Alessandro Borghi, The Eight Mountains, A New Coming Attraction, & Free Stuff
Salve ragazzi,
Well, I had some fun on Friday! I got a chance to Zoom with superstar Alessandro Borghi to talk about Le Otto Montagne (The Eight Mountains) and guess what - you can watch our discussion. I come off as the fangirl that I am, but there’s no way around that.
The Highlights:
He and Costar Luca Marinelli are actual BFFs
They did all their own stunts, including cow-milking and house-building.
Alessandro made a solemn promise to me that he’ll make a Rom-Com someday.
So, I don’t know how to edit videos, as you’ll see when you watch. There’s a little glitch in the middle, scusate in anticipo.
The film opened this weekend in New York, and luckily for the rest of us, dates and cities across the country have been announced! This beautiful film is a DO NOT MISS, and has been getting all the right kinds of attention, including a glowing review from top New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis.
Here’s what we know so far, but you can keep checking back at Cinema Made In Italy for more dates and cities. Mark your calendars, but don’t worry. I’ll remind you.
May 5, 2023
Los Angeles – Landmark Nuart Theater
May 12, 2023
Austin – AFS Cinema
San Diego – Angelika Film Center & Cafe Carmel Mountain
Dallas – Angelika Film Center & Cafe Dallas
Glendale, CA – Laemmle Glendale
Santa Monica – Laemmle Monica Film Center
Encino, CA – Laemmle Town Center 5
Santa Barbara – SBIFF Riviera Theater
May 19, 2023
Chicago – Gene Siskel Film Center
Nevada City, CA – Mystic Theater
Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Harris Theater
Louisville – Speed Art Museum
Iowa City – Filmscene Uptown
Cleveland – Cleveland Institute Of The Arts
I know what you’re thinking.
That was so wonderful; she probably has nothing else for us today. Well, you are WRONG. I have some more big news about an exciting coming attraction.
L’immensità is a very personal film made by transgender director Emanuele Crialese, and it’s coming to theaters on May 12. Starring Penelope Cruz, L’immensità is Crialese’s deeply biographical, coming-of-age movie set in Rome in the ‘70s. Adriana, a preteen girl, moves into a new apartment with her family and takes this period of change to change everything - her name and identity and start living as a boy.
A Little Bit of Free
I found a haunting Italian film I’d watched years ago, by chance, late one sleepless night long before I was really into Italian cinema. I’ve thought about it often, but I could never remember anything about it that would help me locate it.
Thank God for YouTube! I’ve found it, FOR FREE!
Turns out it’s a 1992 film by Gianni Amelio called Il Ladro di Bambini (The Stolen Children). While escorting two children from Milan to an orphanage in Sicily, a young police officer named Antonio (Enrico Lo Verso) slowly befriends the siblings. Without a parental figure after the arrest of their mother, young Rosetta (Valentina Scalici) and her brother, Luciano (Giuseppe Ieracitano), are bitter about their situation, but Antonio gradually wins them over, and a surprisingly moving connection forms between the cop and his youthful companions.
…and this one too, in case you haven’t seen this classic from Marco Tullio Giordana, I Cento Passi (The Hundred Steps). Don’t call yourself an Italian film fan until you’ve watched Luigi Lo Cascio’s first feature film, playing Peppino Impastato. It’s a true story and based on Impastato’s Mafia assassination.
Un bacione 💋,
Cheri
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