Liberation Day: Preserving the Memory
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the
Liberation of Italy from Nazifascism
the Italian Cultural Institute hosts the screening of
Roma città aperta (3PM)
by Roberto Rossellini
and
L’uomo che verrà (5:30PM)
by Giorgio Diritti
(both in Italian with English subtitles)
Each screening will be followed by a panel with experts of history and cinema, moderated by cinema critic Adriano Ercolani. Among other guests: David Forgacs, Professor of Contemporary Italian Studies at New York University
Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta, 1945)
by Roberto Rossellini. Starring Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi.
Roberto Rossellini’s masterpiece was instrumental for the groundbreaking season of Italian Neorealism. A movie strongly desired by writer Sergio Amidei, Rome, Open City threw the camera into the streets, among the people, creating a new way of filmmaking that went on to become an aesthetic and ideological testament for future generations. Awarded at Cannes, nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay by Amidei and Federico Fellini.
The Man Who Will Come (L’uomo che verrà, 2009)
by Giorgio Diritti. With Alba Rohrwacher, Maya Sansa, Greta Zuccheri Montanari, Claudio Casadio.
Winner of the David di Donatello for best film, the work by Giorgio Diritti recounts the tragically famous Marzabotto massacre with an emotional and ideal adherence unknown to contemporary Italian cinema. The Man Who Will Come mixes fictional characters and historical reconstruction, combining to create a suspended atmosphere that nevertheless restores its author’s sense of truth. A critically acclaimed feature film, worthy heir to the aesthetic and civil lesson of Neorealism.
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