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AN ITALIAN OCTOBER’S TASTE: THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN CYPRUS

(19th-25th October 2015) AND A DIVE INTO THE ITALIAN CINEMA (15th

-30th

October

2015)

The “Italian Language Week in the World” is an initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of

Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the “Accademia della Crusca” (1), under the

Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, that goes on from 2001. During this week,

Embassies, Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes organize various events to promote the Italian

language as a language of classic and contemporary culture.

Each year this special week has a different theme around which lectures, exhibitions, performances

and concerts evolve. The theme of this edition, L’italiano della musica, la musica dell’Italiano (The

Italian of Music, the music of Italian) is dedicated to the extraordinary quality of musicality of the

Italian Language, as explained in the video at the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhjxDuSGutw

On this occasion, the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Cyprus Committee of the “Società

Dante Alighieri” and the Foundation T. Kanthos, has organized a concert “Sull’aria che soave” that

will take place on Tuesday 20th October at 8.30 p.m. at the Centre of Arts T. Kanthos. After a brief

introduction by Prof. Gaia Zaccagni on the Italian opera tradition, in which words are linked to

music, the evening will be a tribute to Italian music, edited by the Cypriot Conductor Ayis

Ioannidis, professor at the School of Music Art, and his best students. Famous arias for piano and

voice by various compositors (Vivaldi, Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini) will be performed. (see

the attached invitation).

Moreover, for all those who love the Italian cinema and would like to be updated about recent

productions, Italian movies will be screened at the University of Cyprus on Thursday 15th

October

at 8.00 p.m. and at the University of Nicosia, in collaboration with the Friends of Cinema Society

and Notoria International, from Monday 19th October to Friday 30th October 2015 (please see the

attached program).

The Embassy of Italy is also supporting the 5th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus that

will take place in Limassol at Rialto Theatre from 17th

to 23th October with three Italian short films:

“Caro Domenico” by Kate Jessop, “Due Piedi Sinistri” by Isabella Salvetti and “Pandemonia” by

Valerio Spinelli. (www.isffc.com.cy)

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(1) The Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran), generally abbreviated as La Crusca, is an Italian

society for scholars and Italian linguists and philologists established in Florence. It is the most important

research institution on Italian language as well as the oldest linguistic academy in the world.

CINEMA ITALIANO

Cine Studio (University of Nicosia)

Un giorno

speciale

A Special Day

(2012, 89’)

Regista/Director:

Francesca Comencini

Con/With: Filippo

Scicchitano, Giulia

Valentini, Roberto

Infascelli

LUNEDI’/MONDAY 19/10

21:00

INGRESSO LIBERO /

FREE ENTRANCE

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH

Gina e Marco vivono nella

periferia di Roma. I due si

incontrano in un giorno molto

speciale: il loro primo giorno di

lavoro. Hanno un futuro che li

attende e sembra davvero a

portata di mano. Gina è in

procinto di realizzare il suo

sogno di diventare attrice,

mentre Marco per la prima

volta ha trovato un'opportunità

che gli permette di iniziare a

sognare: un lavoro in una

società di noleggio auto come

autista. Riescono a conoscersi

bene poiché il primo compito di

Marco è quello di portare Gina

a un appuntamento, e a causa

di un ritardo, devono

condividere l'intera giornata.

Questo viaggio li porterà dalla

periferia al centro della città, e

servirà ad entrambi per

confrontare le proprie

esperienze e pensare a un

futuro che è già cominciato.

Gina and Marco are living in the suburbs of Rome. The two meet on a very special day: their first day at work. They have a future that awaits them and really seems at hand. Gina is about to realize her dream of becoming an actress, while Marco for the first time has found an opportunity that allows him to start dreaming: a job in a car rental company as a driver. They are enabled to know each other since his first duty is to drive Gina to an appointment, and given a delay, they have to share the whole day. This journey will take them from the periphery to the center of the city, will serve both to compare their experiences and think about a future that has already begun.

La mafia uccide

solo d'estate

The Mafia Only Kills

in Summer

(2013, 90’)

Regista/Director: Pif (as

Pierfrancesco Diliberto)

Con/With: Cristiana

Capotondi, Pif, Alex

Bisconti

MARTEDI’/TUESDAY 20/10

21:00

DOMENICA/SUNDAY 25/10

20:00

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

SUBTITLES: GREEK

Ispirata a eventi reali, questa

commedia nera sui 20 anni di

storia della Sicilia dal 1970 al

1990, sui beffardi boss mafiosi

e sul ripristino della generosità

degli eroi antimafia, è

incentrata su Arturo, un

giovane ragazzo che cresce a

Palermo e cerca di conquistare

la sua amata Flora.

Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the generosity of the heroes of Antimafia. It is focused on Arturo, a young boy who grows up in Palermo and tries to conquer his beloved Flora.

La città ideale

The Ideal City

(2012, 105)

Regista/Director: Luigi Lo

Cascio

Con/With: Aida Burruano,

Luigi Maria Burruano,

Barbara Enrichi

GIOVEDI’/THURSDAY 22/10

21:00

INGRESSO LIBERO /

FREE ENTRANCE

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH

Un uomo porta il suo stile di

vita ecologico all'estremo.

A man takes his ecological lifestyle to the extreme.

Il capitale umano

Human Capital

(2013,111’)

Regista/Director:

Director: Paolo Virzì

Con/With: Fabrizio

Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli,

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

VENERDI’/FRIDAY 23/10

21:00

MARTEDI’/TUESDAY 27/10

21:00

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

SUBTITLES: GREEK

I destini di due famiglie sono

irrevocabilmente legati quando

un ciclista viene spinto fuori

strada da una jeep la notte

prima di Natale.

The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.

La sedia della

felicità

The Chair of

Happiness

(2013, 105’)

Regista/Director: Carlo

Mazzacurati

Con/With: Valerio

Mastandrea, Isabella

Ragonese, Giuseppe

Battiston

LUNEDI’/MONDAY 26/10

21:00

INGRESSO LIBERO /

FREE ENTRANCE

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH

Un tesoro nascosto in una

sedia; una estetista ed un

tatuatore che si innamorano

durante la sua ricerca; un

sacerdote misterioso che

incombe su di loro come una

minaccia. Rivali all'inizio, poi

alleati, loro tre diventano i

protagonisti di un'avventura

incredibile, tra equivoci e colpi

di scena, inseguiti dalle colline

alla valle, dalla laguna di

Venezia alle cime innevate

delle Dolomiti, dove trovano

una valle remota abitata da un

orso e due fratelli.

A treasure hidden in a chair; a beautician and a tattoo artist who fall in love while looking for it; a mysterious priest looming over them like a threat. Rivals at first, then allies, the three of them become the protagonists of an incredible adventure, between misunderstandings and dramatic twists, chased from the hills to the valley, from the Venetian Lagoon to the snow-capped peaks of the Dolomites, where they find a remote valley inhabited by bear and two brothers.

Pasolini

Pasolini

(2014, 84’)

Regista/Director: Abel

Ferrara

Con/With: Willem Dafoe,

Riccardo Scamarcio,

Ninetto Davoli

GIOVEDI’/THURSDAY 29/10

21:00

VENERDI’/FRIDAY 30/10

21:00

LANGUAGE:

ENGLISH,ITALIAN

SUBTITLES: GREEK

Uno sguardo caleidoscopico

all'ultimo giorno del regista

italiano Pier Paolo Pasolini nel

1975.

A kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.