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.

TAXIDERMIA (SUBTITLED)

3/10/2019

"Hungary's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)"

Venue: Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ
Date: Thursday 3 October, 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: 91 minutes

Certificate: 18

Year: 2006

Director: György Pálfi

Cast: Csaba Czene, Gergely Trocsanyi, Marc Bischoff

Synopsis: Three generations of men, including a pervert that constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater and a passionate embalmer.

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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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.