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Actress Chiara Mastroianni talked about her character in Cristophe Honoré’s “On a Magical Night” during a live Q&A hosted by Florence Almozini, Film at Lincoln Center’s Senior Programmer. The film is currently available to stream via  Film at Lincoln Center's Virtual Cinema . In the clip below, I asked a question about Mastroianni's character, Maria, and the qualities of her personality that she wanted to bring out. Another viewer asked which of her father's film are among her favorites. Of course, having a dad like Marcello Mastroianni , the choices are endless. "On a Magical Night" was originally in the lineup of the annual series, Rendezvous with French Cinema, and both filmmakers were scheduled to attend before the Coronavirus pandemic shut everything down. Hopefully, Film at Lincoln Center will do something similar with Open Roads: New Italian Cinema next month. We’ll keep you posted. Click here to watch the full Q&A.  “On a Magical N...

"On a Magical Night"  More great films have been added to Film at Lincoln Center ’s virtual cinema, including a new 2K restoration of Nanni Moretti’s  "Caro Diario" and "On a Magical Night" starring Chiara Mastroianni. Mastroianni is law professor Maria, whose 25-year marriage to Richard (singer-songwriter Benjamin Biolay) is ruptured when he discovers texts from Maria’s younger lover on her phone. After checking into a hotel across the street, she doesn’t exactly find herself alone with her thoughts: over the course of a hallucinatory evening, she’s visited by a series of impossible guests, including Richard’s twenty-something self (Vincent Lacoste) and the embodiment of her own free will (Stéphane Roger). Christophe Honoré’s stylish and sensual aesthetic makes for a swooning reflection on love and memory that becomes even more heartrending thanks to the brilliant cast. With stunning cinematography and quirky characters, "Caro Diario" (D...