BAARIA
From Giuseppe Tornatore the acclaimed director of Cinema Paradiso comes an epic saga of life and death, love and hatred in a vibrant Sicilian town in the first half of the twentieth century. Nominated for Golden Globe 2010.
English Subtitles.

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Ingresso gratuito - Free Entrance

Garden of the Italian Consulate - 136 Beverley St.
Gates open at 7:00pm, Screening: 9:00 pm

(BBQ for members)

Looking forward to seeing you there

L’Associazione l’Altra Italia presenta la terza edizione del Cinema Sotto le Stelle.

L’evento è inserito nella manifestazione “Summer Nights at the Italian Consulate” ed è frutto della collaborazione con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura e il Consolato Generale d’Italia a Toronto.

Due serate dedicate al Cinema Italiano e tre serate alla grande Opera.

Garden of the Consulate General of Italy
136 Beverley St., Toronto  (Dundas entrance)
Free admission
Subtitles in English

Gates will open at 7:00 p.m. with the screening beginning at dusk (around 9:00pm)

Guests are invited to bring friends, family, blankets, and a picnic and are encouraged to dress in their finest operatic picnic attire for an evening that promises to be full of culture and entertainment.

In case of rain or strong winds the screening is postponed to the evening of Sunday.

Saturday, July 31th, 2010  

Baaria by Giuseppe Tornatore

La storia di una famiglia siciliana che prende le mosse dal ventennio fascista in cui Cicco, sin da bambino apertamente contestatore, è un pastore che ha la passione per la letteratura epica. Suo figlio Peppino, cresciuto durante la guerra, entrerà nelle file del Partito Comunista divenendone un esponente di spicco sul piano locale e riuscendo a sposare, nonostante la più assoluta opposizione della famiglia di lei, Mannina che diventerà madre dei loro numerosi figli che saranno comunque considerati da alcuni sempre e comunque ‘figli del comunista’.

The film recounts life in the Sicilian town of Baaria, from the 1920s to present day, through the eyes of lovers Peppino (Francesco Scianna) and Mannina (Margareth Madè). A Sicilian family depicted across three generations: from Cicco to his son Peppino to his grandson Pietro… Touching lightly upon the private lives of these characters and their families, the film evokes the loves, dreams and disappointments of an entire community in the province of Palermo between the 1930s and the 1980s

Cast

Francesco Scianna, Margareth Made, Monica Bellucci, Raoul Bova, Michele Placido

Saturday, August 14th, 2010  

La Ragazza del Lago by Andrea Molaioli

Una giovane donna, annegata in un lago della provincia friuliana, viene rinvenuta nuda lungo la sponda. Sulla morte misteriosa di Anna, studentessa e giocatrice di hockey, indaga il commissario Giovanni Sanzio, padre ruvido e introverso di Francesca. Affetto da una dermatite atipica e dimenticato dalla consorte che soffre di una malattia degenerativa del sistema nervoso, Sanzio ricerca con passione metodica le ragioni pubbliche del delitto e quelle private della vita. Procedendo in un’indagine investigativa ed esistenziale scoverà l’assassino e il principio dell’ordine nel perverso sconvolgimento dell’omicidio.

The body of a young woman is found in a small and quiet town in North Italy. A detective from the nearby main city is called to solve the mystery.With wins of three Nastri D’Argento awards, two Venice Film Festival awards in 2007 and a sweep of this year’s David Di Donatello awards (the Italian Oscars) with 10 wins, La Ragazza Del Lago has a lot riding on it.

Cast:Toni Servillo, Valeria Golino, Fausto Sciarappa

  OPERA IN THE GARDEN

NORMA, LA CENERENTOLA & LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST
THRE SUPERB FEMALE OPERATIC CHARACTERS!
THREE UNFORGETTABLE NIGHTS UNDER THE STARS!

