Cinema Insieme Presents "Vincere" September 13, 2010

Hello Fellow Film Lovers,

We're ready to start a new season of Italian Film in Hamilton with the presentation of "Vincere". The powerful new film from acclaimed auteur Marco Bellocchio, Vincere is a compelling drama based on the little known story of Benito Mussolini's first wife. Ida Dalsar (Giovanno Mezzogiorno) and Mussolini (Filippo Timi) beginning with their liaison in 1914; she is a well-to-do beauty salon owner and he is an impoverished young Socialist and union activist. When Ida sells all her possessions to fund her lover's new newspaper, the rise of Fascism is set into play. An official selection of the Cannes, Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals, Vincere is a gripping film that combines drama, archive footage, and music creating a highly cinematic oratorio of enormous emotional force.

For more on the film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156173/

To see the trailer on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeaRJxJcp7E

Here are the details:

Date: Monday, September 13th, 2010

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: The Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street, http://thepearlcompany.ca/

Cost: $10 at the door. Includes refreshment. We'd appreciate an email letting us know if you're coming.

Professor Franco Gallippi will be presenting the film and leading the Q & A session afterwards.

The wine is generously being provided by Dr. Valeria Pini. She recently opened a beautiful new dental office called Stoneridge Dental at the corner of Garth and Twenty Road on the west mountain. The atmosphere is very relaxing. Thanks to Valeria and her husband who have been great supporters of Cinema Insieme since day one. See more info at http://www.stoneridgedental.ca/

This is a joint presentation with Festitalia.

Please note that we are also co-presenting with the Art Gallery of Hamilton “Pranzo Di Ferraggosto” on September 25 and “Io Sono L’Amore” on September 30 – for details, time and locations please visit the AGH World Film Festival Website - http://www.aghfilmfest.com/films-trailers.php

Cinema Insieme presents Caro Diario

Fellow Film Lovers



Thanks to all who attend Roma, Citta Aperta, on March 8.



The following are the details of our next film night:



Film: Caro Diario - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109382/


Date: Monday April 19, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.



Place: The Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street, Hamilton: http://www.thepearlcompany.ca



Guest Speaker: Professor Franco Gallippi



Price: $10

Cinema Insieme

presents

Rome, Open City [Roma, Citta Aperta]

dir. Roberto Rossellini (1945)

Monday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m.

The Pearl Company
16 Steven Street, Hamilton
http://thepearlcompany.ca

Admission: $10 pp (film, Q & A, wine & cheese reception)

Period:
WWII - during the 9 month Nazi occupation of Rome in 1943
The Fascist dictatorship has begun its fall, although many sympathizers still remain. The Nazis have occupied several Italian cities and areas. The Italian Resistance movement is carrying out a clandestine battle against the Nazis, as they did against the Fascist dictatorship. Based on real life events, this landmark film focuses on the hardships and struggles of ordinary people and their fight for freedom. Rome, Open City, considered the mother of the Neo-realist film movement, ushered in a new film style that influenced audiences and directors throughout the world.

Characters:
Italian Partisans
Manfredi (engineer, Resistance leader)
Francesco (typesetter, friend of Manfredi, Pina’s fiancé)
Pina (played by Anna Magnani; engaged to Francesco) The Young Boys:
Don Pietro (Partisan parish priest) Marcello (Pina’s son)
Agostino (sexton) Romolo (leader of boys’ movement)
Lauretta (Pina’s sister) Marina (dancer/actress, Manfredi’s girlfriend)
Nazis
Major Fritz Bergmann
Ingrid The Police Commissioner of Rome
Captain Hartmann

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FILM DESCRIPTION & REVIEWS:

Film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038890/

Review: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/36504/Open-City/overview

Other Reviews:

J.L. Godard: “…all roads lead to Rome, Open City”.
R. Ames: Rome Open City “is a key film in the history of world cinema … its primacy in the neo-realist movement is unchallenged”.
Rossellini: “We were emerging from the tragedy of the war …. we were all its victims.
I sought only to depict the essence of things."
“Rome Open City is a film about fear, everyone’s fear, but above all my own."