SUDestival in DC
Italian Film Festival Italian Film Festival SUDestival in DC will open at the Embassy of Italy on September 19th. During this event there will be a presentation of six feature films and the screening of three shorts – with English subtitles. The festival will reveal aspects of contemporary Italian reality through the lens of a […]
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Un giorno perfetto
Movie screening CINEFORUM Emma and Antonio have been separated for nearly a year. Emma moves back to her mother’s house with her two children. One night, gunshots are heard and the police are called. The movie, based on the novel by Melania Gaia Mazzucco by the same title, describes the events that took place 24 […]
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From Neoclassicism to Futurism
Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800 – 1925 at the National Gallery of Art ABOUT THE PHOTO: Giovanni Fattori, Donna al Gabbro (Woman of the Gabbro) (a detail), 1886-1887, etching, The Ahmanson Foundation This exhibition introduces the National Gallery of Art’s initiative to recognize the importance and richness of Italy’s art during the period from Neoclassicism […]
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Non ci resta che piangere (Nothing Left to Do but Cry)
A Journey on the Screen Two of Italy’s top comedians, Massimo Troisi and Roberto Benigni teamed up to write direct, and star in this comedy about two men accidentally traveling back in time. In a series of comic sketches, two friends, Saverio (Benigni) and Mario (Troisi) suddenly find themselves in 1492 while on a drive […]
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Una sconfinata giovinezza (Second Childhood)
Movie Screening CINEFORUM Lino and his wife Chicca lead a happy life and are satisfied with their marriage and their careers. He is a sports editor and she is a professor of medieval languages. Their only regret is not having children but even that seems to have strengthened their relationship. Unexpectedly, Lino’s memory problems get […]
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Basilicata Coast to Coast
A Journey on the Screen A group of musicians walk across Basilicata from the Tyrhennian to the Ionian Sea. Their leader is Nicola, a math professor played by Papaleo, and their destination is the festival at Scanzano Jonico. The musicians are joined by a reluctant journalist played by Giovanna Mezzogiorno. Alessandro Gassman, Paolo Briguglia are […]
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Pane e Tulipani (Bread and Tulips)
A Journey on the Screen An Italian housewife, Rosalba Barletta (Maglietta), finds herself stranded during a family vacation. Instead of waiting for her controlling businessman husband, she hitchhikes her way home, only to impulsively detour to Venice. She finds accommodations with Fernando Girasole (Ganz), and soon finds herself enjoying her new life. Directors: Silvio Soldini […]
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Rights(?)/Growth
at the Kennedy Center – Millenium Stage An Evening for Humanity Italian dancer and choreographer Mimmo Miccolis and Austrian dancer Gloria Benedikt develop contemporary dance on the edge of artistic innovation and human need and base their work around issues of public concern, for which they strive to create artistic responses that inspire, thought provoke […]
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Salvatore Scarpitta Traveler
LUOGO: the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Una figura affascinante e singolare dell’arte del dopoguerra, Salvatore Scarpitta (1919-2007) ha creato una mole di lavoro che spazia dall’astrazione non oggettiva al realismo radicale. Questa mostra è dotata di opere recenti aggiunte alla collezione del Hirshhorn, questa sarà la prima mostra personale del lavoro di Scarpitta in […]
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Terre Rosse
Movie Screening CINEFORUM It’s 1944. A man and a woman meet in a train station during the Nazi occupation of Veneto. It’s the start of a touching story, an impossible love between a young teacher involved in the Resistance and the brilliant officer of a Fascist ministry during the partisan struggle taking place on the […]
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