For Luchino Visconti, cinema was a way of observing humanity through reality. In his films, history, class, love, and tragedy coexist in a cinematic language where every detail carries meaning.

One of the greatest masters of Italian cinema, Visconti created a world in which beauty never conceals human vulnerability, it reveals it.

TIFF in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC), has selected three key moments from Visconti’s career: his first film, his most famous work and his final film.