Screening “And the Ship Sails On” by Federico Fellini
“And the Ship Sails On” [It., 1983, 128 min, FV] – 1914: the steamship “Gloria N.” set sail from pier no. 10 of an undefined port of Naples with on board the ashes of the “divine” opera singer Edmea Tetua. … In sight of the goal, the Italian steamship crosses an Austrian battleship, gets hit and […]
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“Italian Filmmaker” Cycle – Screening “Small body” by Laura Samani
“Small body” by Laura Samani [It.Fr.Sl., 2021, 89 min, OVSTF] – On a small island in northeastern Italy, in a winter at the beginning of the 1900s, the young Agata loses her daughter at birth. The Catholic tradition says that, in the absence of breath, the child cannot be baptized. Her soul is doomed to […]
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“Italian Filmmakers” Cycle – Screening “After the war” by Annarita Zambrano
“After the war” by Annarita Zambrano [It.Fr., 2017, 92 min, OVSTF] – Bologna, 2002. The protest against the labor reform explodes in the universities. The murder of a labor lawyer reopens old political wounds between Italy and France. Marco, a former left-wing militant, convicted of murder and a refugee in France for 20 years thanks to […]
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“Italian Filmmakers” Cycle – Screening “Daughter of mine” by Laura Bispuri
“Daughter of mine” by Laura Bispuri [It.Sv., Ger., 2018, 97 min, OVSTE] – In the summer of her 10th birthday, Vittoria discovers she has two mothers: Tina (Valeria Golino), loving mother who lives in symbiotic relationship with her baby, and Angelica (Alba Rohrwacher), a fragile and instinctive woman, with a disrupted life. Having broken the […]
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“Italian filmmakers” Cycle – Screening “Where the shadows fall” by Valeria Pedicini
“Where the shadows fall” by Valeria Pedicini [It., 2017, 95 min, OVSTE] – Anna and Hans, a nurse and her assistant in a home for the elderly, the former orphanage that saw them as prisoners in childhood, live as if they were trapped in time and space. From the past Gertrud reappears and the horror […]
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“Italian filmmakers” Cycle – Screening “The wonders” by Alice Rohrwacher
“The Wonders” by Alice Rohrwacher [It.Sv.Ger., 2014, 110 min, OVSTF] tells the exploration of the outside world by a 12-year-old girl who has always lived outside the rest of the world at the behest of her father, determined to want to protect her and her sisters from everything according to him it would lead to […]
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“In C – On line – En Ligne”
“In C – On line – En Ligne” is a project conceived by the Tempo Reale centre for music research, production, and education, in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Montreal, the Schulich School of Music – McGill University, and the CIRMMT research centre, both from Montreal, Canada. The work being performed is […]
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“Drive tour” by Cristian Chironi – Photo exhibition
The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, is pleased to present the photographic exhibition “Drive tour” by Cristian Chironi, winner of the “Cantica 21” project in the “Over 35” category. From December 9th 2021 to March 11 2022 Istituto Italiano di Cultura1200, Av. du Dr. PenfieldMontréal (QC), QC H3A 1A9RSVP – Obligatory, wearing of mask and Vaccine passport […]
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“Hervé Guibert and the cinema” Cycle – Screening “Teorema” by Pier Paolo Pasolini
“Teorema” [It., 1968, 98 min, OVSTF] – A mysterious young man (Terence Stamp) breaks into the life of a rich Milanese family, made up of Paolo (Massimo Girotti), Lucia (Silvana Mangano) and their two children Pietro and Odetta. As they are gathered at the table, a telegram arrives announcing the imminent arrival of a guest. Who […]
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Screening “The Hand of God” by Paolo Sorrentino
“The Hand of God” [It., 2021, 130 min, OVSTF] – The film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, is set in the 1980s in Naples, the director’s hometown, and tells the story of a young man named Fabio, known as Fabietto (Filippo Scotti), who lives in the Neapolitan capital. The boy will have the opportunity to live one of […]
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