Presented by: Italian Cultural Institute

In collaboration with: Consulate General of Italy

Friday, July 30th, 2010  

NORMA by Vincenzo Bellini
Director: Patrizia Carmine
Starring: Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato
Stage Director: Federico Tiezzi
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Running time: 162′
Production Year of Film version: 2008

Norma is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after Norma, ossia L’infanticidio (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet. First produced at La Scala on December 26, 1831, it is generally regarded as an example of the supreme height of the Bel canto tradition. “Casta diva” was one of the most familiar arias of the nineteenth century.
Act 1
The grove. A secret love unites the seeress Norma with Pollione, the Roman proconsul, by whom she has borne two children. But Pollione has grown tired of the aging druidess and has fallen in love with Adalgisa, a young temple virgin. Despite Adalgisa’s piety and virtue, she agrees to flee to Rome with Pollione. Adalgisa innocently tells Norma of her love, and Norma curses Pollione for his treachery.
Act 2
Norma’s apartment. Norma is about to kill her children, but her love for her children finally confides them to the care of Adalgisa. When Pollione comes to take Adalgisa from the temple, Norma denounces him and he is seized by the Druids, after having refused to give up Adalgisa. Norma proclaims herself equally guilty with him. The pyre is lighted, and ascending it, Norma dies with her lover.

Friday, August 13th, 2010

LA CENERENTOLA by Gioachino Rossini
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Starring: Frederica von Stade, Paolo Montarsolo
Stage Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala
Running time: 151′
Production Year of Film version: 1981

La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cinderella. The opera was first performed in Rome’s Teatro Valle on 25 January 1817.
Act I
Don Magnifico has two daughters and stepdaughter named Angelina, whose nickname is La Cenerentola, since she is kept as a maid. The family is poor and he dreams of rich suitors for his daughters. Prince Ramiro is looking for a bride and sends his tutor to look for a suitable candidate. He dresses as a beggar and tests Don Magnifico’s daughters’ kindness, but it is only La Cenerentola who shows any. They receive an invitation to a grand ball and they dress themselves in fancy clothes. The prince visits the house and falls in love with La Cenerentola. They all make their way to the palace except La Cenerentola. Alidoro gives her a beautiful dress and she goes to the ball unknown to everyone else.
Act II
The stepfather and his two daughters revel in the hope that they have enchanted the prince, who is really his servant Dandini in his clothes. Ramiro declares his love for La Cenerentola and gives her a bracelet. She says if he really loves her he will come looking for its twin before she disappears. Dandini reveals who he really is and Ramiro visits the house, this time as the prince. He finds the matching bracelet on La Cenerentola and takes her as his wife. Her stepfather and stepsisters are outrages and the prince threatens to punish them but La Cenerentola forgives them and asks for mercy.

Friday, August 27th, 2010

LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST by Giacomo Puccini
Director: John Michael Phillips
Starring: Mara Zampieri, Juan Pons, Plácido Domingo, Sergio Bertocchi, Luigi Roni
Stage Director: Jonathan Miller
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Orchestra & Coro del Teatro Alla Scala
Running time: 143′
Production Year of Film version: 1985

