Synopsis:

Social drama that won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1963. It is a story about corruption of politicians in Italy after the WW II. Eduardo Nottola is a construction entrepreneur from Napoli who is planning to run for the position of the county commissioner that would enable him to control the building sites. However, just then one of the buildings that his company was building suddenly collapses and there is a big scandal. The opposition in the county’s council demands a thorou...

35 mm, b/w, 105 min

PROJECTION:

Thursday 09.04.2015 AT 19:00

Wednesday 08.04.2015 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

The film is based on a true story about a mafia boss Pasquale Simonetti and his wife, former winner of a beauty contest Pupetti Maresci. The hero, Vito Polara, is an ambitious person who yearns for power and wealth. Since he cannot achieve his goal by smuggling cigarettes he starts a business for distribution of fruits and vegetables. He also asks for help from a local crime boss and thus provokes the Camorra, mafia clan from Naples.

35 mm, b/w, 87 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 11.04.2015 AT 19:00

Thursday 09.04.2015 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Combining documentary and fiction, Rosi made a film about the life and mysterious death of Enrico Mattei. After WW II, Enrico Mattei became the director of the national oil company and his goal is to liquidate it. After a rich reserve of energy gets discovered, Mattei manages to keep the company operating and under his leadership it grows into the powerful company Eni. Mattei mostly relies on his instincts, is very energetic and independent and causes opposing reactions.

35 mm, color, 116 min

PROJECTION:

Thursday 30.04.2015 AT 21:00

Wednesday 22.04.2015 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

After their mother’s death, three brothers go to stay with their father on a farm in southern Italy where they grew up. Each of the brothers has his own problems. Raffaele lives in Rome and works as a judge. His next case concerns terrorists and he is a afraid for his safety. The religious Rocco lives in Naples and works as a counselor in a correctional institution for teenage boys. Nicola works in a factory in Torino and is married. However, he and his wife are experiencing difficulties.

35 mm, color, 113 min

PROJECTION:

Thursday 30.04.2015 AT 19:00

Wednesday 22.04.2015 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Three judges are mysteriously murdered on Sicily. Inspector Rogas gets assigned to identify the perpetrators and soon starts his own investigation. After three more judges get murdered, the chief of police orders Rogas to look for the murderers among the leftist groups. However, Rogas continues his own investigation and finds out that high government officials are involved in the crimes. He decides to share his findings with the chief of the Communist party.

35 mm, color, 120 min

PROJECTION:

Wednesday 29.04.2015 AT 21:00

Monday 27.04.2015 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

This is an anti-war film made in Italian-Yugoslav co-production based on memoires by Emilio Lussu, anti-fascist activist who later became an Italian senator. WW I, battlefield in Trentino, sometime between 1916 and 1917; Italian commanders treat their soldiers like worthless ammunition and persistently send them into hopeless attacks on the apparently more powerful Austo-Hungarian army. In one of the attacks an officer gets killed and therefore every sixth soldier is shot by his fellow men in...

digital, color, 101 min

PROJECTION:

Monday 27.04.2015 AT 21:00