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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2021

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2021

Restored Classics

Programme

4 films · 2 reviews

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A Man Called Adam

A successful jazz musician is confronted by his past.

(Country: US; Year: 1966; Director: Leo Penn; Writer: Lester Pine, Tina Pine; Stars: Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mel Tormé, Peter Lawford, Johnny Brown, George Rhodes, Michael Silva, Kai Winding, Ja'net DuBois, Michael Lipton, Lola Falana, Kenneth Tobey)

The Servant

Review preview for The Servant

Bogarde, proving not for the first time that he was a whole lot more than just a pretty face, brings a real subtlety and edge to Barratt, letting just enough of the Machiavellian glint through to let us know there's more to this than first appears.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Psychological thriller about a servant who begins to manipulate his employer.

(Country: UK; Year: 1963; Director: Joseph Losey; Writer: Harold Pinter, Robin Maugham; Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, James Fox, Catherine Lacey, Richard Vernon, Ann Firbank, Doris Nolan, Patrick Magee, Jill Melford, Alun Owen, Harold Pinter, Derek Tansley, Brian Phelan, Hazel Terry)

La Strada

A simple minded young woman is purchased fro her family by a brutish circus strongman but finds solace in the company of a clown.

(Country: Italy; Year: 1954; Director: Federico Fellini; Stars: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Baseheart)

Two Cents Worth Of Hope

Review preview for Two Cents Worth Of Hope

With a largely amateur cast there is a roughness to a lot of the performance, but it works.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Love blossoms between a young village boy and the daughter of a wealthy landowner

(Country: Italy; Year: 1952; Director: Renato Castellani; Writer: Renato Castellani, Titina De Filippo, Ettore Maria Margadonna; Stars: Maria Fiore, Vincenzo Musolino, Filomena Russo, Luigi Astarita, Luigi Barone, Felicità Lettieri, Carmela Cirillo, Gina Mascetti, Tommaso Balzamo, Pasqualina Izza, Anna Raiola, Alfonso Del Sorbo, Luigi Cutino, Antonio Balzamo, Gioacchino Morrone)