Each day we will screen from a selection of classic films that relate to Italy or some of our festival artists. All Italian films will be shown with English subtitles; English films will have Italian subtitles
Everyday in Sant'Agostino, film room
4.00pm - 6.00pm
Free event
Friday 30 July 2010
Hilary and Jackie (United Kingdom - 1998) 124 minutes
Director: Anand Tucker. Starring Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain
The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
Saturday 31 July 2010
Miracle in Milan (Italy, 1951) – 100 minutes
Director: Vittorio de Sica. Starring Emma Gramatica and Francesco Golisano
Between making the two great neo-realist films Bicycle Thieves and Umberto D., the team of director Vittorio De Sica and writer Cesare Zavattini produced Miracle in Milan, a delightful magical fantasy about an orphan who becomes involved with a homeless community on the outskirts of Milan
Sunday 1 August 2010
Rome Open City (Italy, 1945) – 98 minutes
Director: Roberto Rossellini. Starring Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi and Marcello Pagliero
The first of Rosselini’s neo-realist War Trilogy films. Set in Rome during the Nazi occupation in 1944 this is a harrowing although inspiring drama about the Italian resistance. Highly recommended
Monday 2 August 2010
Gosford Park (United Kingdom,USA 2001) - 137 minutes
Director:Robert Altman. Starring Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban and Alan Bates
Set in 1932 in an old fashioned English country house where a family has invited many of their friends up for a weekend shooting party. A murder occurs and all the servants and guests present their own perspective and they all seem to have a secret.
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Paisà (Italy, 1946) – 134 minutes
Director: Roberto Rossellini. Starring Carmela Sazio, Roberto Van Loon and Alfonsino Pasca
The second of Rosselini’s War Trilogy. Paisa is made up of six moving stories that take place during the second world war; in Sicily, Naples, Rome, Florence,a monastery in the Appenine Range and Porte Tolle in the Po river
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Under the Tuscan Sun (USA, 2003) - 113 minutes
Director: Audrey Wells. Starring Diane Lane, Sandra Oh and Lindsay Duncan.
Film based on Frances Mayes’ book of the same name. An unexpected detour of the American writer Frances Mayes, who moves to the countryside in Tuscany (Cortona) and starts a new life adventure
Thursday 5 August 2010
Germany Year Zero (Italy, 1948) – 78 minutes
Director: Roberto Rossellini. Starring Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau and Ingetraud Hinze
Final film of the Rossellini’s War Trilogy. Filmed in the rubble of post-war Berlin, it follows the story of a twelve year old boy, Edmund Koeler, his friends and family scrambling to survive in the nightmarishly dilapidated remains of the city
Friday 6 August 2010
Lock stock and two smoking barrels (United Kingdom – 1998) – 124 minutes
Director: Guy Ritchie. Starring Sting, Jason Flemyng, Nick Fletcher
Four London working class lads pool their money to join a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash. A fast paced, fun British heist film
