AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER (2019) | E’ finita la commedia? 2019
Within the framework of the Italian Comedy Film Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2019, a movie by Simone Godano, with Alessandro Gassmann, Jasmine Trinca, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Filippo Scicchitano, Lunetta Savino. Two very different families spend their holidays in the same house at the seaside: the aristocratic Castelvecchios, open-minded, eccentric, but quite selfish, and the working-class […]
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FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON, by Milena Agus (2006) | Book Club
For the series THE SEASONS OF LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE | Book Club, third out of nine lectures/converstations by Shirley Finzi Loew on how Italian writers have interpreted childhood, adolescence, love, motherhood, professional achievement and old age. Event held in Hebrew. FREE ADMISSION, subject to mandatory reservation at the bottom of this page. But […]
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THE BIRDS, THE BEES AND THE ITALIANS (1966) | E’ finita la commedia? 2019
Within the framework of the Italian Comedy Film Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2019, a movie by Pietro Germi, with Franco Fabrizi, Olga Villi, Virna Lisi, Beba Loncar, Gastone Moschin, Gigi Ballista. A group of middle-class merchants and professionals, behind an impeccable façade of respectability, hides a dense web of mutual betrayals. Fierce satire on […]
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BANGLA (2019) | E’ finita la commedia? 2019
Within the framework of the Italian Comedy Film Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2019, a movie by Phaim Bhuiyan, with Carlotta Antonelli, Phaim Bhuiyan, Alessia Giuliani, Milena Mancini, Simone Liberati. Phaim is a young muslim of Bangladeshi origins. At 22, he lives with his family in Torpignattara, multietnical neighborhood of Rome. He works as a […]
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MEETING LEONARDO. A PLAY ON LEONARDO DA VINCI | Theatrical performance for children
On the occasion of the holydays of Hanukkah and Christmas and in the framework of the Leonardian Year, the Madatech Museum in Haifa, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Haifa, is pleased to invite all children and their parents to an original, fun and engaging theatrical performance, written and performed by Amichai Pardo […]
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AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER (2019) | E’ finita la commedia? 2019
Within the framework of the Italian Comedy Film Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2019, a movie by Simone Godano, with Alessandro Gassmann, Jasmine Trinca, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Filippo Scicchitano, Lunetta Savino. Two very different families spend their holidays in the same house at the seaside: the aristocratic Castelvecchios, open-minded, eccentric, but quite selfish, and the working-class […]
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ORDINARY HAPPINESS (2019) | E’ finita la commedia? 2019
Within the framework of the Italian Comedy Film Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2019, a movie by Daniele Luchetti, with Pif, Thony, Renato Carpentieri, Angelica Alleruzzo, Francesco Giammanco. One morning Paolo hops on his scooter off to work. For his daily bravado he crosses an intersection with the red lights on, gets hit by a […]
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MY BROTHER CHASES DINOSAURS (2019) | E’ finita la commedia? 2019
Within the framework of the Italian Comedy Film Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2019, a movie by Stefano Cipani, with Alessandro Gassmann, Isabella Ragonese, Rossy De Palma, Francesco Gheghi, Lorenzo Sisto. Jack has a brother, Giò, who has Down syndrome. As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Giò was […]
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SEDUCED AND ABANDONED (1964) | E’ finita la commedia? 2019
Within the framework of the Italian Comedy Film Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2019, a movie by Pietro Germi, with Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì, Lando Buzzanca, Aldo Puglisi, Lola Braccini. Agnese, a 15-year-old Sicilian girl is seduced and impregnated by Peppino, her sister Matilde’s fiancé. Soon Vincenzo, Agnese’s father, discovers everything. He wants to force […]
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IL ROSSIGNOLO: GRAND TOUR (Albinoni, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Sammartini, Lotti) | Chamber Music
For the series The Italian concerts of the Chamber Music Society, three concerts played with original instruments by the Italian baroque trio “Il Rossignolo” (Martino Noferi, Marica Testi, Ottaviano Tenerani). Tournée organized by the Haifa Chamber Music Society and the Italian Cultural Institute of Haifa, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Tel Aviv and […]
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