Cinema Italia 2023 – Family relationships in contemporary Italy: a progressive journey towards freedom and acceptance
The Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney renews its collaboration with Palace Cinemas also in 2023 by presenting a series of film dedicated to some of the most significant contemporary cultural and social aspects of Italian life as well as representative figures of Italian cinema.
This year the series will be entitled Family relationships in contemporary Italy: a progressive journey towards freedom and acceptance, and will include a series of recently produced Italian films that will offer the public a close-up view of some dynamics, sometimes conflicting, that can develop in the family environment .
Screenings will be held at the Palace Cinemas Norton Street, Leichhardt. Viewers will receive a glass of prosecco upon arrival.
The screenings will be preceded by a brief introduction by one or more invited guests (specific for each film), who will also be available to answer questions from the audience at the end of the screening. Coordinator on behalf of the Italian Cultural Institute and moderator during the Q&A will be Diletta Rusca, Bachelor of Arts (English – Italian and Chinese Studies), Advanced TESOL diploma, tutor in English, ESL, Essay writing, IELTS, Italian, reading, special needs.
I nostri ragazzi (The Dinner) (by Ivan De Matteo, 2014)
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, 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. However, when Paolo’s son and Massimo’s daughter appear to have been involved in a serious crime, resentments boil to the surface. Ivan de Matteo has brilliantly expanded on elements of the novel and altered some aspects, such as the children being a boy and a girl instead of two boys, resulting in heightened complexities in the characters and a slow burn tension that builds to a surprising climax. The outstanding cast also features Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Barbara Bobulova who give unforgettable performances that linger long after the lights go up.
Q&A with Manuela Rispoli, broadcaster at the SBS Radio Italian programme.
ADMISSION PRICES
- Full price: $20
- IIC members, Palace Movie Club members & Students: $15*
* University of Sydney, UTS, UNSW, Macquarie University, Centre of Continuing Education students
Information and bookings: www.palacecinemas.com.au