Come celebrate the release of Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winning film, Anora, with one of his inspirations! Adua and her Friends is a rare masterpiece telling the tragicomic story of four prostitutes forced to fend for themselves when a new law closes the bordellos of Rome. The works of Pietrangeli, one of the least recognized but most talented members of the Italian neo-realism movement, specialized in sensitive group studies, with tender attention paid to each of a unit’s wounded members. His films explore the ways in which, by codifying and stratifying people, class divisions also isolate them.

Virtual introduction by 2024 Palme D’Or Winner Sean Baker!