Cinema Italia
Life in a Time of Crisis – An Italian Perspective
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is proud to announce the launch of a collaboration with Palace Cinemas which will present a series of screenings as well as retrospectives dedicated to some of the most significant cultural and social aspects of Italian life as well as representative figures of Italian cinema.
The first collaboration, Cinema Italia. Life in a Time of Crisis – An Italian Perspective, will present a selection of contemporary Italian movies that will take the viewers on a journey through Italy during a time of economic crisis, offering a spectrum of everyday life which shows that, no matter how dire the situation, life goes on.
Hosted at Palace Cinema Norton Street on one Tuesday of each month, guests will receive an antipasto and prosecco on arrival, with a film introduction to precede the screening, followed by a Q&A with a special guest and moderated by Antonella Beconi, convenor for Italian at the Centre of Continuing Education, University of Sydney, on behalf of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
28 May, 6.30 pm
The Entrepreneur (L’industriale)
By Giuliano Montaldo, 2011 94’
Giuliano Montaldo’s multi-award winning taut drama tells the story of factory owner Nicola Ranieri who is struggling both professionally and emotionally. The banks are foreclosing and pride has taken him to the brink of ruin as he refuses to use his wife’s wealth and family name as a guarantor against further loans. He is just days away from bankruptcy unless the German company Zenith confirms the fifteen million euro share option deal. But Nicola also suspects his beautiful architect wife is having an affair. Following her, he discovers a regular rendezvous with Gabriel, a Romanian musician and car park attendant. Attempting to secretly help her husband financially, Laura finds herself instead at the centre of Nicola’s intense jealousy. Set in Turin, the movie shows a city paralysed by the financial crisis. Deserted factories, almost empty streets and the distant sound of protest provide the backdrop for this incisive yet deeply personal film that shows just how quickly and easily the economic crisis can destroy individual lives.
*Q&A with Francesco Borghesi, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
ADMISSION PRICES
• Full price: $24
• IIC members, Palace Movie Club members & Students: $19*
* University of Sydney, UTS, UNSW, Macquarie University, Centre of Continuing Education students
Information and bookings: www.palacecinemas.com.au