Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2017
The War of the Yokels
New Italian Cinema is the only screening series to offer North American audiences a diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films. This year’s seventeenth edition again strikes a balance between emerging talents and esteemed veterans, commercial and independent fare, outrageous comedies, gripping dramas, and captivating documentaries, with in-person appearances by many of the filmmakers.
New Italian Cinema is co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà. Organized by Dennis Lim and Dan Sullivan, Film Society; and by Carla Cattani, Griselda Guerrasio, and Monique Catalino, Istituto Luce Cinecittà. Special thanks to: Italian Trade Commission; Italian Cultural Institute New York; Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò—NYU; Antonio Monda.
New Italian Cinema is the only screening series to offer North American audiences a diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films. This year’s seventeenth edition again strikes a balance between emerging talents and esteemed veterans, commercial and independent fare, outrageous comedies, gripping dramas, and captivating documentaries, with in-person appearances by many of the filmmakers.
New Italian Cinema is co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà. Organized by Dennis Lim and Dan Sullivan, Film Society; and by Carla Cattani, Griselda Guerrasio, and Monique Catalino, Istituto Luce Cinecittà. Special thanks to: Italian Trade Commission; Italian Cultural Institute New York; Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò—NYU; Antonio Monda.
Indivisible
Opening Night Film · New York Premiere · Q&A with Edoardo De Angelis and Angela & Marianna Fontana at 6:30pm screening
Edoardo De Angelis’s beautiful and beguiling Neapolitan fable centers around Dasy and Violet, beautiful, musically talented twins conjoined at the hip. After learning that they can be separated, Dasy falls in love and pursues a new life.
At War with Love
North American Premiere · Q&A with Pierfrancesco Diliberto at June 3 screening
Something like Forrest Gump by way of Mel Brooks, the latest by Pierfrancesco Diliberto (a.k.a. Pif, renowned TV host and political comedian) is a tender yet irreverent comedy set against the backdrop of World War II.
Children of the Night
North American Premiere · Q&A with Andrea De Sica at June 4 screening
Andrea De Sica’s feature debut is a twisted, genre-bending tale of abandonment and transgression set in an Alpine boarding school for boys.
The Confessions
New York Premiere · Q&A with Roberto Andò at 9pm screening
Boasting an international cast including Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, and Connie Nielsen, this Hitchcockian mystery-thriller is a classically composed and wildly entertaining whodunit unfolding around a G8 summit.
Deliver Us
New York Premiere · Q&A with Federica Di Giacomo
Winner of the Orrizonti Prize at last year's Venice Film Festival, Federica Di Giacomo’s unsentimental documentary follows Father Cataldo, a Sicilian priest and exorcist sought out by Catholics who believe themselves to be possessed.
Ears
New York Premiere · Q&A with Alessandro Aronadio at the June 2 screening
Unfolding in a single day, Alessandro Aronadio’s absurd tragicomedy upsets a hapless man’s routine with a series of hilarious, Kafkaesque scenarios involving meddlesome nuns, bumbling doctors, and robotic fast food cashiers.
Fiore
New York Premiere · Q&A with Claudio Giovannesi at June 2 screening
Stylishly blending social realism with the coming-of-age story, Claudio Giovannesi’s third feature focuses on a blossoming romance in a juvenile detention center.
Pawn Street
North American Premiere · Q&A with Irene Dionisio
Irene Dionisio's debut feature is a gripping moral drama that interlaces three storylines around a pawn shop in Turin.
Sun, Heart, Love
North American Premiere · Q&A with Isabella Ragonese at the June 3 screening
Exquisitely blending tragedy with quiet joy, Daniele Vicari’s vividly realistic ode to urban living follows lifelong friends Eli and Vale, working women caught up in life’s unrelenting demands.
Sweet Dreams
Tenderness
North American Premiere
Loosely based on Lorenzo Moreno’s Premio Strega Prize–winning novel The Temptation to Be Happy, the latest by Gianni Amelio explores loneliness, heartbreak, and complicated family relations in modern-day Naples.
Two Soldiers
North American Premiere · Intro by Angela Fontana at the June 2 screening
A grieving woman unexpectedly comes face to face with Naples’ violent Camorra in a complex exploration of grief and redemption that could be considered the third installment of Marco Tullio Giordana’s organized crime cycle.
Worldly Girl
North American Premiere · Q&A with Marco Danieli
In Marco Danieli’s assured and sensitive debut feature, Sara Serraiocco (Salvo) stars as Giulia, a smart young Jehovah’s Witness whose lifestyle is put to the test when she meets Libero (Michele Riondino), an ex-con and son of a recent convert.
The War of the Yokels
North American Premiere · Q&A with Lorenzo Conte at June 4 screening
With an ensemble cast made up almost entirely of children, Davide Barletti and Lorenzo Conte’s fable about a war between the ruling elite and lower classes plays like a cross between Lord of the Flies and The Goonies.Tickets now on sale! To begin the purchase process, log in to your account. Don’t have an account? Sign up for one today.
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