ADIFF – Sandra
Tue 23rd February Light House 1 / 16:00 / 105 minsSandraDirector: Luchino Visconti / 1965 / ItalyCast: Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig“The power of the film comes not from its mystery but from its drama, from Cardinale’s incredible screen presence and Visconti’s vivid visual ideas” – Eye for FilmA heady slice of Sixties Italian […]
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ADIFF – Once Upon a Time in the West
Mon 22nd February 2016Light House 1 / 14:00 / 165 minsOnce Upon a Time in the WestDirector: Sergio Leone / 1968 / Italy-USACast: Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Henry FondaCharles Bronson, Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale star in Sergio Leone’s epic masterpiece set on the western frontier during the race to build the first […]
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Tra una vita e l’altra
un’antologia italo-irlandese Lost between – an Irish-Italian anthology Irish Book launch of Tra una vita e l’altra, Guanda, 2015.The anthology is the Italian version of Lost Betweenpublished by New Island in 2015.Welcoming remarks by Renata Sperandio,ValerieBistany and Catherine Dunne.Readings in English and Italian by Sean Hardie, AfricMcGlinchey, Liz McManus, Nuala Ní Chonchúir andFederica Sgaggio.Musical performance […]
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Monday at the Cinema – La variabile umana
a series of screenings dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema Film in Italian with English subtitlesAfter the death of his wife, inspector Monaco seems uninterested and tired of his work. Refusing to return to the streets he spends the days behind a desk at the office, checking documents, photographs looking for evidence, just to avoid human […]
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Thursdays at the Opera – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino RossiniA series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera introduced by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies University College Dublin. Conductor Claudio Abbado with Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara, Teresa Berganza, Hermann Prey, Paolo Montarsolo, Stefania Malagù, 140’Jean-Pierre Ponelle directed this film of Rossini’s comic masterpiece four years […]
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Lunedì al cinema – È stato il figlio
a series of screenings dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema film in Italian with English subtitles Film in Italian with English subtitlesPalermo in the 1970s. The Ciraulos are modest scrap dealers whose uneventful lives are turned upside down the day their youngest daughter is accidentally killed by clumsy killers. Their grief is immense but soon appeased […]
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Thursdays at the Opera – Aida
Aida, Giuseppe VerdiConductor Daniel Oren with Hui He, Marco Berti, Andrea Ulbrich, Ambrogio Maestri, 150’A series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera Introduced by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies University College Dublin. The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pageantry […]
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Binario 21
dal poema di Yitzhak Katzenelson Il canto del popolo ebraico massacrato Event in italianIn occasione del Giorno della Memoria, in collaborazione con Promo MusicProiezione del film Binario 21, Dal poeta di Yizhak Katzenelson – Il canto del popolo ebraico massacratoDi Moni Ovadia e Felice CappaDurata 80 minutiAd Auschwitz, il luogo simbolo da cui cominciare a […]
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Pasolini, the poet: Friuli, Italy and beyond
A tribute to the poet, 40 years after his death Giuliana Adamo, Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin, will introduce the evening with an overview of Pasolini’s extraordinary career and life. From poetry to film making, from literature to political activism: Pasolini stands out as one of the greatest intellectual figures of modern Italy.Angela Felice, […]
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Lunedì al cinema – L’Intrepido
a series of screenings dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema film in Italian with English subtitles Film in Italian with English subtitlesA middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity. Set in modern day Milan, this is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work – every type of work, […]
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