DelawareScene: White Nights @ The Everett Theatre

White Nights

Before there was Mastroianni the icon, there was Mastroianni the dreamer.

Luchino Visconti — the master behind The Leopard and Death in Venice — took a Dostoevsky short story and turned it into one of the most achingly romantic films of the 1950s. Shot entirely on hauntingly artificial, fog-soaked soundstages, White Nights follows a lonely young man who falls for a mysterious woman he meets on a bridge, across four unforgettable nights that blur the line between love and delusion.

It's gorgeous. It's melancholic. It's Mastroianni at his most vulnerable, opposite a luminous Maria Schell — and it's the kind of film that doesn't get a big-screen showing very often.

This is a rare chance to see it the way it was meant to be seen: on a real screen, in a real theater, with other people who love cinema as much as you do.

Director: Luchino Visconti

Genre: Drama/Romance

Language: Italian

Country of Origin: Italy

Year: 1957

Rated: White Nights is officially Not Rated by the MPAA, though some home video and digital distributors suggest a PG-13 level for thematic elements

Run Time: 1hr. 41min.

Media: DCP - Black & White in Italian with English subtitles

Friday, November 20

Screening Begins: 7:30pm

Admission: $8

Refunds & Exchanges: (minus ticketing fees) are refundable from the time of purchase until 24 hours prior to the event. ALL tickets are non-refundable under any circumstance within 24 hours from the event. Thank you for your understanding. Exchanges to a different date, or seats, for the same show are accepted. We are unable to provide exchanges to a different production or event.

This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.

Wheelchair accessible seating is available.