This summer the list of events at the Italian Cultural Institute in London is rich with several concerts and also free film screenings. Every Tuesday night and not only, come and watch great Italian classic films and latest releases.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The Paths of Glory. A voyage with Mario Monicelli to the sites of the Great War
The Paths of Glory pays homage to Mario Monicelli and was shot when the director of The Great War (La grande guerra) was almost ninety. Sitting in front of a moviola, Monicelli comments on the footage from his trip-pilgrimage in the summer of 2004 to >>>
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Pier Paolo Pasolini: cinema and anthropology
The analysis of the intersections between anthropological discourse, documentary and fiction, shows how Pasolini’s cinema is deeply related to visual anthropology: the visual anthropology theorised and practiced by the “New Ethnography” in the Eighties. >>>
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Salon Italia – UMBERTO D. by Vittorio De Sica
UMBERTO D. directed by Vittorio De Sica with Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari 1952 – 98 minutes A elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome. Nick Walker is a freelance film programmer, events producer >>>
Tuesday, July 07, 2015
LA SEDIA DELLA FELICITA’ by Carlo Mazzacurati
LA SEDIA DELLA FELICITA’ directed by Carlo Mazzacurati with Valerio Mastandrea, Isabella Ragonese, Giuseppe Battiston 2013 – 94 minutes A beautician and a tattoo artist fall in love while looking for a treasure hidden in a chair. In the meantime, the >>>
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
THE HUMAN FACTOR (LA VARIABILE UMANA) by Bruno Oliviero
Directed by Bruno OlivieroWith Silvio Orlando, Giuseppe Battiston, Sandra Ceccarelli, Alice Raffaelli2014 – 94 minutesAfter the death of his wife, inspector Monaco seems uninterested and tired of his work. Refusing to return to the streets he spends the >>>
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
THE FIFTH WHEEL (L’ULTIMA RUOTA DEL CARRO) by Giovanni Veronesi
Directed by Giovanni Veronesi With Elio Germano, Alessandra Mastronardi, Ricky Memphis, Sergio Rubini 2013 – minutesErnesto is a simple man, upholsterer, nursery-school cook, driver, film extra: he’s a jack of all trades. With him and his best friend >>>
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
BANDITS OF ORGOSOLO (BANDITI A ORGOSOLO) by Vittorio De Seta
Michele, a shepherd of Orgosolo unfairly charged with rustling and murder, is forced to take to the hills. In his flight into the inaccessible areas of Barbagia, where there is neither water nor pastures, he loses every sheep in his flock. One night, >>>
Opening times: 6.30pm
Venue: Italian Cultural Institute
