Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Malavoglia – Director: Pasquale Scimeca.
This film, based on a 19th century novel by Giovanni Verga, tells the torrid history of three generations of a Sicilian family. The Malavoglia are fishermen, they own a boat named “Providence” and a house that everybody calls “The Medlar’s House”. The film starts on a day of any year at the dawn of the third millennium. ‘Ntoni Malavoglia witnesses the arrival of illegal immigrants from the Mediterranean. Alef is on the boat and, taking advantage of the confusion, manages to escape. ‘Ntoni will find him a job and a shelter.
With: Giuseppe Firullo, Antonio Curcia, Omar Noto
Running Time: 90′
Genre: Drama
Year: 2010
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