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13th Festival of Italian Cinema (Online Edition)
11:08 CAT | 11 December 2020
13th Festival of Italian Cinema (Online Edition)
From the 14th of December, for 7 days, 7 of the most interesting Italian films of recent years and great classics of Italian cinematography are available for free.
Registering at the website http://palop.festadocinemaitaliano.com/
THE TRAITOR (Il Traditore) By Marco Bellocchio
2019 - Drama - 2h28 - 14 years - VO with Portuguese subtitles
Considered one of the most relevant mobsters in the history of Italy, Tommaso Buscetta was also the main police informant in a gigantic operation that helped to dismantle the Italian mafia. Amid deaths, trafficking and threats, Tommaso lived both extremes of the law and became known to his former comrades as the traitor.
SANTIAGO, ITALY By Nanni Moretti
2018 - Documentary - 1h20 - 12 years - VO with Portuguese subtitles
In September 1973, after the coup d'état of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile, the Italian embassy in Santiago opened its doors to hundreds and hundreds of asylum seekers. Through interviews with the protagonists, the film recounts this dramatic period in the history of Chile, where some Italian diplomats managed to save so many human lives.
BANGLA By Phaim Bhuiyan
2019 - Comedy - 1h27 - 12 years - VO with Portuguese subtitles
Inspired by true facts, Bangla tells the story of Phaim, from Bangladesh, who lives in the suburbs of Rome and, when he falls in love with Asia, a young Italian woman, panics. For his parents, he has to marry a Bengali woman, and according to Islamic law, premarital sex is a sin. Awarded as the best Italian comedy of 2019 and the best film of the Festival of Italian Cinema 2019; Phaim Bhuiyan received the Emerging Director Award at the last David di Donatello awards.
PARENT SURVIVAL MANUAL Figli By Giuseppe Bonito
2020 - Comedy / Drama - 1h37 - 14 years - VO with Portuguese subtitles
Sara and Nicola are married and in love. The couple has a 6-year-old daughter and a happy life. However, the arrival of the second child upsets the family's balance. In addition to the restless newborn, Sara and Nicola must survive in a hostile world, with extravagant grandparents, friends on the verge of nervous breakdown and unlikely babysitters. Between the instinct to flee and the desire to stay, will the couple manage to stay together?
I, LEONARDO (Io Leonardo) By Jesus Garces Lambert
2019 - Documentary - 1h30 - 12 years - VO with Portuguese subtitles
Leonardo, the artist, the scientist and the inventor. A new and engaging experience, from a perspective far from stereotypes on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of its birth. The absolute main protagonist of the film is Leonardo's mind, a space that accompanies him in evoking the most significant moments of his life, a vast and abstract place where nature and interior scenes live together and his genius comes to life.
DEAR DIARY By Nanni Moretti
1993 - Drama / Comedy - 1h41 - 12 years old - VO with Portuguese subtitles
A mixture of comedy and autobiographical documentary directed and performed by Nanni Moretti. The film, which won the filmmaker the Best Director award at Cannes in 1994, is divided into three parts: “Na Vespa”, “As Ilhas” and “Os Médicos”. Dear diary is a Morettian look at Italy in the nineties and possibly the director's most popular film.
LA DOLCE VITA By Federico Fellini
1960 - Drama - 2h47 - 12 years old - VO with Portuguese subtitles
Fellini's greatest success, La Dolce Vita represents a look at the culture of stardom. It has been universally applauded and loved for almost six decades. A film that will always be remembered for the iconic image of Anita Ekberg at the Fontana di Trevi. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and four Oscar nominations. Displayed in a copy restored on the occasion of the director's centenary.
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