🎥1 September 1990. Venice in Movie Series.
The Comfort of Strangers, a psychological thriller film directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, and Helen Mirren is released.
💬 Plot: Entirely fimed in Venice, it's a story about an unmarried English couple Colin and Mary who vacation in Venice for a second time, in an attempt to rekindle their passionless relationship. As they meander through the city visiting landmarks, they meet Robert (and later his wife Caroline), an elegant British-Italian man who offers to take them to his bar... a thrilling and dramatic erotic adventure between the 2 couples begins, it will end in tragedy with Colin's death...
Here's the Trailer👇, anyone have seen this movie?
#VeniceMovies #1September

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WGTZqYL6RY

🎥 1 September 2021. Venice in Movie Series.
Welcome Venice, a local film directed by Andrea Segre is premiéred at Venice Film Festival.
💬 Plot Pietro and Alvise are the two heirs of a "moeche" 🦀 fishing family in Giudecca island, Venice. Like everyone here they are overwhelmed by the unstoppable transformation that is changing the life and identity of Venice and its residents: the deep impact of global tourism has changed the relationship between city and citizens, between home and life and the pandemic has made this crisis even more evident. In spite of fatigue and loneliness, Pietro would like to continue fishing moeche 🦀, the typical crabs of the #Lagoon; Alvise, on the other hand, sees in their house in #Giudecca a business opportunity in tourist rental and for entering the real estate elites of the city. Their confrontation involves the whole family on how our world is changing.
#VeniceMovies #1September #VeniceFilmFestival

https://youtu.be/xfEADATd8rI

🎥2 September 2005. Venice in Movie Series.
Casanova, an American(ized) film loosely based on the life of the legendary Venetian adventurer Giacomo #Casanova, directed by Lasse Hallström starring Heath Ledger is released.
Needless to say it's almost entirely filmed in Venice, here's the trailer👇, have you ever seen it?
#VeniceMovies #2September

https://youtu.be/rSt1NFGgVUs

❤️‍🔥 Regata Storica today in Venice.
Do you know what that means?
👉 Read here

🎥9 September 1988. Venice in Movie Series.
It's dusk now here in Venice... the perfect moment to remember and to wake up Nosferatu 😈
Vampire in Venice (Italian: Nosferatu a Venezia), also known as "Prince of the Night and Nosferatu In Venice" is released: an Italian horror film directed by Augusto Caminito and an uncredited Klaus Kinski and starring Kinski himself, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence, Barbara De Rossi.
I can't think of anyone better than #KlausKinski in history for the role of Der Vampyr ! Do you agree?
#VeniceMovies #9September

https://youtu.be/NQtVjhcognY

🎥11 September 2020. Venice in Movie Series.
You Came Back (Italian Title: Lasciami andare), a 2020 Italian drama thriller film directed by Stefano Mordini, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Christopher Coake is released. It stars Stefano Accorsi, Valeria Golino, Maya Sansa and Serena Rossi and it's entirely filmed in Venice: many scenes were shot during the last Acqua Granda (high water) which devastated the city, thus raising controversies and protests by the residents. Have you seen this movie?
#VeniceMovies #HighTide #HighWater #11September #VeniceFilmFestival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRX1s5L_fmY

🎥30 September 1970. Venice in Movie Series.
Anonimo Veneziano (The Anonymous Venetian), Italian drama film written and directed by the famous Italian actor Enrico Maria Salerno is released. It starred American actor Tony Musante and Brazilian actress Florinda Bolkan. Entirely filmed in Venice, #AnonimoVeneziano is one of the few iconic movies in Venice history, also thanks to its amazing and unforgettable Soundtrack 🎼 by Stelvio Cipriani.

💬 Plot: A Venetian musician is affected by an incurable disease. He arranges to meet his wife, who is now living with another man in another city, but does not tell her about his condition. They walk through the streets and channels of Venice. They remember the happy times when they lived together, she in blissful ignorance of his terminal illness. He has to play a classic concert piece, recently discovered, but with no known composer, the 'Anonymous Venetian', in a recording studio. She finally realizes that she is still in love with him.
Have you seen this movie?
#VeniceMovies #30September #VeniceFilmFestival

https://youtu.be/dKLJSLpXCGE

📜⚔7 October 1571. One of the most important dates in Europe history! The Holy League composed by the armies of the Pope, the Spanish and the Venetians, defeated the Ottoman Empire armies in the epic naval Battle of Lepanto, ancient name of an island in Greece.

👉 Read more on The Battle of Lepanto

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📜8 October 1094. The remains of the Saint Mark Evangelist are definitively placed in the crypt of the Basilica of San Marco, built for the third time since 828 AD and at the time called "The Golden Church": San Marco's body is hidden in a marble tomb at the time known only by the Doge and the Procurators of San Marco to avoid stealings. The solemn ceremony is held in presence of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.
For the complete history of #SanMarco look 👉 here.

#VeniceHistory #8October