Tonight on prime time TV the famous film Mary Poppins, produced in 1964 by Walt Disney, directed by Robert Stevenson and winner of 5 Oscars. And today he is also on the big screen with the film "The Return of Mary Poppins".
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himTonight on prime time TV the famous film Mary Poppins, produced in 1964 by Walt Disney, directed by Robert Stevenson and winner of 5 Oscars. And today he is also on the big screen with the film "The Return of Mary Poppins".
Anarchist, feminist, anti-classist. The revolutionary Mary Poppins back to the small and big screen.
On TV TODAY 28 December at 21:25 - “Mary Poppins” (Musical film): The Banks spouses are looking for a housekeeper who can take care of their two children. None seem suitable for this role, until she comes from the sky: Mary Poppins.
At the cinema with the film directed by Rob Marshall, which brings back to the big screen the most famous of the nannies created by PL Travers.
It has enchanted entire generations and still, in rerun on TV again during the Christmas period, it is booming. With her 'supercalifragilistichespiralidoso', she manages to glue even those who have seen it a hundred times to the small screen. For all fans, the sequel to one of Disney's most beloved films now arrives in the cinema.
'Mary Poppins Returns' stars Emily Blunt, flanked by an exceptional cast that includes Lin-Manuel Miranda in the role of Jack, the cheerful and carefree chimney sweep who takes care of bringing light to the streets of London, Ben Whishaw in the role of Michael Banks, Emily Mortimer in the role by Jane Banks, Julie Walters as Ellen, the Banks maid, Colin Firth as William Weatherall Wilkins, director of the Bank of Credit, Savings and Security, Meryl Streep as Topsy, Mary's eccentric cousin.
Then there will be three new Banks children, played by Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh and rookie Joel Dawson. Finally, two beloved like Angela Lansbury, who will be the lady of the balloons and Dick Van Dyke who will lend the face to Mr. Dawes son, now retired director of the bank that is now run by the character of Firth.
Mary Poppins, the gorgeous feminist and anarchist nanny
Mary Poppins is an anarchist, a feminist and an anti-classist. The housekeeper has the air of a confident and free woman who comes and goes when the wind changes. She is charming, nice and admired by everyone because she not only takes care of the children, but she projects them into a magical world where she also teaches him respect for other people and animals. She stands up to the man of the house, as her wife, convinced suffragette, cannot do.
The plot
Mary Poppins Returns is set in London during the Great Depression of the 30s, twenty-four years after the events of the original film. Michael Banks works in the same bank where his father worked and still lives at 17 Viale dei Ciliegi with his three children Annabel, Georgie and John and the maid Ellen.
Continuing the tradition inaugurated by their mother, Jane Banks fights for workers' rights and helps Michael's family. When the family suffers a personal loss, Mary Poppins magically returns to the Banks' life and, with Jack's help, helps them regain the joie de vivre and a sense of wonder.
The 1964 film, with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, was set just before the First World War and became a real cult, winning five Oscars.
Dominella Trunfio
