Cycle
From 19.11. To 23.12.2014.
Glumački ciklus Nina Manfredija
In Memoriam Nino Manfredi
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Films in cycle
Fiasco in Milan
(Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti, 1959.)
Directed by: Nanni Loy
PHOTOGRAPHY: Roberto Gerardi
Synopsis:
The sequel to the successful crime comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street (I salted ignoti, 1958), directed by Mario Monicelli. Peppe and his friends are trying to live an honest life after a failed robbery of a pawn shop. A Milanese gangster finds them and offers them a new job. It is to rob the money made on football betting in Milan. They decide to take the job, and travel from Rome to Milan disguised as football fans.
b/w, digital, 105 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 20.11.2014 AT 21:00
Wednesday 19.11.2014 AT 19:00
Jailbreak
(A cavallo dela tigre, 1961.)
Directed by: Luigi Comencini
PHOTOGRAPHY: Aldo Scavarda
Synopsis:
Poverty, bad choices and his own clumsiness bring taxi driver Giacinto Rossi to jail. Serving a sentence for theft, he meets three prisoners who are planning to escape. Since his sentence is shorter; he initially doesn't want to join them. But circumstances force him to change his mind and he successfully escapes with them. As a criminal on the run, he is planning to leave the country illegally, but has no money. He turns to his wife, who is now living with another man, in the hope she would hel...
b/w, digital, 120 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 20.11.2014 AT 19:00
Wednesday 19.11.2014 AT 21:00
I Knew her Well
(Io la conoscevo bene, 1965.)
Directed by: Antonio Pietrangeli
PHOTOGRAPHY: Armando Nannuzzi
Synopsis:
Adriana is an attractive young girl from a provincial town who moves to Rome in search of fame and a better life. Initially she gets a job at a hairdresser's, and then moves to work at a local cinema. Hanging out with wealthy men, instead of love and support she finds indifference and loneliness. Everyone is superficial and only sees her beauty they want to exploit. She has no luck in neither her professional or private life.
b/w, digital, 99 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 15.12.2014 AT 21:00
Monday 24.11.2014 AT 19:00
The Treasure of San Gennaro
(Operazione San Gennaro, 1966.)
Directed by: Dino Risi
PHOTOGRAPHY: Aldo Tonti
Synopsis:
A few Americans arrive in Naples in the 1960s with the intent to steal famous jewels from a local church. As foreigners, they don't know enough about the local environment and traditions, and seek advice of a well-known town thief Don Vincenzo. He is currently in prison, but he advises them to speak to young Armandino with whom they plan the robbery...
color, digital, 104 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 15.12.2014 AT 19:00
Monday 24.11.2014 AT 21:00
Between Miracles
(Per grazia ricevuta, 1970.)
Directed by: Nino Manfredi
PHOTOGRAPHY: Armando Nannuzzi
Synopsis:
The first film directed by Nino Manfredi, in which he also appeared in the lead role. The main character is Benedetto Parisi, a grown man who lost his parents as a child. In his childhood he lived with his aunt, who showed him no love. One night he accidentally caught a man at her house, and she lied to him that he is a local saint. When Benedetto survived a severe fall as a boy, everyone believed it was a miracle.
color, digital, 122 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 23.12.2014 AT 17:00
Wednesday 17.12.2014 AT 19:00
The Head of the Family
(Il padre di famiglia, 1967.)
Directed by: Nanni Loy
PHOTOGRAPHY: Armando Nannuzzi
Synopsis:
A young couple of architects, Marco and Paola meet and marry after World War II. They are committed to their future together, and participation in rebuilding the post-war society. Paola soon becomes pregnant and Marco is overjoyed. Over the years their family increases to four children. Due to work and obligations, Marco eventually becomes distant from Paola. He starts an affair with another woman, Adriana...
color, digital, 115 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 22.12.2014 AT 19:00
Wednesday 17.12.2014 AT 21:00
In the Name of the Pope King
(In nome del papa re, 1977.)
Directed by: Luigi Magni
PHOTOGRAPHY: Danilo Desideri
Synopsis:
The film is set in Italy in 1867, at a time when Giuseppe Garibaldi trids to end the papal rule. His revolutionaries are captured by the government and condemned to death. The papal judge Monsignor Colombo is forced to do that, and is thinking of resigning from his position. He changes his mind when he finds out he has a son, born after a brief secret affair nineteen years ago, His son is now one of the revolutionaries facing the death penalty.
color, digital, 105 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 22.12.2014 AT 21:15
Thursday 18.12.2014 AT 19:00
The Adventures of Pinocchio
(Le avventure di Pinocchio, 1972.)
Directed by: Luigi Comencini
PHOTOGRAPHY: Armando Nannuzzi
Synopsis:
In this screen adaptation of the story of Pinocchio, Nino Manfredi plays the role of Geppetto. Shot in a neo-realist style and set in Italy in the second half of the nineteenth century, the film is a successful presentation of the story of a carpenter who creates a wooden puppet boy and names him Pinocchio. The puppet comes to life and becomes a real boy...