Programmed September 2024

Marcello Mastroianni at 100

Born one hundred years ago this September, Marcello Mastroianni made being a movie star look effortless, wearing his suave good looks and worldly sophistication with a sly, self-deprecating lightness that was perhaps only matched by his American counterpart, Cary Grant. Though he will forever be remembered for his immortal collaborations with Federico Fellini—who cast the actor as his alter ego in his masterpiece 8½ —Mastroianni left behind a staggering body of indelible performances for major directors like Luchino Visconti ( Le notti bianche ), Michelangelo Antonioni ( La notte ), and Mario Monicelli ( The Organizer ). An actor of virtuosic versatility who was equally at home in the zesty farce of Divorce Italian Style , in the humane drama of A Special Day , and parodying his own image in We All Loved Each Other So Much , Mastroianni embodies, perhaps more than any other performer, the soul of Italian cinema.