IN SALA. Cineclub italiano - Momenti di trascurabile felicità

In the organizer's words:

The Italian Cultural Institute Cologne presents the four-part film series In Sala, dedicated to the theme "(Not) Negligible Moments of Happiness" and moderated by Eugenio Riversi. Cineclub Italiano.

Program:

Thursday March 27, 6:30 p.m.

Momenti di trascurabile felicità - by Daniele Luchetti, I 2019

OmeU

Wednesday, April 9, 6.30 pm

Fantozzi - by Luciano Salce, I 1975

OmdU (IIC Zurich)

Tuesday, April 29, 6.30 pm

Una questione privata - by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, I 2017

OmeU

Thursday, May 22, 6.30 pm

Settembre - by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, I 2022

OmeU

In everyday life, the "moments to be neglected" that only appear at first glance to be associated with small expectations, hopes, fears, joys and anxieties and are usually shared with loved ones are actually particularly valuable. Francesco Piccolo has become one of the most important screenwriters of the latest generation of Italian cinema with this message, which he set out in his successful series of books on "moments to be neglected". This is why our moderated film series begins with Daniele Luchetti's Momenti di trascurabile felicità (2019), in which Francesco Piccolo's thesis was realized on film.

A similar idea is behind Settembre (2022), the heart-wrenching, dramatic film debut by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, another former screenwriter, which explores human life in all its facets.

Our spring film series is rounded off with two films marking different anniversaries:

On April 9, we will be showing Luciano Salce's Fantozzi (with German subtitles by IIC Zurich), which was released 50 years ago and is probably the most influential Italian cinema comedy ever on the collective consciousness.

On April 29, we will pay tribute to the 80th anniversary of Italy's liberation and the end of the Second World War with Una questione privata (2017) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, based on the Resistenza novel of the same name by Beppe Fenoglio (1963).

The films will be presented in German/Italian. Afterwards there will be a small drink in the foyer of the Institute.

Attendance is free of charge.

The historian Eugenio Riversi has been working at the Institute of History at the University of Bonn since 2011. Since 2013, he has also been involved in the programming and presentation of the "Italian Film Series" at the Institute of Romance Studies there. He has been working at the Kinemathek Bonn since 2018.