The AFI European Union Film Showcase, now in its 25th year, continues in its well-established tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to Washington audiences – over the past 25 editions of the Showcase, more than 800 films have had their Washington, DC-area premieres, including many now considered classics.
This year’s selection of more than 40 films includes multiple award-winners, international festival favorites, local box-office hits and debut works by promising new talents, plus many countries’ official Oscar submissions for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Italian movies presented this year are Piazza Fontana and Reality.
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IN COLLABORATION WITH
AFI Silver, European Union Delegation and the EU Embassies and Cultural Institutes.
TICKETS
REALITY TICKETS: CLICK HERE
PIAZZA FONTANA TICKETS: CLICK HERE
LOCATION:
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
ITALIAN CINEMA SCREENINGS
PIAZZA FONTANA: THE ITALIAN CONSPIRACY [Romanzo di una strage]
Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana
Italy, 2012, color, 129 min
In Italian with English subtitles
Tue, Nov 13, 7:00 PM
Marco Tullio Giordana (THE BEST OF YOUTH) returns with this engrossing tale of terrorism, conspiracy and deceit, based on actual events that took place in Italy during the politically charged tension and violence of the late 1960s and early 1970s. A bomb goes off at a Milan bank in December, 1969, killing 17 and wounding 88. Detective Luigi Calabresi (Valerio Mastandrea) heads up the investigation of the crime, which many want to pin on the anarchist left. Unconvinced, Calabresi wants to investigate the shadowy organizations on the neo-fascist right, including possible CIA connections. But after a key suspect meets an untimely death, the clock starts ticking for Calabresi. Official Selection, 2012 Karlovy Vary, Telluride Film Festivals.
REALITY
Directed by Matteo Garrone
Italy/France, 2012, color, 115 min
In Italian with English subtitles
Fri, Nov 16, 9:00 PM; Sat, Nov 17, 10:00 PM
After seeing a former reality star make an electrifying surprise appearance at his cousin’s wedding (one of several paid appearances for the enterprising self-promoter), Luciano (Aniello Arena) decides to try out for the Italian version of BIG BROTHER. Sure he will soon get the call, Luciano begins to conduct his life as if he’s already being watched. Playing his delusions not only for laughs but thoughtful, ethical examination, the film blends a Fellini-esque love for grotesquerie and fairy-tale surrealism with gritty Neapolitan social realism. The exquisite score is by Alexandre Desplat. Grand Prix, 2012 Cannes Film Festival; Official Selection, Karlovy Vary, Toronto Film Festivals.
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