

Format

Blu-ray

Part of

Extended Reality in Eye

Virtual Reality productions are an increasingly important element of the contemporary film experience. Eye has created Virtual Reality in Eye, a programme that focuses on VR. You’re not confronted with the flat surface of a film screen. You move around virtually in 3D through a designed space that surrounds and immerses you on all sides.

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still Orfeo (Claude Goretta, FR/IT/CA/CH 1985)
still Orfeo (Claude Goretta, FR/IT/CA/CH 1985)
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