DELHI: CATERINA VA IN CITTÀ – Caterina In The Big City – Comedy/ Drama – 2003
Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: Contemporary Italian In Italian with subtitles in English Caterina, who loves music, moves at 12 from the sticks to Rome where her parents must care for an invalid aunt. At school, her simple and direct ways make her appealing to two cliques: one led by Margherita, the […]
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DELHI: È STATO IL FIGLIO – It Was The Son – Comedy/ Drama/ Thriller – 2012
È stato il figlio is a 2012 Italian comedy-thriller-drama film directed by debutant director Daniele Ciprì, based on the novel by Roberto Alajmo. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. Ciprì won the Osella for Best Cinematography. Palermo in the 1970s. The Ciraulos are modest […]
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DELHI: MI CHIAMO MAYA – My Name is Maya – Drama/ Narrative – 2014
21st European Union Film Festival In Italian, with subtitles in English Mi chiamo Maya (My name is Maya) is the story of Niki, a sixteen year old, who, after the sudden death of her mother Lena, flees the family home that houses her to go and live with the social worker Cecilia Fornari, carrying her […]
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DELHI: Double Bill: LO SCEICCO BIANCO – The White Sheik – Satire – 1952
In Italian, with subtitles in English Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: 1945-2015 Neorealism Two young newlyweds from a provincial town, Wanda (Brunella Bovo) and Ivan Cavalli (Leopoldo Trieste), arrive in Rome for their honeymoon. Wanda is obsessed with the “White Sheik” (Alberto Sordi), the Rudolph Valentino-like hero of a soap opera photo strip and sneaks off to find him, leaving […]
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DELHI: Double Bill: MI RIFACCIO VIVO – I’ll Be Back – Comedy – 2013
In Italian, with subtitles in English Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: Contemporary italian The entrepreneur Biagio Bianchetti, owner of BB stores, dogged by bad luck and now on the verge of ruin, decides to make the final and ultimate gesture. However, a Supreme Will gives him a second chance that he decides to […]
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DELHI: IO L’ALTRO – I, The Other – Drama – 2006
In Italian, with subtitles in English Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: Contemporary italian Giuseppe (Raoul Bova), a Sicilian fisherman, and Yousef (Giovanni Martorana), an exiled Tunisian, share a friendship, a fishing business and “Medea,” the vessel on which they ply their trade. Then, while they are at sea, the fears of the post-9/11 […]
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DELHI: 9×10 NOVANTA – Drama / Documentary – 2014
In Italian, with subtitles in English Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: Contemporary italian The Istituto Luce turned ninety in 2014, its decades-long history intertwined with that of Italy itself, through cinema and that unique treasure trove of images known to all as the Luce Archives. To celebrate its anniversary, some of the most […]
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DELHI: BUONGIORNO PAPÀ – Out Of The Blue – Comedy – 2013
In Italian, with subtitles in English Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: Contemporary italian Andrea, 38 years old, single, with a career well underway, is handsome and confident, but above all is a heartbreaker who does not want emotional ties and lives only one-night stands. Everything seems to be going well, until one day […]
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KOLKATA: La Baracca-Testoni Ragazzi
By Roberto Frabetti Theatre for kids La Baracca – Testoni Ragazzi Founded in 1976, La Baracca has been working in the field of theatre for children and early years for the past 30 years. The company’s productions are addressed exclusively to children and young people, and they are centred on actors theatre and on an […]
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DELHI: ME NE FREGO! I Don’t Give A Damn! – Drama – 2014
In Italian, with subtitles in English Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: Contemporary italian The documentary, made with materials obtained from the Archivio Luce, narrates a little known adventure: the fascist attempt to create a unique language, a “new Italian” suitable for dictatorship dogmas. Among neologisms, superficial indoctrination and repression of diversity. A set […]
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