FILM: That’s Life – Adventure/ Comedy | 1998
Cinema at the Institute: Commedia all’italiana THAT’S LIFE Director: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Massimo Venier, Giacomo Poretti Year: 1998 | Duration: 109 min Cast: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Marina Massironi, Antonio Catania, Francesco Pannofino In Italian with subtitles in English Milan. Aldo, a detainee, must be escorted to court. To accompany him is […]
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FILM: The Divine – Biography/ Drama | 2008
Cinema at the Institute: Retrospective Paolo Sorrentino THE DIVINE Director: Paolo Sorrentino Year: 2008 | Duration: 110 min Cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Piera Degli Esposti, Paolo Graziosi In Italian with subtitles in English Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (The Family Friend) writes and directs this cinematic portrait of seven-time Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, whose […]
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‘The Edge of an Era’ by Carlo Pizzati
Launch and discussion of The Edge of an Era (Juggernaut Books, 2017) by Italian journalist, Carlo Pizzati who will be in conversation with journalist, Manu Joseph. Introduction: Parth Mehrotra, Non-fiction editor, Juggernaut Books “The edge of an era” is a collection of three conversations about the return of barbarism, the threat to cosmopolitan identity, the […]
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DELHI: ITALIAN FILM SCREENING @ European Union Film Festival: L’INTREPIDO
L’INTREPIDO Director: Gianni AmelioGenre: Comedy / DramaDuration: 104 minsYear of production: 2013Cast: Antonio Albanese, Livia Rossi, Gabriele Rendina, Alfonso Santagata, Sandra Ceccarelli Set in modern day Milan, INTREPIDO: A LONELY HERO is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work – every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labour – as seen through the […]
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RIFF on TOUR @ 2° Bengal International Short Film Festival 2017
Schedule: 6:20 pm -Parla che ti sento (Talk as I can feel) YEAR- 2016DIRECTOR– IDRIA NIOSIDURATION– 12’54”CAST– Riccardo Ballerini, Federico D’AndreaSYNOPSIS– A good-looking man, evidently in a state of inebriation. An apparently deaf boy, an over-the-top guy, an insolent and impudent guy. A meeting? Maybe a crash, a casual one will put the man in a […]
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FILM: Welcome Mr. President – Comedy/ Drama | 2013
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian WELCOME MR. PRESIDENT Director: Riccardo Milani Year: 2013 | Duration: 100 min Cast: Claudio Bisio, Kasia Smutniak, Giuseppe Fiorello In Italian with subtitles in English In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name: Giuseppe Garibaldi. He is a simple man, loves fishing, friends and has […]
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IN CONVERSATION: Prof. Osumund Rahman, Harminder Sahni & Pankaj Vermani: Online Fashion – Consumer behavior and preferences
Critical conversations on Design – Online Fashion: Consumer behavior and preferences Speakers– Prof. Osumund Rahman – Associate Professor – Ryerson University, Canada; Harminder Sahni – Founder and Managing Director – Wazir Advisors; Pankaj Vermani – Founder and CEO, Clovia. Free entry upon presentation of a valid photo ID.
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FILM: Perfect Strangers – Comedy/ Drama | 2016
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian PERFECT STRANGERS Director: PAOLO GENOVESE Year: 2016 | Duration: 97 min Cast: Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini In Italian with subtitles in English Seven long-time friends get together for a dinner. When they decide to share with each other the content of every text message, email and phone […]
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FILM: The Mafia kills only in Summer – Comedy | 2013
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian THE MAFIA KILLS ONLY IN SUMMER Director: Pierfrancesco Diliberto Year: 2013 | Duration: 90 min Cast: Cristiana Capotondi, Pierfrancesco Diliberto, Ginevra Antona In Italian with subtitles in English Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking […]
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DELHI: Book Release of “Letters to Namdeo Dhasal” by S. Chandramohan
S. Chandramohan is an English poet based in India. His poems reflect the socio-political struggles of the marginalized, the working class and the nomadic outcasts of the world who are victimized and then forgotten as nations clash and wage relentless wars. His work has been profiled in New Asia Writing, Mascara Literary Review and About […]
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