Cycle
From 07.11. To 12.11.2016.
Program of contemporary Italian films
This year’s selection of contemporary Italian films brings six thematically and in terms of film procedure very different films by directors who share a common trait – different approaches to the young generation.
All films in this program have both English and Croatian subtitles!
Films in cycle
Another South
(Una storia sbagliata, Italy, 2014)
Directed by: Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
PHOTOGRAPHY: Marco Pieroni
Synopsis:
The heroine of the film, Stefania, is a nurse from Sicily. She is currently in Iraq as a member of the humanitarian organization that helps children who are victims of war. Together with other volunteers she is in a safe zone but is forbidden to leave it. Nevertheless, Stefania tries to escape from the safe zone in any possible way. She finds a young Iraqi man and persuades him to be her translator and escort but forbids him to ask any questions. What is she looking for that is so important?
color, digital, 109 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 07.11.2016 AT 19:00
Fiore
(Italy, 2016)
Directed by: Claudio Giovannesi
PHOTOGRAPHY: Daniele Ciprì
Synopsis:
Daphne and Josh meet in a youth detention center. They were both arrested for robbery. Even though girls and boys should not socialize and live in separate quarters, their occasional meetings, causal glances, talks and secretly exchanged letters mark the beginning of Daphne’s love for Josh. However, Josh has a girlfriend outside of prison…
color, digital, 110 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 08.11.2016 AT 19:00
Chlorine
(Cloro, Italy, 2015)
Directed by: Lamberto Sanfelice
PHOTOGRAPHY: Michele Paradisi
Synopsis:
Seventeen year old Jenny is a member of the national junior team of synchronized swimmers. All she thinks about and cares about is the competitions. However, family troubles will force her to neglect her primary interest. After her mother’s death, her father Alfio experiences a nervous breakdown and loses his job and their home. So Jenny, her father and eight year old brother Fabrizio move from a coastal town to her uncle’s house in the mountains. Now Jenny has to take care of the fa...
color, digital, 98 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 09.11.2016 AT 19:00
Pericle
(Pericle il nero, Italy, 2016)
Directed by: Stefano Mordini
PHOTOGRAPHY: Matteo Cocco
Synopsis:
Pericle lives in Brussels and works for Don Luigi who lives from selling drugs, prostitution and Italian restaurants. If somebody tries to cheat Luigi, it is Pericle’s job to punish him. At one occasion Pericle accidentally kills the sister of Luigi’s main rival, a dangerous Italian mobster. Now in grave danger, Pericle flees to France. As soon as he thinks he has a chance for a new life, he receives news that forces him to return to Brussels in order get his revenge.
color, digital, 104 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 10.11.2016 AT 19:00
Io che amo solo te
(Italy, 2015)
Directed by: Marco Ponti
PHOTOGRAPHY: Roberto Forza
Synopsis:
This is a story of one wedding and two loves that connect it. Fifty year old Ninella was very much in love with Mimi when she was young. However, his wealthy family shattered their dreams of marriage. In present, Ninella’s daughter Chiara is engaged to Damian, son of Ninella’s former love. During several days before the wedding, guests begin to gather…
color, 102 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 11.11.2016 AT 19:00
Ever Been to the Moon?
(Sei mai stata sulla luna?, Italy, 2015)
Directed by: Paolo Genovese
PHOTOGRAPHY: Fabrizio Lucci
Synopsis:
Guia, thirty year old successful journalist for a prestigious fashion magazine lives and works between Milan and Paris. It seems as if she has everything. Soon she finds out that she inherited a farm in the South of Italy and goes there determined to sell it. Her meeting with the southerner Renzo changes everything.