“Un avant-goût de café!” guided tour of the exhibition through the rite of coffee
What is the role of coffee in Italy? On the occasion of the VII Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, Benedetta Diamanti will introduce you to the exhibition “Un avant-goût de design italien” through the ritual of coffee and the different ways of preparing it. Friday November 18 – 5pmCentre de design de l’UQAM1440, […]
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Italian sound waves
Akousma and the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, present “Italian sound waves“, concert by three Italian artists linked to the research, production and music teaching center Tempo Reale (Florence). Thursday November 17 – 7:30pmConservatoire de Musique et d’art dramatique du QuébecStudio multimediale4750, ave. Henri-Julien, MontréalTickets Live performances by […]
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Meeting with Tommaso Melilli: a cook writer
Within the framework hors les murs, le Salon dans la ville of the Montreal Book Fair, the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration Gallimard Diffusion are pleased to invite you to an interview with Tommaso Melilli, Italian chef, columnist and author of the book “L’Écume des pâtes” (Folio 2022). This encounter will be in French and will […]
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Screening of the film “La seconda patria”, by the Italian director Paolo Quaregna
The Leonardo da Vinci Center, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, presents, “La seconda patria”, by the Italian director Paolo Quaregna. Thursday, November 10 – 7pmLeonardo da Vinci Center8370 Boulevard Lacordaire, Saint-Léonard”La seconda patria” by Paolo QuaregnaItaly – Québec | 2019 | 80 min | Italian | Subtitles: FrenchFree Admission The screening of the documentary […]
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“L’isola degli arrusi 1939” – Exhibition
In the first two months of 1939 forty-five homosexuals from Catania and some towns in its province were arrested and sent to confinement on the island of San Domino, Tremiti, more than 700 km away. The forty-five people from Catania were men between 18 and 54 years of age arrested on charges of “passive pederasty”, […]
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L’Italie à l’écran – ”La seconda patria” by Paolo Quaregna – Cinema Le Clap Québec
They chose to leave their “bitter land” and found themselves in Quebec, a province that has always been open to interbreeding. Men and women of courage and resilience, available to let themselves be invaded by a “nomadic spirit”. Some of them, on their way to the northern cold mining regions, discovered (thanks to culinary and […]
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Festival Cuisine, Cinéma & Confidences Charlevoix
Italy will be at the spotlight at the 5th edition of the cuisine, cinema and confidences festival of Baie-Saint-Paul from November 4th to November 7th, 2022. An appointment for all, where the cinema is an excuse to pay tribute to the culinary arts. Three days of tasting, discoveries and exchanges with numerous filmmakers, producers and […]
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Screening of the film “Nights of Cabiria” by the Italian director Federico Fellini
Screening of one of the Maestro’s masterpieces, “Nights of Cabiria“, winner of the Oscar for best foreign film in 1958, considered one of the best in the collaboration between Fellini and his wife Giulietta Masina. Thursday, November 3rd – 6:15pm Cinéma Moderne5150, boul. Saint-Laurent, MontréalTicket “Nights of Cabiria”Director: Federico Fellini, Italy, 1957, 110 minutesIn Italian […]
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”Retour en Italie” – ”Il buco” by Michelangelo Frammartino
During the economic boom of the 1960s, Europe’s highest building is being built in Italy’s prosperous North. At the other end of the country, young speleologists explore Europe’s deepest cave in the untouched Calabrian hinterland. The bottom of the Bifurto Abyss, 700 meters below Earth, is reached for the first time. The intruders’ venture goes […]
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Screening of the film “Il bell’Antonio” by the Italian director Mauro Bolognini
A classic of Italian cinema, based on the famous novel written by Vitaliano Brancati in 1949, set in the bigoted Italy of the late 1930s. Wednesday, October 26 – 6:30pmSunday, November 6 – 6pm Cinéma Moderne5150, boul. Saint-Laurent, MontréalTicket “Il bell’Antonio”Director: Mauro Bolognini, Italy, 1960, 105 minutesWith: Marcello Mastroianni e Claudia CardinaleIn Italian with French […]
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