Pazze di Me
Andrea, the only male in a seven-female family, finally meets Giulia, the woman of his life. None of the previous girlfriends ever survived the impact with his devastating family-members. Poor Andrea thinks that the only way to succeed with Giulia is to pretend to be an orphan. But the seven loose cannons are lurking and […]
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7439 Miles Across the USA
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington present Photographer Renato D’Agostin in a conversation with Verna Poser Curtis, former Curator of Photography in the Prints & Photographs Division at the Library of Congress, and Susan Behrends Frank, Curator at the Phillips Collection. This event marks the closing of the exhibition 7439 by Renato D’Agostin. “While traveling across the […]
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Aida with Washington National Opera
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Washington National Opera present a program highlighting WNO’s Aida. E. Loren Meeker, stage director, will give a presentation on the new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera with the participation of Leah Crocetto, soprano, and Evan Rogister, conductor. The timeless conflict of duty versus desire rises like a pyramid in Verdi’s […]
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Bianca come il latte, rossa come il sangue by Giacomo Campiotti
Leo is 16. He has wild hair and a habit of dividing life up into colours. Everything he can’t stand is white: school, teachers, silence, fear. Everything he loves is red: music on his iPod, his soccer team, the blood in his veins. And the colour of Beatrice’s hair… she’s the most beautiful girl at […]
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L’Oriana by Marco Turco
The biography of one of Italy’s most notorious and divisive journalists and thinkers is brought to life in L’Oriana (Oriana Fallaci) by director Marco Turco. Initially made as a miniseries for Italian TV, it was also released in Italian cinemas as a 106-minute film two weeks before it aired. In one of her last trips back to Italy, […]
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The Maryland Lyric Opera Young Artist Institute Gala Concert
The Maryland Lyric Opera Young Artist Institute sponsors a three-week intensive institute for young artists in the DC/MD/VA area. 5 singers and a pianist participate in an intensive, holistic program that addresses the needs of young artists pursuing a career in opera. Young artists work primarily on full Italian opera roles, recitatives, and arias with a […]
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Scusate se Esisto! ( Do You See Me? )
With a brilliant career in London, Serena, an architect originally from Abruzzo, decides to return to work in Rome. For a woman to get a job, at the height of her qualification as a really good architect, proves to be difficult. Until she decides to pretend to be a man to win a contract to […]
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Occhi Chiusi ( Eyes Shut )
Nicole is a loving mother and a devoted wife. Her alcohol addiction has haunted her for years and it has somehow undermined her husband Roman’s commitment to their marriage. Nicole’s 8-year-old daughter, Lucy, is a lovely girl. However she’s suffering from some form of distress. The girl is often sad and her diaries reveal worrying […]
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L’accabadora ( Angel of Mercy )
Annetta lives in a small village in rural Sardinia at the end of the 1930s. She holds a terrible secret from the past and spends long days waiting for a call. When it comes, her slim fingers open an old leather bag and reveal a wooden mallet, an old cushion, a broken mirror. But something […]
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Gli Equilibristi (Balancing Act)
Giulio is forty years old and leads an apparently peaceful life. He lives in a rented apartment, has a steady job, a car purchased in installments, a rebellious but nice daughter, a sweet son who’s a dreamer, a wife he loves and is unfaithful to. She discovers Giulio’s affair, leaves him and his fairy-tale life […]
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