Before the Second World War it was rare, if not unusual, that Italian cinema was shot outside of the studios. Immediately following the war, inspired by Neorealism, Italian cinema went into the streets and piazzas and continued to move throughout the entire peninsula. It was a practice used not only in Neorealist films but also in comedies and melodramas, in commercial and independent films. A phenomenon visible in the following decades, a continuous search for new locations for cinema’s stories.

This exhibit Grand Tour of Contemporary Italy. Set of Italian cinema 1943 – 2016 is a testimony to the on-location production technique, documenting the chosen regional locales and highlighting the excellent work of set photographers over the past 75 years.
Except for Rome -not included as formerly thoroughly investigated-, Italian territory is entirety represented, from northern regions to Sicily, from small villages to large cities, creating a fascinating album of places and images, sensations and characters, from “Obsession” by Luchino Visconti (1943) to “One kiss” by Ivan Cotroneo (2016).

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