La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco. Its highly-publicised premiere occurred in New York City in 1910.
Act 1
Inside the Polka Saloon A group of Gold Rush miners enter the saloon after a day working at the mine. After a song by traveling minstrel Jake Wallace, one of the miners, Jim Larkens, is homesick and the miners collect enough money for his fare home. A group of miners playing cards discover that Sid is cheating and want to attack him. Sheriff Jack Rance quiets the fight and pins two cards to Sid’s jacket, as a sign of a cheater. A Wells Fargo agent, Ashby, enters and announces that he is chasing the bandit Ramerrez and his gang of Mexicans. Rance toasts Minnie, the girl who owns the saloon, as his future wife, which makes Sonora jealous. The two men begin to fight. Rance draws his revolver but at that moment, a shot rings out and Minnie stands next to the bar with a rifle in her hands. She gives the miners a reading lesson from the Bible. The Pony Express rider arrives and delivers a telegram from Nina Micheltorena, offering to reveal Ramerrez’s hideout. The sheriff tells Minnie that he loves her. But Minnie is waiting for the right man. A stranger enters the saloon and asks for a whisky and water, who introduces himself as Dick Johnson from Sacramento, and whom Minnie had met earlier. Johnson invites Minnie to dance with him and she accepts. Angrily, Rance watches them. Ashby returns with the captured Ramerrez gang member, Castro. Upon seeing his leader, Johnson, in the saloon, Castro agrees to lead Rance, Ashby and the miners in a search for Ramerrez, and the group then follows him on a false trail and in what turns out to be a wild goose chase. But before Castro leaves, he whispers to Johnson that somebody will whistle and Johnson must reply to confirm that the place is clear. A whistle is heard, but Johnson fails to reply. Minnie shows Johnson the keg of gold that she and the miners take turns to guard at night and Johnson reassures her that the gold will be safe there. Before he leaves the saloon, he promises to visit her at her cabin. They confess their love for each other. Minnie begins to cry, Johnson comforts her before he leaves.
Act 2
Minnie’s dwelling, later that evening Wowkle, a Native American squaw who is Minnie’s servant, her lover Billy Jackrabbit and their baby are present as Minnie enters, wanting to get ready for Johnson’s visit. Johnson enters Minnie’s cabin and she tells him all about her life. It begins to snow. They kiss and asks him to stay till morning. He denies knowing Nina Micheltorena. As Johnson hides, a posse enters looking for Ramerrez and reveal to Minnie that Johnson is the bandit himself. Angry, she orders him to leave. After leaving, Minnie hears a gunshot and she knows Johnson has been shot. Johnson staggers in and collapses, Minnie helps him by hiding him up in the loft. Rance enters Minnie’s cabin looking for the bandit and is about to give up searching for Johnson when drops of blood fall on his hand. Rance forces Johnson to climb down. Minnie desperately makes Rance an offer: if she beats him at poker, he must let Johnson go free; if Rance wins, she will marry him. Hiding some cards in her stockings, Minnie cheats and wins. Rance honors the deal and Minnie throws herself on the unconscious Johnson on the floor.
Act 3
In the Great Californian Forest at dawn, sometime later Johnson is again on the run from Ashby and the miners. Nick and Rance are discussing Johnson and wonder what Minnie sees in him when Ashby arrives in triumph: Johnson has been captured. Rance and the miners all want Johnson to be hanged. Johnson accepts the sentence and only asks the miners not to tell Minnie about his capture and his fate. Minnie arrives, armed with a pistol, just before the execution and throws herself in front of Johnson to protect him. While Rance tries to proceed, she convinces the miners that they owe her too much to kill the man she loves, and asks them to forgive him. One by one, the miners yield to her plea. Rance is not happy but finally he too gives in. Sonora unties Johnson and set him free. The miners bid Minnie farewell. Minnie and Johnson leave California to start a new life together.

I soci avranno la possibilità di incontrare l’artista durante un “meet and greet” organizzato dall’Altra Italia al Mod Club prima del concerto a partire dalle 7:00pm

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Cocktails for Members Only: 7:00 pm
InQuattro Fashion Group - 33 Hazelton Ave., Toronto

Screening: 8:30pm
ROM Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre - 100 Queen’s Park

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Please note that the viewing of the film is exclusive only to l’Altra Italia members.

Students and professors from the Italian Institute of Culture have free entry to the screening of the movie

Trama

Studente modello, figlio di intellettuali borghesi, GIORGIO conduce la vita normale e ordinaria di un ragazzo di ventidue anni. Una vita senza crepe, almeno in apparenza, fino a quando una sera incontra Francesco. Bello ed elegante, FRANCESCO esercita su uomini e donne un fascino misterioso e oscuro. Per vivere gioca a carte, sa vincere, ma più che fortunato è un abile baro e sembra avere in mano le chiavi per il successo. I tavoli da gioco si spostano da ville sontuose a bettole senza nome e i suoi avversari possono essere ricchi industriali o miserie umane: il risultato non cambia. In una Bari dai contorni sfocati, in cui ambienti segreti e torbidi fanno da sfondo a una quotidianità tranquilla e rassicurante, Giorgio diventa suo amico e complice. Passando da partite truccate a viaggi reali e immaginari, attraversando letti senza amore con donne di lusso annoiate, imparando a muoversi nei luoghi dove la buona e la cattiva società sembrano confondersi, Giorgio vede l’immagine di se stesso sgretolarsi per lasciare posto a qualcosa di sconosciuto. Qualcosa che fa paura, ma al tempo stesso lo attrae. E’ inarrestabile la discesa agli inferi che lo trasporta in un luogo dell’anima fino a quel momento ignoto. L’amicizia di Francesco e Giorgio procede verso un finale sorprendente. Un viaggio doloroso e inquietante nei territori della mente, in quel tempo fragile e misterioso che separa la giovinezza dall’età adulta. Quel tempo in cui le cose che accadono ci cambiano per sempre.
Tratto dall’omonimo romanzo di Gianrico Carofiglio.

