Contemporary Italian Cinema 2023: Italy at the dawn of the third Millenium
With the forthcoming one, in 2023, the series of collaborations between the Italian Cultural Institute and the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre is extended to nine. Nine editions during which the Institute and the cultural hub of the Liverpool City Council has offered the Western area of Sydney a wide and qualitative choice of feature films starting with the masterpieces of Neorealism and continuing with the retrospectives dedicated to Mastroianni and Fellini, and with the screening of the most recent works by many Italian directors, thus offering the ever-large audience a cross-section of contemporary Italy.
This year, the series is entitled Italy at the dawn of the third millennium with a clear reference to the now consolidated choice of proposing a series of films by directors, women and men, whose cameras scrutinize the events, including private ones, of Italians of today, recounting today’s events of a true, lively, sometimes contradictory and yet modern Italy. With one exception: this year we wanted to include an Australian production, that Palazzo di Cozzo by the Italian-Australian director Madeleine Martiniello, which nonetheless tells of a self-made man, an Italian immigrant who found success and well-being in Australia.
A castle in Italy (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, 2013)
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Filippo Timi, Louis Garrel, Marisa Borini
During a trip back to her childhood home in Piedmont, Louise seems no more inclined to address the dire financial situation of her late father’s estate than either her eccentric mother or her adored older brother Ludovic. The upkeep on the family’s grand villa is crippling and taxes are mounting. But nobody seems keen on the suggestion of the local mayor to open the castle to paying visitors, let alone sell their valuable Brueghel canvas. His health steadily deteriorating, Ludovic is especially unwilling to let go of the past.
Admission $10 (including one drink)
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