Alone Among Others

Palazzo Grassi presents a new film program comprising five evenings of short and feature films curated by critic and curator Dominique Païni. Inspired by the themes of migration and solitude, "Alone Among Others" traces the experiences and feelings of foreigners everywhere through a film selection that includes the works of iconic as well as recently rediscovered directors.

From the big cities of the early 20th century to contemporary megalopolises, urban space with all its contradictions has been the ideal setting for numerous filmmakers in stories of exile, sometimes full of melodramatic sadness and sometimes of comical eccentricity.

Program:

16 October
EXILES AND THE PROMISED LAND 

6 pm

• Anonymous. La journée d’une paire de jambes. 1909 (5'25''15''') 
• Charlie Chaplin. The Immigrant. 1917 (30')
• Charlie Chaplin. The Kid. 1921 (51')

8 pm

• Jean Durand. Calino courtier en paratonnerres. 1912 (4'43'') 
• James Gray. The Immigrant. 2013 (120')

 
23 October
IN THE GOLDEN CAGE AND UNDERGROUND 

6 pm

• Louis Feuillade. L’homme aimante. 1907 (6'35'') 
• Sofia Coppola. Lost in translation. 2003 (104')

8 pm

• Jean Durand. Eugénie redresse toi. 1911 (4'32'') 
• Jerzy Skolimowski. Moonlighting. 1982 (97')

 
30 October
STRANGE FOREIGNERS

6 pm

• Jean Durand. Onésime employé des postes. 1912 (6'22'') 
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. 1974 (93')

8 pm

• Jean Durand. Le Rembrandt de la rue Lepic. 1911 (5'36'') 
• Blake Edwards. The Party. 1968 (99')

 
6 November
THE TRANSFORMED BODY

6 pm

• Emile Cohl. Le peintre néo-impressionniste. 1910 (7'04'') 
• Tim Burton. Edward Scissorhands. 1990 (105')

8 pm

• Étienne Arnaud. Le tic. 1908 (9'38''02'')
• David Lynch. The Elephant Man. 1980 (124')

 
13 November
NORMAL AND DIFFERENT

6 pm

• Jean Durand. Oxford contre Martigues. 1912 (4'25'')
• Agnès Varda. Cléo from 5 to 7. 1962 (90')

8 pm 

• Romeo Bosetti. Calino bureaucrate. 1908 (2'33'')
• Joseph Losey. Mr. Klein. 1976 (123')