Thursday, May 14 at 6:00pm
Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Free screening, with registration
A visionary journey into the history of clubbing in Italy that starts with a look at its ruins spread across Italy. Its rise and fall, as told by the history’s key players; a tale that lasted 40 years, between nights on the highway and days consumed in after hours clubs. It was a seemingly unstoppable rise, like house music coming out of New York. It’s a story of four generations yearning to be added to a list to get into places of gathering and perdition,
where what counts is not what you do during the day, but only who you turn into at night. Forty years of “planet disco” producing culture, art, music and style, among plenty of contradictions and aberrations.
Year: 2021
Duration: 115′
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Country: Italy
Genre: documentary
The screening is part of the series Moto Continuo Film Showcase, inspired by the theme leading the 2026 programming of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. The selected titles explore the concept of movement through recent works by Italian film directors: epic journeys, emotional tensions, and cultural currents intertwine to convey the complexity of the historical and social processes that have contributed to shaping the Italian cultural identity.
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