Plot

Based on a best-selling novel by Gianrico Carofiglio, this is a compulsive thriller about the dangerous relationship that begins between a young law student, Giorgio and an unscrupulous card shark, Francesco. Initially, the pair team up to play poker and make extra money but gradually they move into deeper criminality, rigging all their games and, as the money gets bigger, their lifestyle becomes more outlandish and the opportunity for bigger scams appears. As the prospect of drug dealing opens up, Giorgio becomes more and more estranged from his comfortable middle-class family and Francesco begins to reveal a darker, much more disturbed, violent side to his personality.

festival & awards:

GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Fem kontinenter

HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Italian Landscape 2008

ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2009

ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL UK 2009: Panorama

LINCOLN CENTER - OPEN ROADS 2009

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Knight Grand Jury Prize; Special Jury Mention: Best Actor (Michele Riondino)

PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009: World Cinema Now

MADRID ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2008: In Competition

ROME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: LARA Award to Michele Riondino

THE TIMES BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2008: Cinema Europa

BENNATO A TORONTO - RITORNO ALLO SPIRITO DEGLI ANNI ‘70

L’Altra Italia è lieta di presentare Edoardo Bennato in concerto a Toronto.
L’atteso evento è frutto della collaborazione della nostra associazione con CHIN Radio e l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
L’artista partenopeo, uno dei più grandi cantautori e interprete della musica pop/rock italiana, si esibirà domenica 28 marzo alle ore 20:00 al MOD Club (722 College Street).

Ingresso ore 19:00 - Inizio concerto ore 20:00.

Chitarrista, armonicista e cantante, one man band: suona contemporaneamente oltre alla chitarra ed all’armonica anche dei tamburelli, il kazoo ed altre percussioni. L’influenza di grandi del Rock e della musica pop (Dylan su tutti) caratterizza il suo personaggio e la sua musica nella quale non possono mancare influenze mediterranee e partenopee.

Dopo i grandi e indimenticabili successi delle canzoni “Viva la Mamma” (1989), “Un’ Estate Italiana” (canzone del 1990 cantata in duetto con Gianna Nannini), “Sono solo canzonette”, “Peter Pan”, Bennato torna in concerto live con la grande musica rock italiana.

Il 22 gennaio 2010 è uscito il singolo “E’ Lei” con etichetta Universal Music Italia, che è da preludio all’uscita dell’attesissimo album di inediti con la produzione di Federico Barbacci, già produttore di Ligabue e Negrita.
Il 18 Febbraio viene invitato come Ospite alla terza Serata di Sanremo 2010, dove dove dichiara che l’album, che sarà nei negozi nei prossimi giorni, si chiamerà “Le vie del Rock sono infinite”.

I biglietti per assistere al concerto sono in vendita ad un prezzo speciale per i soci dell’Altra Italia a $40.00 (inclusi di tasse) e dovranno essere prenotati via e-mail a laltraitalia@mac.com.

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EDOARDO BENNATO LIVE @ THE MOD CLUB
Sunday March 28th

Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm.

Edoardo Bennato began his music career in the early Sixties (the first single was published on 1966) as one of the most creative and innovative songwriters of his time. His music distinguished itself for being an imaginative blend of blues, rock’n'roll, folk influences and even hints of opera.

After his first album Non farti cadere le braccia (”Don’t lose heart”, 1973), where he was still finding his way between tradition and innovation, Bennato decidedly chose the latter, many of his songs being performed by himself as a one-man band, with a 12-string acoustic guitar, harmonica, kazoo and foot-drum.

During this early period, Bennato’s lyrics were characterised by biting satire and irony, often addressed at the establishment and those self-proclaimed as “the good”. His second album, I buoni e i cattivi (”The good and the bad”, 1974), was an attack against the common-sense distinction between good and evil, between the righteous and the villains. “Arrivano i buoni” (”Here come the good”) was particularly significant: “Here come the good, they are resolute and they’ve already made a list of all the bad ones to eliminate… so now the good have declared war against the bad but they guarantee that it will be the last war ever to be fought…”. With Io che non sono l’imperatore (”I am not the Emperor”, 1975) Bennato pushed his music more towards experimentation, still mainly playing his acoustic guitar. The cover of the album shows a plan for the Naples light-rail system that Bennato had developed for his final project as a university student. While it was highly praised by his lecturers, the plan was never approved by the city council, giving him even more reason to deride and mock the powers to be.

