Virtual screening of “Il padre d’Italia”, by Fabio Mollo and starring Luca Marinelli
2017, 92 min. In Italian with English subtitles
from Saturday, March 13 at 1pm CT through
Monday, March 15 at 1pm CT
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to continue its series of contemporary Italian films starring Luca, best actor award at Venice Film Festival 2019 for “Martin Eden.”
An offbeat love story with a freewheeling road movie to examine a generation poised on the brink of adulthood. Paolo, thirtyish, gay, and morose, has recently broken up with his longtime boyfriend He is nursing his sorrow in a Turin nightclub when a woman collapses in his arms: Mia, a six-months-pregnant free spirit living from hand to mouth, who commandeers Paolo to join her in a haphazard search for the child’s father.
Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Check back here on Saturday for the link to view the virtual screening.