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AN ITALIAN NAME
(IL NOME DEL FIGLIO)
By Francesca Archibugi
Thursday, 21 April, 6.50pm
Saturday, 23 April, 9pm
GV Plaza
Year: 2015
Duration: 94 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: NC16 (some coarse language)
Cast: Alessandro Gassmann, Valeria Golino, Luigi Lo Cascio, Rocco Papaleo, Micaela Ramazzotti
The extrovert Paolo and the beautiful Simona are expecting. At a dinner with Betta and Sandro,
the refined and literate couple, and Claudio, the eccentric musician, one question will lead to an
argument that will shake up the night: the name of Paolo and Simona’s son.
MY MOTHER
(MIA MADRE)
By Nanni Moretti
Saturday, 23 April, 7pm
Monday, 25 April, 9pm
GV Plaza
Year: 2015
Duration: 107 min
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG13 (some coarse language)
Cast: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti, Beatrice Mancini
Margherita is a director shooting a film with the famous American actor, Barry Huggins, who is
quite a headache on set. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold her life together, despite
her mother's illness and her daughter's adolescence.
Awards:
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Cannes 2015, Official Competition
Ecumenical Jury Prize, Cannes 2015
David Di Donatello Award, Best Actress (M. Buy)
David Di Donatello Award, Best Supporting Actress (G. Lazzarini)
MAFIA & RED TOMATOES
(LA NOSTRA TERRA)
By Giulio Manfredonia
Friday, 22 April, 7pm
Sunday, 24 April, 9pm
GV Plaza
Year: 2014
Duration: 100 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG13 (some coarse language)
Cast: Stefano Accorsi, Sergio Rubini, Maria Rosaria Russo, Iaia Forte, Nicola Rignanese, Giovanni
Calcagno
Planting tomatoes may seem safe enough, except when that activity is conducted on land
confiscated from mafia bosses. The land is given to an agriculture co-op of young, idealistic and
utterly inexperienced group of farmers. The co-op is boycotted daily by the local mafia so much
so that the government’s Anti-Mafia Board sends Federico, a competent lawyer with no field
experience. Federico is petrified at first by the gigantic task he faces, but he is inspired thanks to
the courage and passion of the mismatched members of the co-op.
Based on the real-life work of the association “Libera” (Free), the film tackles these issues with a
smile and redemptive joy.
GOD WILLING
(SE DIO VUOLE)
By Edoardo Falcone
Friday, 22 April, 9pm
GV Plaza
Year: 2015
Duration: 87 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG13 (some sexual references)
Cast: Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassmann, Laura Morante, Ilaria Spada, Edoardo Pesce, Enrico
Oetiker
Tommaso is a respected heart surgeon, married with two children. One day, the oldest son
decides to gather his family and takes the courage to open up: “I met a person who changed my
life and that person is Jesus. This is why I decided to become a priest!” For Tommaso, an atheist,
having a priest as a son is a terrible blow. The announcement leads father and son on a hilarious
journey of mutual discovery.
Awards:
 Best New Director – David di Donatello Awards 2015
 Festival du Cinema Italien de Bastia 2016: En Compétition - Prix du Public
 Annecy Cinema Italien 2015: Competition Fiction Films - Audience Award, Best Actor
(Marco Giallini)
 Tokyo International Film Festival 2015: Competition - Audience Award
 Villerupt Italian Film Festival 2015: Compétition - Amilcar du Public, Mention spéciale du
Jury Jeunes
ITALO
By Alessia Scarso
Sunday, 24 April, 4.20pm
Monday, 25 April, 7pm
GV Plaza
Year: 2015
Duration: 104 min
Genre: Family
Rating: PG
Cast: Marco Bocci, Elena Radonicich, Barbara Tabita, Lucia Sardo
Based on a true story, Italo Barocco vividly depicts the life-altering friendship between an
extraordinary dog and a lonely child. One day, a good natured stray dog by the name of Italo,
wanders into the small Sicilian town of Scicli. But Italo's arrival causes a terrible uproar in the village,
everyone there is fiercely opposed to having stray dogs around.
Everyone... except Meno, a precociously wise 10 year-old, who is as lonely and introverted as can
be. Since his mother passed away Meno has shut everyone out, including his workaholic father. It
will take all the unconditional love a special dog like Italo can give to force Meno out of his shell,
leading him into a series of adventures that will teach him the difference between acting like a
grown up and actually becoming one.
