2015 marks the 25th Edition of the New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E) Festival in the United States with stops in San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
N.I.C.E. plays an important role in the dissemination of Italian cinema abroad, with particular attention given to Italian younger authors, who are as original as they are often unknown. Over the years, the interest toward Italian cinema has gradually increased, and N.I.C.E.’s rich array of films has been featuring a variety of “genres”: from art-house films to experimental cinema.
The mission of this festival is to represent, above all, a showcase for newcomers, but also an opportunity to reaffirm with even greater strength its metropolitan and community identity, while preserving its artistic quality and international connotation.
The Washington, DC program will take place on November 16 and 17 and will feature the screenings of Italo and Tempo instabile….con probabili schiarite.
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Tempo instabile… con probabili schiarite
by MARCO PONTECORVO @ EMBASSY OF ITALY
SYNOPSIS: In a village in the province of Pesaro, two friends, Ermanno (Lillo) and Giacomo (Luca Zingaretti), jointly manage a factory on the verge of bankruptcy that manufactures sofas. Their friendship is severely shaken by the discovery of a source of oil in their company’s courtyard. The lure of easy wealth and the arrival of consultant Lombelli (John Turturro) break the balance within the village and open up a gap in the armor of Paola (Carolina Crescentini), the awkward accountant Lillo’s teenage son (Andrea Arcangeli) has a crush on. While featuring a series of exhilarating sketches, this story also explicitly references the tragic death of Enrico Mattei.
Director: Marco Pontecorvo
Italy, 2015, 95 minutes
Film in Italian with English subtitles
MARCO PONTECORVO was born in Rome and received a classical and technical education. Director of photography (David di Donatello for Best Photography for the 1997 film The Truce). Among his works: The Last Legion, Rome, Firewall, Eros, Lost love. His directorial debut was awards-winning short including the N.I.C.E. City of Florence Award in 2004, Ore due, calma piatta, starring John Turturro. Pa–ra-da (Clown) is his feature film debut (2009 David di Donatello for Best New Director and David Giovani Award), for which he won several awards at international festivals.
RSVP – NOVEMBER 17
Please click on “Make a Reservation” by November 17, 2015 at 2 PM
LOCATION
Embassy of Italy – Auditorium
3000 Whitehaven Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
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