MI RIFACCIO VIVO (I’ll be back) (Comedy) – 2013
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Contemporary Italian In Italian, with subtitles in English 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 […]
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IN NOME DEL PAPA RE (In The Name Of The Pope King) (Historical Drama) – 1977
Cinema at the Institute: Retrospective Nino Manfredi 1921-2004 In Italian, with subtitles in English Rome, 1867, shortly before the defeat of Garibaldi in Mentone. The barracks of Serristori are blown up, killing 23 Zouaves. Three young revolutionaries are arrested: Gaetano Tognetti, Giuseppe Monti and Caesare Costa. The mother of the latter, the Countess Flaminia resorts […]
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DOUBLE BILL – OPERAZIONE SAN GENNARO (Treasure of San Gennaro) (Comedy) (1966)
Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in biblioteca: Retrospective Nino Manfredi 1921-2004 In Italian, with subtitles in English Three Americans, a woman and two men, arrive in Naples with the intention of committing the biggest crime of their life- robbing the treasure of San Gennaro, estimated at thirty billion lire. Recommended by Don Vincenzo, very powerful […]
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DOUBLE BILL – MAGNIFICA PRESENZA (A Magnificent Haunting) (Comedy) (2012)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Contemporary Italian In Italian, with subtitles in English Pietro Pontechievello is a gay guy who rents a large house in the historic center of Rome. In the abode Pietro quickly learns of the strange and mysterious presences. The house is haunted by the ghosts of the […]
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L’ARRIVO DI WANG (The Arrival Of Wang) (Sci-Fi) (2011)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Contemporary Italian In Italian, with subtitles in English The film tells about Gaia, an interpreter of Chinese language, who is called for an urgent and secretive interpretation. Here he will face Curti, an unscrupulous agent who has to interrogate a mysterious Mr. Wang. To maintain the […]
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IL PADRE DI FAMIGLIA (The Head Of The Family) (Comedy/Drama) (1967)
Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in biblioteca: Retrospective Nino Manfredi 1921-2004 In Italian, with subtitles in English Marco and Paola are two young architects who share the rigor and intransigence of town planning. They meet in Rome in the early post-war years, get married and, one after another, are born four sons. Paola is forced […]
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MAGNIFICA PRESENZA (Magnificent Presence) (Comedy) (2012)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Contemporary Italian In Italian, with subtitles in English Pietro Pontechievello is a gay guy who rents a large house in the historic center of Rome. In the abode Pietro quickly learns of the strange and mysterious presences. The house is haunted by the ghosts of the […]
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UNA SCONFINATA GIOVINEZZA (A Second Childhood) (Drama) (2010)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Contemporary Italian In Italian, with subtitles in English Lino Settembre and his wife Chicca lead a tranquil married life without any serious problems. They are satisfied with their careers. He’s the sports editor at the Messenger and she’s a professor of medieval languages at the Università […]
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FILM FESTIVAL FROM EUROPE
A selection of films from: Berlinale, Festival del Film Locarno, RIFF (Rome Independent Film Festival), Seminci (Valladolid) Inauguration Sat 28 March 2015, 8 pm; Screenings: 29-30 March; 6, 13 &14 April 2015, 7pm onwards In a rare treat to movie buffs and audiences, the Embassy of Switzerland in India, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, the […]
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DOUBLE BILL- IL SOLE DENTRO (The Bright Flight) (Drama) (2011)
Cinema at the Institute – Incontri in Biblioteca : Contemporary Italian In Italian, with subtitles in English Two intermingled tales of adolescence in search of hope. Two long trips in the opposite direction: Yaguine and Fodè, two Guinean teens hide in the undercarriage of an airplane headed to Brussels to bring a letter addressed “To […]
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