BAARÌA
A Journey on the Screen Baarìa is an epic drama, which tracks down five decades of the life in the small town of Bagheria near Palermo, Sicily. The town in local dialect is known as Baarìa. Giuseppe Tornatore‘s film focuses on Peppino, a shepherd’s son. Peppino isn’t massively compelling as a character in his own right, […]
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CINEFORUM: Mi Rifaccio Vivo (I’ll Be Back)
This film tells the hilarious story of entrepreneur Biagio Bianchetti – owner of BB stores and his eternal rivalry, which began at school, with the lucky, good-looking and charming Ottone Di Valerio. After a series of unfortunate events, dogged by bad luck and now on the brink of bankruptcy, Biagio makes a last and ultimate […]
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HANNO TUTTI RAGIONE (Everybody’s Right)
Based on Paolo Sorrentino’s Novel PERFORMED BY IAIA FORTE Performed by Iaia Forte, leading actress in The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino (Academy Award, 2014, Best Foreign Language Film.) The play is a monologue based on Sorrentino’s 2010 novel, Hanno tutti ragione (Everybody’s Right,) which tells the story of Tony Pagoda, a singer from the […]
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EUROASIA SHORTS 2014 *** SOLD OUT ***
EuroAsia Shorts proudly presents an annual week of short films from Europe, Asia, and the United States screened at embassies and cultural centers throughout Washington D.C. The theme for EAS 2014 is Travel and Journeys. From day to day, youth to adulthood, or home to abroad, we are all constantly on our own journeys. […]
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Professione: Reporter (The Passenger)
A Journey on the Screen Antonioni‘s frenzied psychological drama highlighting one of Jack Nicholson’s best interpretations of a reporter on the run. David Locke, an English reporter and news personality played by Jack Nicholson returns to his hotel room in an unnamed African desert country after unsuccessfully trying to contact rebel forces. Finding that a […]
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Oscar Winner Vittorio Storaro presents Il Conformista (The Conformist)
At AFI Silver Screening of Bertolucci‘s Il Conformista followed by a lecture and a Q&A with three-time Oscar winner Vittorio Storaro, and a screening of clips from the main movies the famous Italian cinematographer has worked on. Il Conformista is based on Alberto Moravia‘s novel by the same title. The desperate quest to belong undertaken […]
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The Voyage: a Journey into the Fantastic World of Fiction and Film
At Georgetown University – Gaston Hall IN ENGLISH Georgetown University Italian Research Institute and the Embassy of Italy cordially invite you to a conference and discussion on “The Voyage: a Journey into the Fantastic World of Fiction and Film.” Mario Vargas Llosa, 2010 Nobel Laureate in Literature, will present “Boccaccio on Stage: a Journey into […]
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Marco Paoli Photography
Landscape photography as spiritual journey. EXHIBIT In this exhibition Marco Paoli presents large black and white photographs from his collection Silenzio (Silence) and from his forthcoming monograph Ethiopia. The works take as raw material the artist’s travel experiences around the world. Travel and place, however, are not to be taken literally. They are metaphors for […]
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La Passione (Passion) – Honoring Italian film director Carlo Mazzacurati
Movie Screening CINEFORUM In a small village in Umbria, film director Gianni Dubois is in deep creative crisis. His home water pipe in Tuscany broke, damaging an ancient fresco of the neighboring church. To avoid paying the damage, he must finance and direct a sacred representation of the Passion of Christ. Italy, 2010, 106 […]
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GRAN SERATA FUTURISTA
with Massimiliano Finazzer Flory A homage to Italian Futurism. Massimiliano Finazzer Flory plays the role of the movement’s founder, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. In an effervescent monologue, which uses the words of Marinetti and other Futurist ideologues such as Giovanni Papini, Libero Altomare and Aldo Palazzeschi, Finazzer Flory, in a frock coat bringing to mind the […]
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