On the occasion of the “XVII Settimana della lingua Italiana nel mondo“, dedicated to the theme “L’italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema” and under the High Patronage of President Sergio Mattarella, the Institute, in collaboration with the Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW), is pleased to present “The Italian spoken between Rome and Naples: cinema, theater and poetry”, a program of conferences and lectures by Fabrizio Intravaia, Giulia Verticchio, Francesco Palmieri and Alessandro Chetta.
Saturday October 21, 2017, 10am – 12:30pm
Italian Culture Institute of Montreal
1200 Av. Du Dr Penfield
Conferences and lectures in Italian
All morning is dedicated to the rich variety of Italian spoken in film and cinema, between Rome and Naples in different eras in exclusive and popular contexts.
Beginning with the readings by Fabrizio Intravaia, which presents some pages of “Passeggiate romane”, a review of Stendhal’s work and from a Roman grandfather to his nephew born in Montreal a love letter of his city, to explain the sense of being a native of Rome, combined with personal images of the City, sequences of “La Grande Bellezza” (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013) and various musical backgrounds. Followed by the reading of Giulia Verticchio “Arrivederci Roma” (Renato Rascel, 1955) in roman dialect, a poem-song also written in English as a soundtrack of the same name Italian-American musical, and then spread in Italy by Claudio Villa.
It will close with the screening of the ironic scene “Le parole sono importanti”, from the film “Palombella Rossa” by Nanni Moretti (1989).
Naples and its secular civilization are animated by Francesco Palmieri, with L’ultimo dei Borbone raccontato da Luigi Magni. Il caso di “O Re” (1989): una Napoli vista da Roma. In particular, the exile and the stories of King Francis II and Queen Maria Sofia told between true history and film invention and especially following the reconstruction of Louis Magni. Alessandro Chetta with La parlata dei custodi del mito flegreo deals with Parthenope and Naples.Author of “MIRABILES. I Custodi del mito”, a video document dedicated to some archaeological sites of the Phlegraan Fields (Mirabilis Swimming Pool, Dragonara grotto, Roman Theater, Tomb of Agrippina, Grotto of the Sibilla), tells the words of those who takes care of these places every day, voluntarily.
Fabrizio Intravaia, native of Rome, lives in Montreal, where he is the editor of the Corriere Italiano, a historical version in the Italian language of the city.
Giulia Verticchio, native of Rome, graduated in “History and Society” at the University of Roma Tre. She lives in Montréal, where she follows the cursus in “Urban Studies” at the University of Quebec in Montréal (UQÀM). She writes for several newspapers and she’s an Italian language teacher.
Francesco Palmieri was born in Naples and lives in Rome. He has been a journalist since 1988; he was a journalist of crime news at the Giornale di Napoli and Paese Sera. In 1987 he was awarded the Premiolino. He is currently assistant editor at the Agenzia Giornalistica Italia and he deals with international projects. He has published several non-fiction and narrative books including Sole, Luna e Talia. Magia e misteri a Napoli (1984); Vite pericolose. Uomini e fantasmi delle arti marziali (2009); and with Mondadori Il libro napoletano dei morti (2012); La Camorista (2013) and finally the Piccolo drago. La vita di Bruce Lee (2017). His tales have been published by the Nuovi Argomenti magazine.
Alessandro Chetta, journalist and filmmaker. He works as editor in the Naples Corriere della Sera (Corriere del Mezzogiorno) edition, author of several documentaries and short films, selected and awarded in Italian festivals. In literary field, in 2012, the essay Il diavolo veste mafia (Malitalia), and as co-author Novantadue. L’anno che cambiò l’Italia (Castelvecchi) and Ammazzateci tutti (Aliberti).
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