FILM: Fasten Your Seatbelts – Comedy; Drama | 2014
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS Director: Ferzan Ozpetek Year: 2014 | Duration: 110 min Cast: Kasia Smutniak, Francesco Arka, Filippo Scicchitano In Italian with subtitles in English Elena and Antonio seem not to be made for each other. They are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the […]
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TALK: ART – Michelangelo nella citta di Borgias
Speaker: Prof. Eugenio Lo Sardo, Director of the Italian National Archives and Professor of Museology at the Roman University “La Sapienza”. Author of numerous books and curator of international exhibitions, he has lectured at various colleges and universities around the world, especially on the history of Italian art and archeology. His most recent publication is […]
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TALK: ART – Caravaggio in Rome: The first years
Speaker: Prof. Eugenio Lo Sardo, Director of the Italian National Archives and Professor of Museology at the Roman University “La Sapienza”. Author of numerous books and curator of international exhibitions, he has lectured at various colleges and universities around the world, especially on the history of Italian art and archeology. His most recent publication is […]
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Ever Closer Union – The Legacy of the Treaties of Rome for Today’s Europe
“Ever Closer Union – increasingly united Europe” is a traveling exhibition, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. It is an inter-institutional collaboration of which the conception and contents are owed to the European University Institute; the translation of texts to the European Parliament; the management of the website and the catalog […]
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FILM: The Unknown Woman – Drama; Thriller | 2006
Cinema at the Institute: Contemporary Italian THE UNKNOWN WOMAN Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Year: 2006 | Duration: 118 min Cast: Ksenia Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini In Italian with subtitles in English Irena, a Ukrainian woman who has just arrived in a city in Italy does the cleaning in a building and glazing of the stairs, but […]
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DELHI: The DUO – Simone Gramaglia (Viola) | Luigi Attademo (Guitar)
Simone Gramaglia Viola – Luigi Attademo Guitar The Duo: Founded in 2012 from the two artists’ idea to unite the unique and fascinating sonorities of the viola and the guitar in an ensemble that could ennoble them both not only through the peculiarities of their timbre but also from the point of view of chamber […]
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FILM: Every Blessed Day – Romance; Comedy | 2012
Cinema at the Insitute: Contemporary Italian EVERY BLESSED DAY Director: Paolo Virzì Year: 2012 | Duration: 102 min Cast: Luca Marinelli, Thony, Micol Azzurro, Claudio Pallitto In Italian with subtitles in English Guido and Antonia are a young couple: he is Tuscan and she is from Sicily. They meet during a concert by Antonia in […]
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CHENNAI: The DUO – Simone Gramaglia (Viola) | Luigi Attademo (Guitar)
Simone Gramaglia Viola – Luigi Attademo Guitar The Duo: Founded in 2012 from the two artists’ idea to unite the unique and fascinating sonorities of the viola and the guitar in an ensemble that could ennoble them both not only through the peculiarities of their timbre but also from the point of view of chamber […]
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CHENNAI: Italian Film Festival
Monday 10th April 2017 18.15 – Opening Ceremony 18.40 – When Italy ate in Black and White by Andrea Gropplero 20.00 – The Dinner by Ettore Scola Tuesday 11th April 2017 18.15 – Long live the lady! by Ermanno Olmi 20.25 – Wine Cliffs by Ermanno Olmi Wednesday 12th April 2017 18.15 – The Feast by Mimmo Calopresti […]
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FILM: The Children Know – Documentary | 2015
Cinema at the Insitute: Contemporary Italian THE CHILDREN KNOW Director: Walter Veltroni Year: 2015 | Duration: 113 min Cast: Martina Allori, Davide Arseni, Rania Badane In Italian with subtitles in English A childhood journey told through the eyes, the faces and the voices of children, to learn about their future plans, their dreams and their […]
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