KINO OLYMPIA / Primavera

Venice in the early 18th century. At the Pietà orphanage, abandoned girls are trained to become musicians. The Pietà orchestra is renowned throughout Europe; after all, the orphanage has been training musicians for hundreds of years. The orphan girls play in the church gallery behind a grille so that the wealthy socialite audience can better concentrate on the music. Pietà’s board hires Antonio Vivaldi (Michele Rondino), who is struggling with his career as a composer, as the orchestra’s teacher. The exceptionally talented Cecilia (Tecla Insolia, radiant in the lead role of Primavera) rises to become the first violinist. European nobles and royalty travel to Venice to hear Vivaldi’s compositions and the Pietà orchestra—but the music does not open the orphanage’s locked gates. Cecilia wants to see the world and refuses to let adversity dampen her longing for freedom. Directed by Damiano Michieletto, known for his opera productions, the debut film PRIMAVERA lives and breathes the spirit of a Venetian spring, shaped by the canals and the music. Michieletto’s opera productions have been celebrated at La Scala in Milan as well as at opera houses in London, Paris, and Berlin. Ludovica Rampoldi’s screenplay is loosely based on Tiziano Scarp’s novel Stabat mater. The Venetian Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) composed dozens of operas, choral and chamber works, and numerous sonatas. He wrote at least hundreds of concertos. Vivaldi taught at the Pietà orphanage for 40 years. His most famous work, The Four Seasons, was composed during those years.

Age restriction	12
Duration	1 hour 50 minutes
Tickets	13.00€
Director	Damiano Michilietto
Genre	drama, music
Link	Visit
Language	Original
Subtitles	Subtitles in Finnish and Swedish