Cycle
From 23.11. To 30.11.2002.
Program of films by Pupi Avati
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The Three of Us
(Noi Tre, 1984)
Directed by: Pupi Avati
Synopsis:
It is the year 1770. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in Italy to take the exam at the Accademia dei Filarmonici in Bologne. The fourteen-year old genius and his father Leopold are guests of the Pallavicini family, who live in a beautiful vila near town. Young Mozart accustomed to royal courts and universal admiration of the public of the greatest European concert halls suddenly starts to discover and learn about simple things. Mozart and Giuseppe Pallavacini's son become good friends...
color, 88 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 23.11.2002 AT 15:00
Christmas Present
(Regalo di Natale, 1986)
Directed by: Pupi Avati
PHOTOGRAPHY: Pasquale Rachini
Synopsis:
On Christmas Eve four old friends, Lele, Ugo, Stefano, and Franco, gather at Stefano's friend's house for a game of poker. Lele is a born loser, a poorly paid journalist who writes third-rate articles. Ugo is a saleman in a house supplies store, a divorced father who does not love his four children – his children do not love him. Stefano, a coach, lives alone and everyone suspects him to be homosexual. Franco is the owner of a big movie theatre in Milan on the verge of bankrupcy, pur...
color, 101 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 23.11.2002 AT 17:00
Tale of Boys and Girls
(Storia di ragazzi e di ragazze, 1989)
Directed by: Pupi Avati
Synopsis:
It is the year 1936. Angelo, from a middle-class family, and Silvia, a girl of humble origins, organize their engagement party in the house at the estate near Porretto Terme. At the table Silvia's parents act with great impropriety, while Angel's parents turn out to be an unpleasantly hypocritical pair. The story was inspired by director Avati's parents and reflects social disintegration in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century.
color, 87 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 30.11.2002 AT 15:00
La via degli angeli
(1999)
Directed by: Pupi Avati
Synopsis:
Bologne, 1930. Ines, a shy college graduate gets a job as a secretary in the antiques shop. Soon she falls in love with Angelo, the boss' son. He pays no attention to her until the traditional summer dance where men and women gather to celebrate and find their soul mates...