”L’Italie à l’écran” – “The Life Apart” by Marco Tullio Giordana – Cinéma LECLAP Québec
In Vicenza, a beautiful Italian art city, a young wealthy couple joyfully welcomes the birth of a long-awaited daughter in the early 1980s. But the child’s face is disfigured by a red birthmark that covers half her face. This spot haunts the mother to the point that she rejects her responsibilities as a mother. […]
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16th edition “Cinéma sous les étoiles”- Screening of the film “Like there is no tomorrow” by Matteo Keffer, Riccardo Cremona
Like There is no Tomorrow is a documentary film that intimately tells the story of a group of activists engaged in a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience. As in many other European countries, the Ultima Generazione group has attracted the attention of the media and politicians through roadblocks and controversial defacement of institutional buildings and […]
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‘’Round About Trane’’ from Turin to Québec, Jazz on tour
Round about Trane is a bridge between tradition and innovation, between spiritual approach and advanced technique, a contemporary exploration which moves from the techniques and original compositions of John Coltrane, following his magical influence. Four young musicians from the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Turin (Italy), bring us on a journey through time and music blending compositional and improvisational techniques. With Mattia […]
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”Retour en Italie” – ”A Dark Story” by Leonardo D’Agostini – Cinéma du Musée Montréal
Vito and Carla separated a long time ago. They have three children. They loved each other desperately before hate replaced love. Now Vito has a new life and Carla too has a partner. Everyone feel like a tragedy that was waiting to happen has been averted and destiny is on their side. At least […]
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Films cycle “Mario Bava, Master of Terror”
A virtuoso of fetishism, color, and cinematic thrills, Mario Bava was in the 50s and 60s a pioneer of popular genre cinema, offering seminal titles to apocalyptic science fiction, gothic horror, and—perhaps most notably—giallo, the Italian thriller genre he is credited with inventing. The filmmaker’s work blends suspense, eroticism, and humor, guided by a formalism that is […]
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Primavera Molisana – Come and discover the Molise region, in the heart of Italy – Projection ” Molise Tropico Felice” by Luigi Grispello
Primavera Molisana is an event designed to celebrate the cultural, natural, and artistic richness of the fascinating Molise region. Through a series of unique events, the festival offers the chance to discover and appreciate the region in all its authenticity. The program includes two films, a documentary telling local stories and traditions, and a concert. […]
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“Nunc” by the Italian theatre company BRAT is at the 9th edition of the Masq’alors Festival international du masque du Québec
A rift opens onto a parallel world—both primitive and post-human. The story of humanity, an eternal present, shaped by selfishness and greed, overwhelms the weakest and most sensitive, struggling among the humblest in this frantic race toward extinction. The visceral theme of hunger becomes a tangible narrative, set in a dimension that feels both alien […]
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”L’Italie à l’écran” – “A dark story” by Leonardo D’Agostini – Cinéma LECLAP Québec
Vito and Carla separated a long time ago. They have three children. They loved each other desperately before hate replaced love. Now Vito has a new life and Carla too has a partner. Everyone feel like a tragedy that was waiting to happen has been averted and destiny is on their side. At least […]
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Tina Modotti, The art of rebellion – Exhibition
With this major exhibition set up in their respective exhibition spaces, the Cultural Institute of Mexico and the Italian Cultural Institute pay homage to Tina Modotti, an Italian photographer and political activist naturalized in Mexico. The life of Tina Modotti (Udine, Italy, 1896 – Mexico City, 1942) spanned the great historical and artistic moments of […]
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”Gentle Unicorn” by Chiara Bersani at the Festival TransAmériques (FTA)
Considered the manifesto show of her research on the political body, Gentle Unicorn by and with Chiara Bersani, an artist active in the performing and visual arts, earned her an Ubu as best actress and performer under 35 last season. To the unicorn, a mythological figure whose origins are unknown and whose form and meanings […]
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