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The
beauty of Miami--moonlight, water and magnificent skyline--highlight
the unique vista of our town. We will open the festivities with a
celebration of stars, both on the silver screen and in the sky.
Trolleys provided by Miami-Dade Transit offer alternative
transportation between the Gusman Center and the event site.
The
Opening Night Gala will be held bayside at Miami Dade County’s
“Parcel B” Park located just east of the American Airlines Arena.
With delivery of your OPENING NIGHT GALA Tickets, you will receive an
insert that provides directions to the event location and parking
options for this event. You may choose a trolley shuttle from the
Gusman, Self Parking or Valet. Due to the large number of attendees,
we highly recommend use of the shuttle or self parking options.
We look forward to being with you to celebrate stars – both on the
silver screen and in the beautiful Miami sky!
UK/Germany/Romania/France/Italy, 128 min., 35mm, Color,
In
a Paris shell-shocked by the Great War, one painter dared to transform
the greatest art movement of the 20th century with a seismic force
that still reverberates today. Amedeo Modigliani (Andy Garcia), a
towering figure of Modernism, moved through that bohemian world with a
boastful, self-destructive swagger that made colleagues from Max Jacob
to Diego Rivera look at him with both fascination and jealous scorn.
But it was against the resentful Pablo Picasso (Omid Djalili) that the
tempestuous Italian found his deepest rivalry. And it was in the
beguiling young Catholic art student Jeanne Hebuterne (Elsa
Zylberstein) that the dashing Jewish artist discovered his muse—the
woman who would inspire his most potent paintings and spark a passion
that fueled his work but consumed his soul. When she becomes pregnant
by him, the impoverished Modigliani feels pressure to win money and
acclaim by entering the city’s annual art competition—a gesture
that forces Picasso to compete as well, beginning one of the most
feverish and fertile challenges in the history of art. Garcia captures
the sensual self-destruction of Modigliani with the kind of flair that
has earned the actor nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe
and an Emmy, and his work here transforms this film into a master
class in biographical performance. Writer-director Mick Davis, using
flashbacks and dream sequences, realizes Modigliani’s universe with
such a supple conviction that the film is both a pleasure and an
education.
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The Festival got underway last night with the screening of Mick Davis'
extraordinary MODIGLIANI - including a special appearance by the
film's star, Andy Garcia. Afterward, guests at the "Miami
Vista" gala opening night party grooved to the cool rhythms of
Carlos Oliva and listened to Keedie,
the pop-classical singing sensation.
Celebrities:
Andy Garcia, Sylvester Stallone, Meredith Ostrom, Daniel Pino, Keedie,
J. Daniel McVicker, Nestor Carbonell, Tiny Lister, Ron Pearlman,
Gabriella Anwar,
Beau Bridges.
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