Category: LONDON

La Terra Trema (SUBTITLED)

28/10/2019

"In Sicily, Italian is not the language of the poor"

Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8NX
Date: Monday 28 October, 7pm (box office open at 6.15pm)

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Cost: FREE

Film preceded by an introduction then followed by a Salon Italia discussion over a free glass of wine

Duration: 160 minutes

Certificate: PG

Year: 1948

Director: Luchino Visconti

Cast: Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Antonio Arcidiancono

Synopsis: In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

BICYCLE THIEVES (SUBTITLED)

29/8/2019

"Remember if you haven't got a bike, there's nothing doing, right?"

Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8NX
Date: Thursday 29 August, 7pm (box office open at 6.15pm)

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Cost: FREE

Film preceded by an introduction then followed by a Salon Italia discussion over a free glass of wine

Duration: 89 minutes

Certificate: PG

Year: 1948

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

Synopsis: In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it.

The Night Porter

22/8/2019

"You were always insane, and you still are"

Venue: Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ
Date: Thursday 22 August, 6.30pm (box office open at 6.00pm)

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Cost: £9 / £8

Film preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion group

Duration: 118 minutes

Certificate: 18

Year: 1974

Director: Liliana Cavani

Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling

Synopsis: After a chance meeting at a hotel in 1957, Holocaust survivor Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) and Nazi officer Max (Dirk Bogarde), who tortured her, resume their sadomasochistic relationship.

From Dusk Till Dawn

8/8/2019

"I've got six little friends and they can all run faster than you can"

Venue: Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ
Date: Thursday 8 August, 6.30pm (box office open at 6.00pm)

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Cost: £9 / £8

Film preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion group

Duration: 108 minutes

Certificate: 18

Year: 1996

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Cast: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis

Synopsis: Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.

MEDEA (SUBTITLED)

29/7/2019

"You are a barbarian from a foreign land, different from us"

Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8NX
Date: Monday 29 July, 7.00pm (box office open at 6.15pm)

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Cost: FREE

Film preceded by an introduction then followed by a Salon Italia discussion over a free glass of wine

Duration: 110 minutes

Certificate: PG

Year: 1969

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Cast: Mara Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff

Synopsis: After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with the powerful sorceress, Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?