Teresa the Thief
Monica Vitti: La Modernista
June 6 - 19, 2025
Legendary cinematographer Carlo Di Palma made his directorial debut with this fascinating cross between melodrama and comic picaresque, starring Monica Vitti as a desperate war widow who develops a taste for kleptomania.
Legendary cinematographer Carlo Di Palma made his directorial debut with this fascinating cross between melodrama and comic picaresque. Monica Vitti stars as the titular protagonist, a war widow and single mother leading a harsh life in Rome. Hungry and miserable, she is caught red-handed robbing someone’s apartment, sparking a taste for kleptomania. She ineptly tries her luck with a succession of schemes, but it increasingly seems that she is destined for jail…. As always, Vitti is captivating, managing to project profound cool while portraying utter desperation. 4K digital restoration by Cinecittà.
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