“Meno male che adesso non c’e Nerone” (”Good thing there’s no Nero now”) and “Signor censore” (”Mister censor”) are among Bennato’s best examples of pungent criticism of the system. With La Torre di Babele (”The Tower of Babel”, 1976) Bennato’s music became more sophisticated - more musicians contributed to the album, which contains tracks of a very wide range of styles. Bennato was clearly evolving rapidly and this album reflects this process. “Cantautore” (”Songwriter”) is an amusing piece mocking those songwriters who, at the time, were taking themselves too seriously.

In the following year, Bennato finally reached commercial success with Burattino senza fili (”Marionette without strings”, 1977). This is a concept album based on the Pinocchio fairy tale. The central idea is that having one’s own freedom and independence is always better than giving in to the system and its rules, even if it means renouncing to some advantages that the system itself uses as luring temptations. Most of the songs in the album became classics, not only of Bennato’s repertoire, but also of Italian pop music in general, “Il gatto e la volpe” (”The cat and the fox”) probably being the most famous one.

After this big success, no new album appeared until 1980, when Bennato surprised fans, critics and the whole music biz with a very unconventional move: two albums in less than a month: Uffa! Uffa! (”I’m fed up!”, 1980) and Sono solo canzonette (”They’re only pop songs”, 1980). The two albums together sold more than a million copies, against all marketing rules and expectations. Bennato was clearly at the apex of his creativity. Uffa! Uffa!, the most experimental of the two records, is an album where Bennato blatantly disregarded all commercial concerns and let his creativity free to indulge in all kinds of directions, from medieval ecclesiastical chants to punk rock. The album also contained big hits but was generally overshadowed by the hugely successful Sono solo canzonette, a concept album based on the Pater Pan fairy tale and affirming the value of fantasy and imagination over reason and logic.

By this time, Bennato was the most popular Italian songwriter. Inevitably, this period also coincided with the start of a very slow but perceptible decline. In 1983 another fairy-tale concept album, based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin appeared on the market (E’ arrivato un bastimento) but it wasn’t as successful as the previous ones and this must have led Bennato to try different avenues. This he did with alternating fortune until the present day. Notably, on the occasion of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, which were held in Italy, Edoardo sang the official song of the event: “Un’estate italiana” (”An Italian Summer”) together with Gianna Nannini.

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InQuattro Fashion Group - 33 Hazelton Ave., Toronto

Screening: 8:30pm
ROM Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre - 100 Queen’s Park

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Please note that the viewing of the film is exclusive only to l’Altra Italia members.

Students and professors from the Italian Institute of Culture have free entry to the screening of the movie

Trama

San Pietroburgo, 1860. Un attentato provoca la morte di un membro della famiglia imperiale. Pochi giorni dopo lo scrittore Fjodor Mikhajlovic Dostojevskij incontra Gusiev, un giovane che è ricoverato in un ospedale psichiatrico. Gusiev confessa di aver fatto parte del gruppo terroristico e rivela che i suoi compagni stanno preparando un piano per eliminare un altro parente dello Zar. Il giovane gli rivela anche l’indirizzo di Aleksandra, il loro capo. Dostojevskij deve trovarla e convincerla a fermare questo nuovo atto terroristico. Lo scrittore è sconvolto. Sta vivendo giorni terribili, pressato dai creditori, dall’imminente scadenza del termine di consegna di un nuovo libro, dai frequenti attacchi di epilessia. Di giorno, con l’aiuto di una giovane stenografa, Anna Grigorjevna, detta “ Il giocatore ”. Di notte continua l’affannosa ricerca del gruppo terroristico.

