An unmissable cycle of Italian cinema enriches the cultural offer of May-June in Posadas, city at the gates of the misionera forest inArgentina northern. The “sparkling” editorial staff of en.Misiones has organized five magnificent film evenings under the banner of the Italian flag. Thanks to the partnership of the local Popular Library, which made its structure available. It got off to a great start, with the multi-award winning Sorrentino of It was the hand of God.
Monday of great Italian cinema
“It is said here and there that Monday is the worst day of the week… But now, for five Mondays, it will be a whole other story. It will be the most awaited day, the most desired. Why in the Popular Library of Posadas, the cycle of Italian cinema will be waiting for you to provoke in the spectators all the emotions and pleasure that only the Bel Paese can transmit ”. So, nicely, Maria Chiara Forni, the rampant director of itMisiones announced in an article the cycle that opened on Monday 16 in his city, the capital of the Argentine province of colored land, or Misiones. The idea was to make known the Italian cinema today, as well as re-proposing great hits now classic like The postman e Nuovo Cinema Paradiso.
Good first… The second one will also be excellent
On Monday 16 the intense cold, uncommon in the almost subtropical winter missionary, did not discourage the presence of an audience well above expectations. The first evening of the cycle was a success that greatly cheered the bold young people of itMisiones. Among the cinephiles present, long-time readers (itMisiones he has just over two years of life, but due to his great liveliness it seems like a lifetime!), "new entries" and people who got to know him thanks to this initiative, which has enjoyed a wide diffusion. All happy, at the end of the screening of a feature film of excellent quality and which brings you closer to one of the most interesting filmmakers of contemporary Italian cinema.
Italian cinema for nostalgics?
And in fact, as the young organizers explain: “It is said that Italians are nostalgic… For this reason, we at itMisiones we decided to start this cinematic 'mini-season' with a very recent, already multi-award-winning film " (Silver Lion in Venice, Oscar and BAFTA nomination, 5 David di Donatello ...) “Which unites Italy and Argentina with an emblem like Diego Maradona". In the film, the idol of Naples is the background and secondary "character" of a painting that tells about Naples and "the events of a 'conventional' family (with all that this entails)". We do not say further, so as not to spoil the party for those who have not yet seen "It was the hand of God".
Monday 23 May will be the turn of Perfect strangers, a great success of 2016, by Paolo Genovese. And with a very topical subject: “The (often too much) attention we pay to mobile phones and what we hide behind a password. Which, when it emerges, is able to undermine the relationships we thought were most intimate and close-knit. The ending is totally moody ", writes Maria Chiara. The film inspired the beauty of (at least) 22 remakes international!
Also, but not only!
The following Monday evenings will be dedicated to Life ahead of him (May 30), with the eternally very good and beautiful Sofia Loren, directed by his son Edoardo Ponti, and two works already known to the general public (absolutely to be discovered for the youngest): “Il Postino” and “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso”. That need no introduction. We will only say that the first is the only one in the series whose director is not Italian (it is the British Michael Radford) even if the production, cast (except for an excellent Philippe Noiret) and location are very Italian.
The initiative of the editorial staff of itMisiones, with the very valid support of Maria José Bilbao, curator of the cycle. A demonstration that, in the words of Maria Chiara Forni, even in remote areas colored lands on the banks of the “great river” Paraná, “Italianness is enjoyed, supported and shared by many”.
