Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema is a documentary film directed by Francesco Barilli, running about 90 minutes. “Red armchairs takes up the thread of this story, wondering why, unique among the Italian provincial cities, Parma.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. The relations between Parma and cinema were so strong for almost the whole of the twentieth century that this city became an early laboratory of ideas and theories on cinema and a set chosen by some of the greatest Italian authors and beyond. Furthermore, a considerable number of directors, actors, screenwriters and set designers were born in Parma who have made their way internationally, testifying to the fact that in this small city in Northern Italy there was a decidedly cinematic air. Red armchairs takes up the thread of this story, wondering why, unique among the Italian provincial cities, Parma has given so much to the cinema, accompanying the viewer on a journey backwards that from the first projections of the Lumière cinema reaches the ultramodern experience of new multiplexes. During this journey we will meet the characters who created the conditions for this diffusion of cinematographic culture in Parma.

Who’s in it. Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema stars Michele Guerra as Self / Narrator, Bernardo Bertolucci as Self, Vittorio Storaro as Self and Enrico Medioli as Self, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema page.

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