Torino Film Festival 2024 celebrates Marlon Brando centenary with iconic poster
The 42nd Torino Film Festival will take place from November 22 to 30, 2024, honoring Marlon Brando’s 100th birthday with a poster featuring a rare 1972 image captured in Paris during the filming of Last Tango in Paris. Festival director Giulio Base selected this photograph for its uniqueness, depicting Brando smiling while adjusting his tie. The article highlights five of his legendary roles: Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Johnny Strabler in The Wild One (1953), which faced a UK ban until 1967; Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he declined an Oscar; Paul in Last Tango in Paris (1972); and Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979), emphasizing the impact of modern warfare.
Key facts
- Torino Film Festival 42nd edition runs November 22-30, 2024
- Festival is under new director Giulio Base
- Poster features 1972 photo of Marlon Brando in Paris during Last Tango in Paris
- Brando was born April 3, 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska and died July 1, 2004 in Los Angeles
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) directed by Elia Kazan, based on Tennessee Williams play
- The Wild One (1953) banned in UK until 1967 due to Triumph protest
- The Godfather (1972) earned Brando Oscar which he refused
- Last Tango in Paris (1972) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, filmed on Pont de Bir-Hakeim
- Apocalypse Now (1979) directed by Francis Ford Coppola, inspired by Heart of Darkness
Entities
Artists
- Marlon Brando
- Giulio Base
- Elia Kazan
- Vivien Leigh
- Tennessee Williams
- László Benedek
- Frank Rooney
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Mario Puzo
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Maria Schneider
- Jean-Pierre Léaud
- Maria Michi
- Massimo Girotti
- Joseph Conrad
Institutions
- Torino Film Festival
- Cineteca di Bologna
- British Board of Film Censors
- Triumph
- Harper's Magazine
- Artribune
Locations
- Omaha
- Nebraska
- Los Angeles
- Paris
- Turin
- New York
- Broadway
- Pont de Bir-Hakeim
- Passy
- United Kingdom
- United States