The Great Beauty
Celebrating Paolo Sorrentino The Italian Cultural Institute cordially invites you to the screening of “The Great Beauty” directed by Paolo SorrentinoJep Gambardella, a 65-year-old journalist and once promising novelist, lives his easy life among Rome’s decadent high society in a swirl of rooftop parties and late-night soirees. But when he learns of the death of […]
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The Consequences of Love
Celebrating Paolo Sorrentino The Italian Cultural Institute cordially invites you to the screening of “The Consequences of Love” written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino.Titta (Toni Servillo) is a 50-year-old man living quietly in a Swiss hotel with no occupation except smoking and drinking at the bar. But an explosive incident reveals him to be a […]
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La Merda
In Cristian Ceresoli’s critically acclaimed play, Silvia Gallerano gives a captivating performance as a ‘young’, ‘ugly’ and literally naked woman who reveals her bulimic, revolting and public secrets. She struggles with obstinacy, resistance and courage for her own celebrity breakthrough in the society of Thighs and Liberty. An electrifying study on feminism, politics, and the […]
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Ma la divisa di un altro colore
by Pietro Neglie Prof. Pietro Neglie, University of Trieste, will present his latest book: Ma la divisa di un altro colore. Two soldiers, two men, the twin souls of the Italy of their time, are protagonists in an extraordinary novel, a fusion of historical reconstruction and narrative. Spring 1915: Antonio, a peasant from Friuli, intending […]
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Salvo
Showing Fri 21 Mar to Thu 27 Mar An intelligent, distinctive spin on the gangster thriller, Salvo begins explosively, albeit traditionally, when a Mafia hitman (the eponymous ‘hero’ Salvo himself) is ambushed and decides to seek murderous revenge on the Sicilian boss who has ordered his assassination. In the process of executing his enemy, Salvo […]
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Rome, Open City
Showing Fri 21 Mar to Thu 27 Mar A landmark of Italian neorealism often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, Rossellini’s portrait of life under the Nazi Occupation remains remarkable for its sheer immediacy, tension and power. Made in extraordinarily straitened circumstances immediately after the liberation of Rome, the film follows engineer […]
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Fine-tuned Lyres & Rustic Bagpipes: Aminta (1573) and Tina (1637)
Prof Peter Brand and Dr Davide Messina Prof Peter Brand and Dr Davide Messina will make a presentation of two recent publications, joining in a well-tempered conversazione on Italian pastoral and rustic poetry. Prof Brand will illustrate his metrical translation of Torquato Tasso’s Aminta (1573) with readings and music. Aminta is a seminal play in […]
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Italian Film Festival
21st Anniversary The Italian Film Festival celebrates its 21st anniversary in 2014. Thanks to the unwavering support of the Italian Cultural Institute and its core venues, the Festival has brought the best of Italian cinema to the United Kingdom and welcomed some of the most beloved and iconic figures in the Italian industry to present […]
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La segretaria by Natalia Ginzburg
Directed by Grace Oliver & Camilla Wilson Written in 1967, just before the watershed year of student revolt, La segretaria is Natalia Ginzburg’s fourth play. Even more clearly than in the previous ones, it deals with the state of the ‘new’ Italian family, its few strengths and many weaknesses. “Gone are the days when families […]
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Treasure Island
Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson Directed by Laura Pasetti A boy of today receives the visit of four buccaneers from 1750’s in search of Captain Flint’s treasure. He will start an amazing journey on board of the “Hispaniola” and will find himself thrust into a surreal world where nothing is as it seems. An interactive […]
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