Date
Thursday, May 2
Location
Grounds, Pieter de Hoochweg 125, Rotterdam
Regular ticket
€ 11,00
No refunds
English subtitles included
Schedule
19:30 doors open
20:30 start program
Drinks, popcorn and sweets for sale at the location
Nico, 1988 (2017)
Susanna Nicchiarelli • 93' • Italy & Belgium
About the event
On Thursday May 2, Roffa Mon Amour joins forces again with the iconic Rotterdam brand Susan Bijl. On the occasion of the new collection of bags Amplify, which draws inspiration from making music, we’re going to screen a film about one of the most dreamy 60-70s music icons: Nico.
About the film
It’s 1988 and Nico, formerly known as Päffgen, lives now in Manchester. Fed up with her past public image as a model and Velvet Underground collaborator, she embraces her bohemian artist era. Despite heroin struggles, the singer starts a tour in Europe, performing also in communist Czechoslovakia, where her music is illegal, giving an iconic subversive performance that will remain in history.
As portrayed in the film, Nico possesses an inner life as strange and haunted as her music. With her voice, she brings you into dark places of her troubled mind, always with a strong energy. Also the cinematography of the film represents this contrast, showcasing the star in vibrant architectural locations as well as in a gray underground space in communist Czechoslovakia.
