Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema
The Italian Cultural Institute, after the success of the previous movie cycles Masters of Neorealism: Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica in 2015 and Marcello Mastroianni: Lover and Legend in 2016, is pleased to present a new cycle dedicated to Contemporary Italian Cinema. Once more this year we will open a window on Italy through the “Seventh Art” by offering viewers a historical perspective, with Mario Martone’s masterpieces Noi credevamo and Il giovane favoloso, as well as a selection of the best films depicting the genius, the irony and the intensely emotional nature which characterize Italian dramatic comedy, through some of the most recent works by the great Italian directors Daniele Ciprì, Giuseppe Gagliardi, Gianni Amelio and Carlo Mazzacurati, who passed away in January 2014 and whose last film, La sedia della felicità, we propose in this new cycle of screenings.
Thursday, 4 May 2017 (official opening):
La vera leggenda di Tony Vilar, directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi, 2006, 93’.
La vera leggenda di Tony Vilar revisits the story of Antonio Ragusa, a migrant from Calabria who in 1952 left Genoa for Argentina to became Tony Vilar, the most famous South American melodic singer of the early 60s, disappeared at the peak of his success without leaving any trace. It is from this true story that The True legend of Tony Vilar takes its inspiration, Giuseppe Gagliardi’s “fake documentary”, or mockumentary, where some real facts are intertwined with other, fictitious moments. The main character, played by Peppe Voltarelli, tracks down his cousin Vilar (Roy Paci), in a journey that from Buenos Aires takes him to New York. During this journey the filmmaker takes some pictures of Italians living in America, and who seem to have come out of John Fante’s pages.
The cycle will continue with the following screenings:
• Thursday, 8 June: È stato il figlio (Daniele Ciprì)
• Thursday, 3 August: Il giovane favoloso (Mario Martone)
• Thursday, 7 September: L’intrepido (Gianni Amelio)
• Thursday, 19 October: La sedia della felicità (Carlo Mazzacurati)
• Thursday, 2 November: Noi credevamo (Mario Martone)
(program subject to change)
The retrospective will be opened by the Mayor of Liverpool, Wendy Waller, the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Donatella Cannova, the Italian Consul General, Arturo Arcano, and the Director of the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Craig Donarski.
Refreshments at 6.00 pm.
Free entry. Booking essential.
RSVP: reception@casulapowerhouse.com or 02 9824 1121