Family relationships in contemporary Italy
in partnership with Sydney's Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Palace Cinemas and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney (IIC) are excited to present Cinema Italia 2023: Family relationships in contemporary Italy: a progressive journey towards freedom and acceptance, which will include a series of contemporary Italian films that will offer the public a close-up view of some dynamics, sometimes conflicting, that can develop in the family environment.
Hosted at Palace Cinemas Norton Street each month, each guest will receive a prosecco on arrival, with a film introduction to precede the screening, followed by a Q&A with a special guest and moderated by Diletta Rusca, Bachelor of Arts (English – Italian and Chinese Studies), Advanced Diploma TESOL, established teacher of English & Italian, on behalf of IIC.
Admission Prices:
General Admission $20
Palace Movie Club, IIC Members, Students* $15
Location
Palace Cinemas Norton Street
99 Norton Street, Leichhardt 2040.
Session Details
Includes a glass of prosecco on arrival. 6.30pm introduction and film, followed by Q&A.
This series was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney, Sydney University and Palace Cinemas.
*Student discount includes the following organisations – University of Sydney, UTS, UNSW, Macquarie and Western Sydney University, Center of Continuing Education.
MARCH 15
Blame Freud [Tutta colpa di Freud, 2014, 120’]
Q&A with Massimiliano Gugole Audio and Language Content Producer.
A huge box-office hit in Italy, Paolo Genovese (The Immature, A Perfect Family) returns with this light-hearted, humorous and touching offering about Francesco (Marco Giallini, A Flat for Three, All Cops are Bastards), a psychologist who was left by his wife to raise three daughters alone. Now in their adulthood, the daughters are going through various hurdles in their love lives: Marta has fallen for a thief, Sara has just been dumped by her girlfriend, and 18 year old Emma (to the exasperation of her father) is in a relationship with Alessandro, a 50-year-old married architect. Each daughter loves Francesco dearly, and despite his protests, they collectively enlist him to counsel them in the ways of men. Meanwhile, Francesco himself is working out how to seduce a mysterious lady with a spaniel who frequents his local café… FULL SYNOPSIS
APRIL 12
The Big Heart of Girls [ Il Cuore Grande Delle Ragazze, 2011, 85’]
Q&A speaker announced soon!
In the first half of the 1930s, in a rural town in central Italy, the Vigettis are a farming family, with three children: the young Edo, Sultana and Carlino, a young man much sought after by the girls. Wealthy landowners the Ostis live in a manor and have three daughters of marrying age, especially the older ones, Maria and Amabile. Making the best of a bad situation, Sisto and Rosalia Osti allow Carlino to court their older daughters in the hopes of marrying off at least one of them… FULL SYNOPSIS
MAY 10
The Dinner [I Nostri Ragazzi, 2014, 95’]
Q&A with Manuela Rispoli Events Co-ordinator, Journalist, Podcaster and Content Creator.
An all-star cast portrays the intense moral struggle facing two wealthy brothers and their wives in this gripping adaptation of Herman Koch’s best-selling book, Our Boys (I nostri ragazzi) which won four prizes at the 2014 Venice Film Festival. The ‘Dinner’ is a regular event in which two brothers, paediatrician Paolo (Luigi Lo Cascio) and lawyer Massimo (Alessandro Gassman), meet with their wives at an expensive restaurant despite the women’s mutual dislike… FULL SYNOPSIS
JUNE 7
For Your Love [Per Amor Vostro, 2015, 110’]
Q&A with Federico Solchi (Audio and Language Content Producer/Broadcaster)
Giuseppe Gaudino’s first fiction feature in nearly 20 years is a mesmerising tale of an ordinary life told in an extraordinary way. Shot in contrasting turns of pale black and white and rich colour, this is the story of Anna, a wife and mother in Naples who works as a television prompter… FULL SYNOPSIS
