LE SOLDATESSE
(aka THE CAMP FOLLOWERS)
dir. Valerio Zurlini, 1965
Italian, 120 min.
In Italian and Greek with English subtitles

MONDAY, MARCH 9 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 22 – 5 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 30 – 10 PM

An intimate anti-war ensemble film about a group of prostitutes (led by Anna Karina & Marie Laforêt) who are being escorted through the treacherous mountains of Albania in order to service the Italian soldiers of World War II.

LE SOLDATESSE (aka, THE CAMP FOLLOWERS) is a Neo-Realist tour-de-force which demonstrates the futility of war and the magnitude of suffering through its black and white photography and its tragic inevitable conclusion. Filmed in a compositional mode evoking the lyricism of Antonioni, the film is also a delicate study on women camaraderie told through shared adversity and collective resistance.