The National Cinema Museum presents American Stories: the films of Martin Scorsese at Cinema Massimo.

The National Cinema Museum pays tribute to the films of Martin Scorsese – the American film director, screenwriter, actor and film producer with Italian roots – with a vast retrospective festival entitled American Stories: the films of Martin Scorsese. The festival, which will run at Cinema Massimo from the 7th to the 31st January 2011, only includes films set in the United States depicting a period in America’s history that goes from the second half of the 19th century up until the present day.

The retrospective will open on the 7th January 2010, at 8 p.m, in Cinema Massimo’s Screen Three, with a screening of the film The Age of Innocence, winner of an Academy Award for best costume design in 1994, showing the copy provided by Park Circus. Admission: 5.50/4.00/3.00 euros.