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C of C launches Italian film fest -The Post and Courier-Charleston SC
Sept. 15, 2011
NEWS RELEASE
Italian Film Festival returns to Charleston
Popular 3-day event celebrates Italian culture through cinema
The College of Charleston’s Italian Program launches its 2011 Italian Film Festival on Thursday, October 20, at the Sottile Theatre, with a 6:30 p.m. screening of John Turturro’s “Passione,” an artful and exuberant examination of Neapolitan music, featuring some of the city’s famous musicians and singers. The screening will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. reception featuring Italian aperitivi.
The festival, organized by Giovanna De Luca, professor of Italian and cinema at the College of Charleston, continues at the Sottile on Friday, October 21, with a 5:30 p.m. screening of “La Siciliana Ribelle,” or “The Sicilian Girl.” Marco Amenta’s film recounts the true crime story of Mafia daughter Rita Atria, who risked her life to break the code of silence and testify against “The Family” in 1991. It will be followed at 7:30 p.m. by “Basilicata Coast to Coast,” a lyrical, subtle and loving tribute to a little-known part of Italy, punctuated by a wonderful soundtrack of jazzy songs by director Rocco Papaleo.
The festival concludes at the Sottile on Saturday, October 22, with a 5:30 p.m. screening of “Fughe e Approdi,” by Giovanna Taviani. The film is an imaginative journey through the magnificent Aeolian islands, and a nostalgic paean to memory and cinema. The last film in the festival series, shown at 7:30 p.m., is “Welcome to the South,” Luca Miniero’s charming remake of the French hit “Welcome to the Sticks.” Miniero’s version, subtler and funny, pokes fun at stereotypes associated with Italy’s south.
All movies are in Italian with English subtitles. The screenings at the Sottile Theatre, 44 George St., are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.cofc.edu/italianfilm.
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