Il mio domani
Directed by Marina Spada (Italia, 2011- 88 min.- Drama. Language: Italian. Subtitles: English) With Claudia Gerini, Raffaele Pisu, Claudia Coli, Paolo Pierobon, Lino Guanciale. In Il Mio Domani Gerini plays Monica, an unmarried, successful business woman with an empty life. She spends her weekends on her father’s farm while her lover, Vittorio, her married boss, […]
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This must be the place
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Italia/Francia/Irlanda, 2011 – 114 min.). With Sean Penn, Eve Hewson, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during WWII.
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GIOCANDO CON L’ITALIANO
Playingwith Italian Language Voice and music will play with orthographic peculiarities of the Italian language as the main characters of a performance, in an ironic and light mood. Through poems, mother gooses and nice tales you will experience with us how words can play among them and even change their meaning. With Amina Contin (voice) […]
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“Roma città aperta”
Directed by Roberto Rossellini (Italia, 1945 – b/n, 100 min.). With Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero On the occasion of the 40th anniversary since the death of Anna Magnani we consider it our duty to remember this very great Italian actress Nannarella, as she was affectionately called in Rome. This is one interpretation which […]
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Arte attraverso il Mediterraneo
Collective exhibition of contemporary art On the occasion of the XIII Week of Italian Language in the World An event which yet again brings together Italy and Malta, two close cultural realities, both historically and geographically. The accent is laid on the common inclination towards contact and interaction with different realities, made easy by the […]
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Archeologia e impegno civile
L’attività scientifica di Maria Pia Rossignani tra Italia, Malta e il Mediterraneo On the occasion of he XIII Week of Italian Language in the World This event is dedicated to the memory of Maria Pia Rossignani, Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Universita’ del Sacro Cuore of Milano and Director of the Italian Mission of […]
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“Boccaccio e il Mediterraneo”
Lecture by Prof. Fabrizio Franceschini On the occasion of the XIII Week of Italian Language in the World On the occasion of the VII centenary of the birth of Giovanni Boccaccio, Prof. Fabrizio Franceschini will present, from a historical-geographical point of view, twelve novels of the Decameron place in the Mediterranean environment, four in an […]
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Innovazione, ricerca, sviluppo: l’Italia dei saperi a Malta
On the occasion of the XIII Week of Italian Language in the World Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy The XIIIth edition of the Week of Italian Language in the World which this year carries the theme “Innovazione, ricerca, sviluppo: l’Italia dei saperi” (Research, Discovery, Innovation: Italy as a […]
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“I maltesi di Trapani (1418-1455)”
The Magic Box It’s the second Tuesday of the month, time for the ‘Magic Box’ at the Italian Cultural Institute with the seventh of this series of meetings which continue to achieve resounding success. This month we shall talk about the Maltese in Sicily. Tonight we have the pleasure to welcome Prof. Arnold Cassola at […]
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“Aida”
On the occasion of the second centenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi Within the Notte Bianca events On the occasion of Notte Bianca 2013, the Italian Cultural Institute wishes to present the screening of a live recording of Verdi’s masterpiece by the Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, directed by Zubin Mehta. […]
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