Fellini Satyricon

As a complement to the exhibition The Torlonia Collection: Masterpieces of Roman Sculpture, Cinéma du Musée, in collaboration with the MMFA, presents “Ancient Rome: The Great Classics,” a series of sword-and-sandal films set in Roman antiquity, a world of power games, intrigue and excesses.

Fellini Satyricon

Two young Romans, Encolpius and Ascyltus, argue over ownership of the teenage slave Giton. The boy chooses Ascyltus and goes with him. After attending an extravagant banquet hosted by a wealthy freedman, Encolpius is imprisoned by Lichas, the emperor’s purveyor of pleasures, and finds himself in captivity with Ascyltus and Giton. After the fall of the emperor leads to their release, Encolpius and Ascyltus embark on various adventures. Ascyltus is killed, while Encolpius, rendered impotent, struggles to regain his virility. (Mediafilm)

• March 27 at 7 p.m.
  Historical context and presentation: Marie-Adeline Le Guennec, professor of history, Université du Québec à Montréal
  
• March 28 at 12 p.m.

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