The free Italian Film "Festival" returns to CoMo for the weekend of April 13 and 14. See the best in contemporary Italian cinema.
Presented by the University of Missouri, MU Arts & Humanities Small Grants, Office of Cultural Affairs, and many individual donors.
Here's the lineup with trailers (not all trailers are subtitled, but the films will be):
April 13, 12 noon: One Day More (dir. Massimo Venier, 123 min., 2011)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3MraiUioIM&list=PLMYIj2r2HW5h3pjaa_cVgmjVr6Qnxoop5&index=10[/youtube]
April 13, 2:30: Caesar Must Die (dir. Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, 76 min., 2012)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTmwTuHyTxg&list=PLMYIj2r2HW5h3pjaa_cVgmjVr6Qnxoop5[/youtube]
April 14, 12 noon: Shun Li and the Poet (dir. Andrea Segre, 96 min., 2011)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz-pC9mA8Xk&list=PLMYIj2r2HW5h3pjaa_cVgmjVr6Qnxoop5[/youtube]
April 14, 2:15: Escort in Love (dir. Massimiliano Bruno, 95 min., 2011)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0nV8GnPDQY&list=PLMYIj2r2HW5h3pjaa_cVgmjVr6Qnxoop5[/youtube]
These screenings will sell out, so get here early the day-of to get a ticket. Sunday the building will open one-half hour before the first show of the day.
This program is free and open to the public thanks to the good graces of a number of people. Thank you:
Gary & Nancy Anger, Scott & Teresa Foster, Debra Patti, Donna Bell, Frank's Pizzeria, Italia Patti, Thomas Bell, Fabio Gallazzi, Sam Patti, Gina & Zach Bickel, Franco & Nerina Giannotti, Michael Rowson, Carlo Giordano, Barbara Salsini, Bufalino & Palazzolo, P.C., Martha Giordano, Paul Salsini, Marianne Cavanaugh, Gregory Grant, Jolene Schulz, Marty Cavanaugh, Frederick Hawthorne, Henry Waters, Larry Colgin, Italiano per piacere, Marie Wolfe, Mary Colgin, Patricia Marino, David & Alice Drane, Ginny Mattli, Craig & Sandra Edlund, Greg Mattli, Robert Esler, Brent & Renee Miedema, Dan & Luisa Flynn, Grace & Frank Palazzolo, Don & Deborah Schultehenrich, University of Missouri-Department of Art History & Archaeology, University of Missouri-Department of English, University of Missouri-Department of Film Studies, University of Missouri-Department of German & Russian Studies, University of Missouri-Department of History, University of Missouri-Honors College, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of French, Italian and Comparative Literature, Gina & Zach Bickel, Robert & Elizabeth O'Connell, Kim-Lan Trinh Commissione giovani, Karen Pasley, Paul & Anne Marie Mattli, Robert Streett, John Leigers Carpentry and Remodeling LLC.
