WELCOME TO THE ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2010 IN SCOTLAND
Benvenuti to this year’s edition of the Italian Film Festival Scotland, supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh, Filmhouse; Glasgow Film Theatre and Dundee DCA.
- In the mix are titles by such world-class directors as Giuseppe Tornatore, Michele Placido, Marco Bellocchio, Francesa Archibugi, and Davide Ferrario as well as exciting newcomer Federico Bondi.
- Also on the menu: After
Spaghetti Westerns it’s time to taste Macaroni Combat, the war movie
rip-off which inspired Quentin Tarantino
- And in the 50th anniversary year of La
dolce vita, a chance to revisit and reassess the 1960
Fellini classic
- All this plus a four-film tribute to
the legend known affectionately as Il Mattatore (spotlight chaser) –
Vittorio Gassman.
WITH THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF
and
For the Vittorio Gassman Tribute
All prints courtesy of
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SPECIAL SCREENING: Baaria by Guiseppe Tornatore
Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore returns with an epic valentine to his Sicilian heritage. Baaria is a lushly romantic tapestry of 20th century Italian life as seen through the eyes of a single individual as he grows up, matures, marries and revisits a collection of sentimental memories More ...
FILMS
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TRIBUTE
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LA DOLCE VITA
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MACARONI COMBAT
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