After an August hiatus, Casa Italia's film series will pick up where it left off, showcasing an Italian entry followed by a feature-length film by a local director. "La nostra terra" (Our Land) will be screened on Friday, Sept. 16. Directed by Giulio Manfredonia, this off-beat 2014 comedy follows the unlikely life journey of Filippo, a neurotic bureaucrat who had previously fought organized crime from his desk in the north as part of the Libera movement, which confiscates mafia property and restores it to the community. His life is turned upside down and ultimately transformed when he is assigned to oversee the transfer of one such property in the south of Italy. Screened in Italian with English subtitles, the film will be moderated by Fra Noi Editor Paul Basile.

"One Year Later" will be screened on Friday, Sept. 30. The film represents the feature-length debut of local director Lucia Mauro, who thoroughly engaged the Casa film series audience with her presentation of her award-winning short "In My Brother's Shoes" in July. This uplifting narrative film – shot in Chicago, and in Milan, Turin and Aosta, Italy in Fall 2015 — tells the story of an American woman who takes a cathartic trip to the Italian Alps one year after completing cancer treatment. For details, click here.

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Fonte: Fra Noi