Plot

St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the Imperial family is assassinated. A few days later the writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky meets Gusiev, a young man being treated in a psychiatric hospital. Gusiev confesses that he is part of the terrorist group involved in the assassination and reveals that his comrades are planning to kill another of the Tsar’s relatives. The young man also gives Dostoevsky the address of Aleksandra, their leader. Dostoevsky must find her and try and convince her to stop this new attack. The writer is at his wits end, hounded by his creditors, under pressure to deliver his next book and plagued by frequent attacks of epilepsy. By day, with the help of Anna Grigoryevna, a young stenographer, he dictates “The Gambler”. At night he continues his desperate search for the terrorist group…

We are pleased to present “ Il Seme Della Discordia/ The Seed of Discord” on Friday February 12th, 2010.

Cocktails at 7:00pm for members only
PARK HYATT TORONTO
MEZZANINE LOUNGE
4 AVENUE ROAD

We ask that you RSVP by return email before Thursday February 11th in order for us to provide an exact number to the caterers.

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Saranno ammessi al rinfresco solo gli iscritti in regola con il tesseramento.

Ammessi alla proiezione studenti e professori dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto.

Ammessi alla proiezioni gli studenti dell’Università di York in possesso di tessera.

Please note that the viewing of the film is exclusive only to l’Altra Italia members.

Students and professors from the Italian Institute of Culture have free entry to the screening of the movie

La proiezione non sarebbe stata possibile senza la collaborazione di RAI Trade a cui va il nostro sentito ringraziamento.

Trama

Al centro della storia la giovane coppia formata da Mario e Veronica che, pur di fare carriera, lasciano che il proprio rapporto sentimentale si logori col tempo. Nelle loro vite irrompe un piccolo dramma esistenziale, quando lei scopre di essere incinta nello stesso giorno in cui il marito viene a sapere di essere sterile.
Liberamente ispirato a “La Marchesa di O…” di Heinrich Von Kleist.

Plot

Beautiful and down-to-earth Veronica owns a clothes shop and is married to Mario, a fertiliser salesman. She has a suffocating and interfering mother who’s obsessed with becoming a grandmother. Mamma Luciana persuades them to take a fertility test and it is so that Veronica discovers that she is pregnant, but that Mario is sterile. The wife’s mysterious pregnancy puts the couple’s relationship to the test, as Mario seeks comfort in the arms of curvy lovers, while Veronica investigates on the “cause” of her pregnancy, with the help of Gabriele, a neighbourhood thug who’s secretly in love with her. Loosely based on the novel “The Marquis of O” by Heinrich von Kleist.

Cocktails for Members Only: 7:00 pm
Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner Museum Restaurant -  111 Queen’s Park

Screening: 8:30pm
ROM Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre - 100 Queen’s Park

Vi preghiamo di confermarci la vostra presenza via e-mail sia per il film che per il cocktail

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Ammessi alla proiezione studenti e professori dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto.

Ammessi alla proiezioni gli studenti dell’Università di York in possesso di tessera.

Please note that the viewing of the film is exclusive only to l’Altra Italia members.

Students and professors from the Italian Institute of Culture have free entry to the screening of the movie

Trama

Una landa desolata, bagnata da piogge e acquitrini in una provincia del nord Italia. Case sparse e costruite su una superstrada in mezzo a rivendite di materiale edile, centri commerciali, neon e solitudine. Qui vivono un padre e un figlio. Rino e Cristino Zena. Rino è un disoccupato, meglio un lavoratore precario. Cristiano fa le scuole medie. Il loro è un rapporto d’amore tragico e oscuro. Un legame talmente forte che neanche la morte può sciogliere. Soli combattono contro tutto. Rino educa suo figlio come può. Come sa. Inculcandogli principi sbagliati, razzisti, maschilisti, nazionalsocialisti e spesso violenti. Cristiano lo ama, lo venera, lo considera il suo faro, la sua guida spirituale. Un amore sbagliato, ma potentissimo. Hanno un solo amico. Si chiama 4 formaggi.

Plot

Adesolate northern Italian town set beneath majestic mountains. Scattered houses built along a highway, in the midst of enormous lumber yards, shopping centres and neon. Rino and Cristiano Zena, father and son, live here. Rino makes do with odd jobs. Cristiano is in middle school. It is the two of them against the world. Rino raises his son the best he can. Cristiano worships his father with a misguided but powerful love. Their lone friend, Quattro Formaggi, has not been right in the head since an accident. He spends his days building a strange manger scene made of trash taken from the town dump.
From the novel by Niccolò Ammaniti, with the same name.