As part of the 30th Edition of the AFI European Union Film Showcase, Italy presents the screening of Napoli ’44 (Naples ’44).
Working from a wealth of archival footage and carefully selected fiction films, Italian documentarian Francesco Patierno adapts British travel writer/novelist Norman Lewis’ celebrated WWII memoir for the big screen. With incisive wit, wisdom and affection, Lewis chronicled his time as a British Army sergeant stationed in Naples from 1943 to 1944. As narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Lewis bears hard-eyed witness to the population’s difficult recovery after years of fascist rule, Nazi occupation and the devastation and degradation of war.
Italy, 2017, 80 min
Film in Italian with English subtitles
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Rd
Silver Spring, MD
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AFI European Union Film Showcase
Now in its 30th year, the AFI European Union Film Showcase continues its tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to Washington, DC-area audiences. This year’s selection of over 40 films includes international film festival award winners, European box office hits and debut works by promising new talents, plus many countries’ official Oscar® submissions for Best Foreign Language Film.
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