Today one of the main actresses of European cinema, Isabella Rossellini, turns 72. On this occasion, we compile five films starring the non-baby of the 50s (Isabella is the daughter of director Roberto Rossellini and actress Ingrid Bergman), who continues to conquer not only the cinema, but also covers, catwalks and first-class fashion shows. row.
BLUE VELVET (1986)
David Lynch’s neo-noir, named after Bobby Vinton’s hit, is not as simple as it seems. The film tells the story of a boy on the threshold of adulthood, caught between the divine and the diabolical world: one embodied by the naive Laura Dern, the other by the desperate Isabella Rossellini. The American Film Institute included the film in its list of the 100 most action-packed American films of the last 100 years and the ten best American films in ten classic genres. For Rossellini, the film became the ticket to a great movie.
IMMORTAL BELOVED (1994)
The film is an attempt to tell the true love story of Ludwig van Beethoven (Gary Oldman). The composer’s secretary, first biographer and close friend, Anton Schindler (Jeroen Krabbe), is trying to establish the identity of the “Immortal Beloved” mentioned in the will found in the late musician’s personal papers. Schindler travels through the Austrian Empire, interacts with women and meets Anna-Maria Erdödy (Isabella Rossellini), who comforted Beethoven when the now-deaf composer could not conduct and was booed by the audience. However, in a conversation with Schindler, Erdődi denies being the master’s “immortal lover.”
ENEMY/ENEMY (2013)
Denis Villeneuve’s disturbing and melancholic thriller tells the story of a quiet and modest history professor (Jake Gyllenhaal) who, on the recommendation of a college colleague, rents a DVD of an unknown comedy from a video store. In one episode, Adam Bell realizes that an actor looks exactly like him, becomes obsessed with his most successful stunt double, and begins to interfere in his life. His relatives and relatives cannot understand the hero’s manic nature, but his mother (Isabella Rossellini) tries to help her son cope with her uncertainty. The metaphorical plot is based on a person’s mental experiences.
WOMEN’S FAVORITE / RODGER DODGER (2002)
The film tells the story of an advertising executive named Roger (Campbell Scott), who switches women like a glove but is still unlucky in love. The hero has just been abandoned by his boss Joyce, played by Isabella Rossellini. Before parting, the girl made Roger think that maybe he was really doing something wrong in all aspects. To distract himself, he begins teaching his 16-year-old nephew Nick (Jesse Eisenberg), who cannot overcome his shyness, the art of seduction.
CHIMERA / THE CHIMERA (2023)
1980s, Italy. A young British archaeologist (Josh O’Connor) discovers the world of clandestine sales of stolen artifacts. But Arthur, unlike his accomplice, does not seek wealth: he uses the gift of sensing the dead to find a path to the afterlife for his deceased love. He sometimes visits the mother of his deceased lover, played by Isabella Rossellini. She adores the young man because she is united by the bitterness of losing his loved ones. At the moment, this is the last film released with the participation of the actress.
