Michelstaedter and Cinema: a day of screenings at Cinema Ariston in Trieste

On Wednesday 16 July, the Ariston Cinema in Trieste hosts the second day of the initiative Michelstaedter and cinema, promoted by the Anno uno Association and curated by Sergio M. Grmek Germani.

After the meeting on June 26 at the Casa del Cinema, dedicated to the presence-absence of cinema in the work of Carlo Michelstaedter, the journey expands with a program of screenings that puts the thought of the philosopher from Gorizia into dialogue with the language of cinema.

The entire day will be dedicated to the comparison between Michelstaedter and an author similar to him in terms of poetic vocation and tragic tension: Friedrich Hölderlin.

A central figure in the reflections of Maria Adelaide Raschini – author in 1965 of the first book on Michelstaedter – the German poet thus becomes the key to understanding a journey that crosses philosophy, literature and cinema.

The programme opens at 4.00 pm with The Death of Empedocles (1986), a masterpiece by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, which brings to life in images the philosophical theatre of Hölderlin.

At 6.30 pm, Con il mare negli occhi (2021) by Paolo Magris follows, a film directly inspired by the figure of Michelstaedter.

To close the evening, at 9.00 pm, an excerpt from the new film Nel tuo occhio (2025) by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory will be previewed, in the presence of the director, alongside the screening of La veduta luminosa (2021) by Fabrizio Ferraro, who will also be present in the room.

The project is realized by the Anno uno cultural association with the contribution of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, IOSONOFVG, GO! 25 Nova Gorica and Gorizia European Capital of Culture 2025 Project; in collaboration with the Casa del Cinema Association of Trieste and in partnership with Cineteca del Friuli, Kinoatelje Zavod Kinoatelje Association, Filmeeting APS, Canudo ETS.