WONDROUS BOCCACCIO
(MARAVIGLIOSO BOCCACCIO)
By Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Sunday, 24 April, 6.45pm
Wednesday, 27 April, 7pm
GV Plaza
Year: 2015
Duration: 121 min
Genre: Comedy/Drama/History
Rating: M18 (some mature content and nudity)
Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Kim Rossi Stuart, Michele Riondino, Riccardo Scamarcio, Paola Cortellesi,
Kasia Smutniak, Lello Arena
Florence, Italy, 1348. As the plague ravages the city dwellers of Tuscany, a group of young men
and women takes shelter in a remote villa in the hills surrounding Florence. Now living as a
community, they decide to tell each other a story a day to take their minds off their precarious
situation…
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani return after Cesar must die (2012, Golden Berlin Bear) to celebrate the
power of youth, love and poetry in a colourful adaptation of The Decameron by Giovanni
Boccaccio, a masterpiece of classical Italian literature.
BLOOD OF MY BLOOD
(SANGUE DEL MIO SANGUE)
By Marco Bellocchio
Saturday, 23 April, 4.30pm
Tuesday, 26 April, 9pm
GV Plaza
Year: 2015
Duration: 106 min
Genre: Drama
Rating: M18 (nudity)
Cast: Roberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Lidiya Liberman, Fausto Russo Alesi, Alba
Rohrwacher
Federico, a young priest, is summoned by the 17th Century Inquisition to a convent prison in the
town of Bobbio. His mission is to coerce Sister Benedetta to confess that she has seduced and
driven to death her previous confessor, Federico's brother. Benedetta must undergo three trials water, fire and tears - to prove her innocence if she does not confess. Federico, too, falls under
the spell of the hypnotic Benedetta... The present-day Bobbio prison is run-down and abandoned.
Tax investigator Federico is helping a Russian millionaire buy the old ruin. But a secretive old man
has been living there for years. He is only occasionally seen out at night, and is referred to as "The
Count". Federico needs to prove the man is a fraud to make the big sale...
Awards:
La Biennale di Venezia 2015: Venezia 72 - FIPRESCI Prize
FIRST LIGHT
(LA PRIMA LUCE)
By Vincenzo Marra
Tuesday, 26 April, 7pm
GV Plaza
Year: 2015
Duration: 108 min
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG13 (some coarse language)
Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Daniela Ramirez , Gianni Pezzolla, Luis Gnecco, Alejandro Goic
Marco and Martina are a seemingly happy couple, with a beautiful eight year old, Mateo. But
Martina is longing to leave Italy—and Marco—for a different life, back in her native Chile. Martina
abruptly departs for South America, deciding to take along her son Mateo, against the father’s
will.
Awards:
La Biennale di Venezia 2015: Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days, Official Selection - Special
Pasinetti Prize
CLASSICS
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS
(ROCCO E I SUOI FRATELLI)
By Luchino Visconti
Sunday, 24 April, 2pm
National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre
(b/w)
Year: 1960
Duration: 180 min
Rating: PG13 (some violence)
Cast: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Katina Paxinou, Annie Girardot, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa,
Suzy Delair, Claudia Cardinale
Operatic in scope, and artfully blending emotionalism and realism, Luchino Visconti’s "Rocco e i
suoi fratelli" (1960) was inspired by the migration of southern families to northern Italian cities, often
resulting in the dissolution of family relationships and values. The film explores themes of family,
jealousy, loyalty, sexuality, sin, and forgiveness, against a socio-political backdrop of economic
disparity and evolving concepts of masculinity. Exquisitely photographed by legendary
cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno, the film follows five brothers and their anxious mother as
they adapt to the city’s harsh realities. Two of the young men, Rocco (Alain Delon) and Simone
(Renato Salvatori), become involved with the same woman, a prostitute named Nadia (Annie
Girardot), with tragic results.
Source: 68th Cannes Film Festival
Restored in 4K by Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory, in collaboration with
Titanus, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels and The Film Foundation. Restoration with funding provided by
Gucci and The Film Foundation
I MOSTRI
By Dino Risi
Saturday, 23 April, 2pm
National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre
(b/w)
Year: 1963
Duration: 118 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG13 (some sexual references)
Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Lando Buzzanca
Punctuated by a perfect pace and fierce and withering incisiveness, I mostri offers
a panorama of Italianness in its variations of semi-criminal cunning, hypocrisy, cynicism, oiliness,
opportunism, exploitation and systematic deception of others. The deadly sins of a humanity
greedy for prosperity (these are the boom years) are described without indulgence or
complacency, and with the perfect measure of a black and bitter humor. Ugo Tognazzi and
Vittorio Gassman, at times victims and at times executioners, are extraordinary both in their
histrionics shades and with the nuances they give their characters. Among the most memorable
episodes are La nobile arte, with a clobbered boxer played by Gassman and the simian vulturemanager by Tognazzi, L’oppio dei popoli on the already devastating effects of television, La
giornata dell’onorevole in which Tognazzi, a Christian Democrat minister, succeeds in neutralizing
an old gentleman who had come to report a wrongdoing, using a strategy of never-ending and
Kafkaesque antechambers.
