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There are stories that are lost in time. Sometimes, these forgotten stories are those of women and men who, in their lives, left a profound mark on the progress of society and, despite this, due to the passage of years are no longer adequately known. In such cases, it is a duty to ensure that these stories are rediscovered by the general public. On...

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Fans of “The White Lotus” are taking to the internet to figure out how they can vacation like wealthy but miserable romantic Tanya McQuoid-Hunt and her put-upon assistant, Portia. Web searches for travel to the Italian island of Sicily, where Season 2 of the hit HBO show was filmed, are now up 50% after Monday’s record-breaking finale, according to...

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His intense dramatic performances have earned him a spot as one of contemporary Italian cinema’s top leading men.  Born in 1984, Luca Marinelli was no stranger to cinema when he enrolled in the Rome drama school Silvio d’Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art. His father, Eugenio Marinelli, is an actor and noted voiceover artist, having interpreted...

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When Luca Guadagnino encountered the isolated, searching outcasts at the heart of “Bones and All” in Dave Kajganich’s screenplay from Camille DeAngelis’ novel, the Italian filmmaker was reminded of a quote from philosopher György Lukács he’d long cherished. “It said, more or less, that to be a human being means to be alone,” recalls Guadagnino. “At...

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The first time Silvano D’Auria watched the film La Mano Lunga del Padrino (The Long Arm of the Godfather) was at the Teatro dei Filarmonici in his hometown of Ascoli Piceno, Italy, in 1972, the year of its release. The multi-instrumentalist had composed all the music for the low-budget crime flick, its title an obvious attempt to forge artificial l...

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Italian director and producer Michela Scolari’s English-language fiction feature debut Sicilian Holiday has wrapped shooting and is now headed into post-production. The film stars rising acting talents Lilly Englert (Quantico, Little Women) and Francesco Leone (A Bigger Splash, Fosca Innocenti) as an actress and a sculptor who meet on a Southern It...

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International Short Film Day: Short films available from December 21 at 1pm CT to December 23 at 12am CT. Organized by IIC Chicago, online, free. Registration here. During the shortest day of the year the ICC of Chicago celebrates the International Short Film Day in collaboration with the Italian Short Film Center. The credentials to watch the shor...

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When: December 15, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco @INNOVIT, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco Federico Faggin shares his fascinating journey through the ages, from being born in war-time Italy to living the American dream as he became the renown physicist, serial entrepreneur, designer of the first microprocessors...

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Best known for his success with the movie My Little Princess, Enzo Zelocchi is a superstar in the making who often wears many hats as an actor, writer, producer, and director. With a career spanning almost a decade, Enzo Zelocchi has won countless movie awards and several nominations as the best actor, writer, producer, and director. With his new f...

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Students from the Italian program at Meredith College attended the 16th annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival in Charleston, S.C., November 11-13, 2022, together with their instructor, Sandra Pesoli. The festival, hosted by the College of Charleston, screened 13 Italian movies produced in Italy over the past two years. The movies included a mi...

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