DOUBLE BILL- AUDACE COLPO DEI SOLITI IGNOTI (FIASCO IN MILAN) (1959) (Comedy)
Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in biblioteca: Retrospective Nino Manfredi 1921-2004 In Italian, with subtitles in English. A Milanese gangster contacts Peppe (Gassman); he has identified him and his accomplices as the perpetrators of the bungled attempt at the Madonna street pawn shop. His offer is to reunite the same men for a daring robbery […]
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DOUBLE BILL- LA SCOPERTA DELL’ALBA (DISCOVERY AT DAWN) (2012) (Drammatico)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : From Book to Film : Walter Veltroni In Italian, with subtitles in English Rome 1981 – two members of the Red Brigade gun down professor Mario Tessandori in the university courtyard, in plain sight. He dies in the arms of his friend and colleague Lucio Astengo. […]
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LA VELOCITA` DELLA LUCE (The Speed of Light) (Drama) (2008)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Contemporary Italian In Italian, with subtitles in English. 90 mins Mario makes his living by stealing luxury cars. His job involves crusing along the highway and pinning down cars that are left unattended. He then, with various techniques and stratagems, tries to understand and collect all […]
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PIANO RECITAL by NICCOLO’ CANTAGALLO
Hear the maestro playing to the tunes of Antonio Piovano, Gioachino Rossini and Robert Schumann Niccolò Cantagallo was born in 1993 in Pescara in a family of musicians. In manifesting precocious musical talent he began his musical studies at the age of 5 years under the guidance of his grandfather maestro Antonio Piovano, pianist and […]
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ITALIAN SAXOPHONIST GIANNI DENITTO’S PERFORMANCE AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHU, VARANASI
Organized by- Kashiyatra, Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi Performer: Gianni Denitto Italian Participation in Kashiyatra (KY), the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Performer- Gianni Denitto Gianni Denitto is an Italian Saxophone artist. He has a wealth of experience in jazz, classical, electronic, sound design and rock music. About […]
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GLI SFIORATI (Drifters)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : From Book to Film : Sandro Veronesi Director: Matteo Rovere. Cast: Andrea Bosca, Miriam Giovanelli, Claudio Santamaria, Asia Argento, Michele Riondino. Italy. 2011 Belinda a 17 year old elusive adolescent, sister of Mète returns to Rome to attend the parents’ wedding. The two, children of the […]
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SPOT by La Baracca, Bologna
Italian Participation at 2nd International Festival of Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) Performer: Andrea Buzzetti I’m the sun in the yellow, the sea in the blue and the sky in the light-blue; I’m fire in the red… and I turn red when I get excited! I’m a bright street; I’m a feast. Oh… I’m dark! […]
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MINE VAGANTI (Loose Cannons)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Italian Regions in Cinema : APULIA Director: Ferzan Ozpetek. Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Dario Bandiera. Italy. 2010 Tommaso, an aspiring writer, is the youngest son in the large eccentric Cantone family who own a Pasta factory in Puglia. His mother Stefania is loving […]
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LA SCOMPARSA DI PATÒ (The vanishing of Pato)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : From Book to Film : Andrea Camilleri Director: Rocco Mortelliti. Cast: Nino Frassica, Maurizio Casagrande, Neri Marcorè, Alessandra Mortelliti, Flavio Bucci. Italy. 2010 The sudden disappearance of the bank-teller Patò, acting in the role of Giuda during a passion play ‘Mortorio’ in a sicilian village Vigata […]
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MATRIMONI E ALTRI DISASTRI (Weddings and other disasters)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Italian Regions in Cinema : TOSCANA Director: Nina di Majo. Cast: Fabio Volo, Margherita Buy, Luciana Littizzetto, Mohamed Bakri, Francesca Inaudi. Italy. 2009 Forty year old Nanà runs a small bookstore in Florence. Despite the constant naggings of her well-to-do-family, she has no intention of making […]
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