Source: 72nd Venice International Film Festival
Restored by the National Cinema Museum and the Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with RTI,
Lion Film Ltd, Surf Film
8 1/2
(OTTO E MEZZO)
By Federico Fellini
(French and Italian co-production)
Sunday, 1 May, 2pm
The Projector
1963, 135 mins, Drama, PG
English subtitles
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Sandra Milo, Claudia Cardinale
Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) is at a crisis point in his life and his work; in the opening
sequence, Guido, suffocating, is caught in traffic with the windows of his car locked shut. He
climbs out of the sunroof and literally rises up over the highway into the clouds, seemingly free,
when he realizes there's a rope tied around his ankle that is violently pulling him back to earth.
Cutting from this dream to the health spa where Guido is trying to recapture his creativity and
write the screenplay for his next film, his vices become clear: Guido is self-absorbed, and he's
distracted by the fabulous cast of actresses, intellectuals, and eccentrics who have joined him at
the spa. Additionally he struggles with Freudian complexes about his wife (Anouk Aime), his lover
(Sandro Milo), his ideal woman (Claudia Cardinale), and his dead parents; and his repressive
Catholic guilt follows him everywhere like a haunting mist.
Jointly presented by Institut Français Singapour – French Embassy and Italian Culture Institute
Singapore
In conjunction with Gaumont exhibition at National Design Centre
Celebrating the 120 years of Gaumont
SCHEDULE
DATE
TIME
TITLE
Wednesday, 20 April
6.30pm
An Italian Name (Il nome del figlio)
VENUE
(BY INVITATION ONLY)
National Museum of
Singapore, Gallery
Theatre
Thursday, 21 April
6.50pm
An Italian Name (Il nome del figlio)
GV Plaza
Friday, 22 April
7pm
Mafia & Red Tomatoes (La nostra
terra)
GV Plaza
Friday, 22 April
9pm
God Willing (Se Dio vuole)
GV Plaza
Saturday, 23 April
2pm
I Mostri
National Museum of
Singapore, Gallery
Theatre
Saturday, 23 April
4.30pm
Blood of My Blood (Sangue del mio GV Plaza
sangue)
Saturday, 23 April
7pm
My Mother (Mia madre)
GV Plaza
Saturday, 23 April
9pm
An Italian Name (Il nome del figlio)
GV Plaza
Sunday, 24 April
2pm
Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i
suoi fratelli)
National Museum of
Singapore, Gallery
Theatre
Sunday, 24 April
4.20pm
Italo
GV Plaza
Sunday, 24 April
6.45pm
Wondrous Boccaccio
(Maraviglioso Boccaccio)
GV Plaza
Sunday, 24 April
9pm
Mafia & Red Tomatoes (La nostra
terra)
GV Plaza
Monday, 25 April
7pm
Italo
GV Plaza
Monday, 25 April
9pm
My Mother (Mia madre)
GV Plaza
Tuesday, 26 April
7pm
First Light (La prima luce)
GV Plaza
Tuesday, 26 April
9pm
Blood of My Blood (Sangue del mio GV Plaza
sangue)
Wednesday, 27 April
7pm
Wondrous Boccaccio
(Maraviglioso Boccaccio)
GV Plaza
Sunday, 1 May
3pm
8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo)
The Projector
Tickets at S$ 13.00
(S$ 12.00 for members of the Italian Cultural Institute, Italian Association of Singapore and
Singapore Film Society members, upon presentation of a valid membership card in person at Box
offices. Limited to one discounted ticket per member per session).
Tickets to the screenings at Golden Village Plaza (#07-01 Plaza Singapura, 68 Orchard Road, S
238839) are available at all GV box offices, via iGV app, digital Box Office machines, AXS Stations
and online at www.gv.com.sg.
Tickets for the screenings at the National Museum of Singapore (93 Stamford Road, S 178897) are
available ONLY online at: www.apactix.com
Tickets for the screening at The Projector (#05-00 Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road, S 199589)
are available online at: http://theprojector.sg
For more information visit: www.iicsingapore.esteri.it, www.gv.com.sg, www.apactix.com and
www.nationalmuseum.sg.
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