Leo the Last
May 13 - May 14, 2008
(John Boorman, UK, 1969, 35mm, 103 min)
John Boorman's shamefully neglected dramatic comedy chronicles impoverished Italian nobleman Marcello Mastroianni's alternately whimsical and wistful experiences residing in a London ghetto. Boorman veers beautifully between a carefully observed character study and guerrilla theater. Despite a Best Director award at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, LEO THE LAST has rarely been heard of since.
"A most engagingly shy and sensitive Marcello Mastroianni, in a performance of great self-effacing intelligence." -Roger Greenspun, NY TIMES