PARTHENOPE (2024) | Haifa Film Festival (Gala Panorama)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Paolo Sorrentino, with Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. Since her birth in the summer of 1950 in Naples, all eyes have been on Parthenope, a stunning beauty named after the mythical figure who […]
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WISHING ON A STAR (2024) | Haifa Film Festival (Haifa Doco)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a documentary by Péter Kerekes, with Luciana de Leoni D’Asparedo, Valentina Angeli, Alessandra Fornasier. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. Luciana, a Neapolitan astrologer, has a method for making her clients’ wishes come true. All they need to do is travel to a specific destination on their […]
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PADRE PADRONE (1977) | Haifa Film Festival (Taviani Retrospective)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Vittorio and Paolo Taviani, with Omero Antonutti, Nanni Moretti, Marcella Michelangeli, Saverio Marconi, Fabrizio Forte. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. Winner of the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, this classic by the Taviani brothers is based on Gavino Ledda’s autobiography. Gavino is only six years […]
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SICILIAN LETTERS (2024) | Haifa Film Festival (Carmel International Competition)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, with Toni Servillo, Elio Germano, Daniela Marra, Barbora Bobulova, Giuseppe Tantillo. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. Sicily, early 2000s. After spending several years in prison for his mafia involvement, Catello, a career politician, has lost everything. When the Italian […]
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ST. MICHAEL HAD A ROOSTER (1972) | Haifa Film Festival (Taviani Retrospective)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Vittorio and Paolo Taviani, with Samy Pavel, Giulio Brogi, Renato Scarpa, Virginia Ciuffini, Sergio Serafini, Lorenzo Piani. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. In 1870, during the societal tumult that eventually led to the unification of Italy, revolutionary anarchist Giulio Manieri leads a minor uprising […]
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VERMIGLIO (2024) | Haifa Film Festival (Carmel International Competition)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Maura Delpero, with Tommaso Ragno, Giuseppe De Domenico, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi, Orietta Notari. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. 1944, in Vermiglio, a high mountain village of the Italian Alps, where war looms as a distant but constant threat. The arrival of Pietro, […]
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THE “WILD” DESIGN OF THE MEMPHIS GROUP, with Tal Lanir | Lecture (in Hebrew, online)
The Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa is pleased to invite you to the third lecture in the series: Beyond Italian Art THE “WILD” DESIGN OF THE MEMPHIS GROUP Presents Tal Lanir, associate curator for special projects at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tuesday, 07 January 2025, @ 18:00 ONLINE | Webex & YouTube Free event, in Hebrew. To […]
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CONFIDENZA (2024) | Haifa Film Festival (Carmel International Competition)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Daniele Luchetti, with Elio Germano, Federica Rosellini, Vittoria Puccini, Pilar Fogliati, Isabella Ferrari. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. Pietro is a revered teacher, and Teresa is his brilliant and precocious student. Their affair is both illicit and tempestuous. After one argument, Teresa suggests that […]
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PARTHENOPE (2024) | Haifa Film Festival (Gala Panorama)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Paolo Sorrentino, with Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. Since her birth in the summer of 1950 in Naples, all eyes have been on Parthenope, a stunning beauty named after the mythical figure who […]
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SICILIAN LETTERS (2024) | Haifa Film Festival (Carmel International Competition)
At the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, with Toni Servillo, Elio Germano, Daniela Marra, Barbora Bobulova, Giuseppe Tantillo. In Italian, with Hebrew and English subtitles. Sicily, early 2000s. After spending several years in prison for his mafia involvement, Catello, a career politician, has lost everything. When the Italian […]
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