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Padroni di casa (Landlords)

A Glimpse on Today’s Italy

Given the success of the movie cycles presented in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and thanks to the fruitful collaboration with the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, the Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to present in 2018 a new cycle, A Glimpse on Today’s Italy, which will include movies produced in the last years which wish to illustrate in a rather hironic manner some of the most pressing issues of contemporary Italy.

padroni di casa 2Padroni di casa (Landlords), directed by Edoardo Gabbriellini, 2012, 90‘

This story revolves around two construction-workers, brothers Cosimo and Elia, who are hired by famous singer Fausto Mieli to do some work on his rural mansion before his big comeback on the music scene, after having given up his singing career over 10 years before to look after his wife Moira, who was struck down by a serious disease. It all seems like an easy enough job, but when the brothers arrive, they are shunned by the small local community who doesn’t like strangers. Matters gets even worse when Elia attracts the attention of local beauty Adriana, who sees in a relationship with Elia the only way to escape her isolated hometown. The more the concert draws close, the more tensions arise between Fausto and Moira, and wen Cosimo sees something he wasn’t supposed to see, the story leads to its tragic climax.

Free entry. Booking essential.

RSVP: reception@casulapowerhouse.com or 02 9824 1121

  • Organized by: Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • In collaboration with: Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre