Film Festival Catalog

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CATALOG







“What you came to find is not there,

what was yours is gone...”

– Cinema Paradis



ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

THE DIRECTOR Biography

Filmography

Interview

FESTIVAL FILMS

CINEMA PARADISO

MALÈNA

THE LEGEND OF 1900

BAARÌA

EVERYBODY’S FINE

SCHEDULE

LOCATION

Bagheria

Special event – Feasts and Traditions

Hotels and Restaurants

MAP

CONTENTS



ABOUT THE FESTIVAL









THE DIRECTOR

“His films can be categorized as ‘nostalgic,’ because as well as being

retrospective in temporal and thematic terms, the affective impact of his work is also reminiscent of Classical Hollywood Cinema at its

most melodramatic, a quality which occasionally borders on the

sentimenta li ty of the si lent era.” – William Hope

GIUSEPPE TORNATORE













(1988)

CINEMA PARADISO



MARCH 12 , 2012 2PM











“There is no future, there’s only the past. Even meeting last

night was nothing but a dream, a beautiful dream.”

– Cinema Paradiso





Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso, takes place in Sicily in the fin

year s before te levi sion. It has two chief characters : old Alfredo (Phi li

Noiret), who rules the projection booth, and young Salvatore (Salvat

Cascio), who makes the booth his home away from an indifferent hom





(2000)

MALÈNA



MARCH 13 , 2012 2PM









In terv iewed by James Mottram, BBC Fi lm

4 April, 2010

MONICA BELLUCCI

Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but

how you feel. I’m a lucky person because I’ve been loved

a lot. I have a great family.

JM: What was the challenge in making Malena for you,

bearing in mind you have few words in the film?

MB: The idea of the film was a challenge. I wanted to

see if I could make this part exist just by a body. It was

possible to do it. There’s so many things that come out

of Malena. I learned how a body could speak. Acting is

not words. Holly Hunter didn’t speak in The Piano, and

she won an Oscar. It’s the film that Guiseppe Tornatore

wanted to direct. You just contribute the performance.



Giuseppe Tornatore’s Malena tells the story of a woman whose life is

destroyed because she has the misfortune to be beautiful and have a

great butt. The film torturously tries to transform this theme in scen

of comedy, nostalgia and bittersweet regret, but somehow we doubt i

sincerity, maybe because the camera lingers so lovingly on the callipy

gian charms of the actress Monica Bellucci.





In terv iewed by Kid In The Front Row. BBC Fi lm

8 June, 2010

GIUSEPPE SULFARO





(1998)

THE LEGEND OF 1900



MARCH 14, 2012 2PM



“Winter comes, you wish it was summer. Summer

comes, you live in dread of winter. That’s why we

never tire of travel.”

– The Legend of 1900





ACTORS DISCUSS

By El len A. Kim, Ho llywood.com Staff

Wednesday, August 29, 2001









(2009)

BAARÌA



MARCH 15 , 2012 2PM













Guiseppe Tornatore’s latest is a true magnu m opus. Set over the course

of one hundred years in the Torrenuova family, at times, it feels a

curious hybrid of D.H. Lawrence and Steven Spielberg shot through a

Marx is t pr ism. It achieves moments of exqui si te cinema aided by go r-

geous cinematography and great performances.



(1990)

EVERYBODY’S FINE



MARCH 16 , 2012 2PM





“The story of Matteo’s quest is simply told, but

within it Tornatore creates an affecting vision

of societal change and a web of complex emotions

and connections among his characters.”

– Joe Brown







SCHEDULE

CINEMA PARADISO

MALÈNA

Location: VILLA PALAGONIA 2nd floor


March 12, 2012

March 13, 2012

2pm – 4pm

2pm – 4pm

A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost

30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo,

the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost

teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome.

On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old

Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful,

silent outsider who’s moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He

promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp

tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood,

he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief

when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father,

her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage

from Malèna and stand up for her?



THE LEGEND OF 1900

BAARÌA

EVERYBODY’S FINE




March 14, 2012

March 15, 2012

March 16, 2012

2pm – 4pm

2pm – 4pm

2pm – 4pm

Max is a retired trumpet player, trying to sell his old instrument in a shop and ends uptelling the tale of his best friend, Danny. Born on a ship at the start of the new century,

Danny is taken in by a ship crew and was raised as his own son. After his stepfather

died from an accident below deck, Danny is entr anced by the sound of piano playing

during an evening party. Late that night, the crew and the passengers are dumb-

founded to hear Danny playing the piano effortlessly. And there, his career started as

1900, the legendary piano virtuosso, who has never ever set foot on dry land.

The film begins in the 1920’s, in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (a.k.a. Baaria) where

Giuseppe “Peppino” Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor

family. Over the next 50 years Giuseppe’s life, as well as the life of the village,

is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl

(Mannina), has children and forges a political career for himself.

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat (responsible mainly for the writing of

birth certificates), a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and

hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he

imagined. The film is a veritable travelogue across contemporary Italy, as Matteo

journeys to Napo li, Roma, Firenze, Milano, and Turino to search for each of his chi l-

dren; he even spends one night on the streets among the homeless. Scuro returns to

Sicily, visits his wife’s grave, and reports with irony that “stanno tutti bene.”





LOCATION– BAGHERIA



VILLA PALAGONIA

The film festival will be held at Villa Palagonia. All the

fest ival fi lms will be shown in the hall of the Villa Pala-

gonia March 12 – 16.







SPECIAL EVENT

– FEASTS AND TRADITIONS

March 17-19

Join the biggest event in Bagheria. Not only can you see and

taste them, but you can dip into the colors and flavors of the

town’s past during the feast of the patron saint, St. Joseph.



HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS





KAFARA HOTEL

Litoranea Mongerbino, 90010 Bagheria,

Sicily, Italy

PRICE

$68 – $80

Avg. price/night



VILLA SCADUTO RESIDENCE

Corso Baldassare Scaduto, 9/11, 90011

Bagheria, Sicily, Italy

PRICE

$44 – $72

Avg. price/night



ANTICA PASTICCERIA DON

Via del Caval iere 87, Bagheria,

Sicily, Italy

PRICE

$47-$60



DON CICCIO

Via Dante , 66, 90011 Bagher ia,

Sicily, Italy

PRICE

$29-$37



MAP

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ANTICA PASTICCERIA DON GINO

KAFARA HOTEL

Litoranea Mongerbino,90010 Bagheria,

Palermo, Italy

VIL LA PALAGONIA

Piazza Garibaldi31-90011 BagheriaPalermo, Italyly

Via del Cavaliere 87,Bagheria, Palermo, Italy



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DON CICCIO

VILLA SCADUTO

RESIDENCE

Corso BaldassareScaduto, 90011 Bagheria,Palermo, Italyly

Via Dante, 66, 90011Bagheria, Palermo, Italy



Documents

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