Marilyn Monroe Retrospective at Torino to Portray Her as a ‘Female Marlon Brando’: ‘She Was So Profound’

Nov 6, 2026 2:59am PT Marilyn Monroe Retrospective at Torino to Portray Her as a ‘Female Marlon Brando’: ‘She Was So Profound’

Torino Film Festival marks Marilyn Monroe's centenary with wide-ranging retrospective

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The dust had barely settled on last year’s Torino Film Festival when artistic director Giulio Base began plotting his next move.

2026 would mark the centenary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth, and Base was determined not to be beaten to it. “I really wanted to be the first to announce a retrospective,” he says. “I knew this would be the anniversary year, and I knew others might be thinking the same.”

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