Cineclub at the Institute: “An Almost Perfect Town”
Registration for non members begins on March 6
Cineclub at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
New Comedy Italian-Style
Introduced by Professors of Italian from Universities throughout Chicago, the six films included in this series belong to the genre Comedy Italian style and approach contemporary social issues with a humorous touch. A discussion in Italian will follow the screening.
Screening of “An Almost Perfect Town” (Un paese quasi perfetto)
Directed by Massimo Guadioso
Introduced by: Professor Anna Clara Ionta, Loyola University
Pietramezzana, a remote village in the Lucan Dolomites, is likely to disappear. Its inhabitants, led by the volcanic Dominic do not give up and, believing that the opening of a factory may be the solution to all their troubles, they want to make sure that the project is successful. An Italian remake of canadian “The Grand Seduction (2013)” which is also a remake of french-canadian “La grande séduction (2003)”
2016
92 minutes
With Fabio Volo, Miriam Leone, Silvio Orlando
In Italian with English subtitles
Free and open to the public
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