FREE ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF
The 4th annual Italian
Film Festival of St. Louis, sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of
Chicago, Washington University’s Program in Film and Media Studies,
the National Italian American Foundation and the Regional Arts Commission will feature the St. Louis premier
of six recent Italian films: Ma che colpa abbiamo
noi (It’s Not Our Fault)
by Carlo Verdone on Friday, April 4 (89 minutes),
Anche libero va bene (Along the Ridge)
by Kim Rossi Stuart on Saturday, April 5 (108 minutes), La cena per farli conoscere (A Dinner to Meet
Them) by Pupi Avati on
Friday, April 11 (99 minutes), Quando sei nato non puoi
più nasconderti (When You
Are Born) by Marco
Ma che colpa abbiamo noi is a light hearted comedy, staring the
ever popular comedian Carlo Verdone, who with fellow
patients, organizes their own group therapy. Anche
libero va
bene focuses on a father and his two children who
have managed with much irony and spirit to keep the family going while
overcoming many difficulties.
La cena per
farli conoscere is a comedy about an aging actor. Recovering
in the hospital, his three daughters scattered throughout
Mio fratello
è figlio unico focuses on two brothers who are at odds
with each other while growing up in a small Italian town in the 60’s and 70’s;
they have opposite political beliefs and are in love with the same woman.
Rosso come il cielo is an
inspiring true story of a renown sound editor of Italian cinema who lost his
eyesight in an accident. His parents are forced to send him to an
institution where he convinces the other blind children to discover their own
talents.
All films will be shown in 35mm in Italian with English subtitles in the 346 seat theatre in Brown Hall 100 on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis at 8 p.m. Admission is FREE and open to the general public. For further information, please visit the festival's website www.italianfilmfestivalstlouis.com or call 314-422-3102.