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Cinemartedì 2011

The Cinemartedì 2011 film festival brings to our shores those films that may have slipped by this summer. The underlying theme of the program is the world of women, with matchless protagonists, actors, and writers: rebels, women struggling to survive, women who also know how to laugh at themselves, and who feed the dreams and fears of men; a cinema of ever greater sophistication and fusion, an Italian cinema that make their way at the major festivals.

All performances are held at 9 pm at Teatro Vivaldi

Ticket office opens at 8.15 p.m.

Entrance: 5 Euros
(reduced ticket of 3 Euros for people over 60 years of age)

Dates for CINEMARTEDI:

8 November 2011 – The Salt of Life ("Gianni e le donne")
by Gianni Di Gregorio
Comedy, Italy 2011 - 90 minutes
Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria de Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini, Valeria Cavalli, Aylin Prandi, Kristina Cepraga, Michelangelo Ciminale, Teresa Di Gregorio, Lilia Silvi, Gabriella Sborgi, Laura Squizzato, Silvia Squizzato

A middle-aged man finds himself mystified before the face of the feminine universe in a self-mocking comedy filled with sweetness and vivacity. After his Pranzo di Ferragosto, the director Gianni Di Gregorio returns to dazzle us with his small stories of everyday life and his exuberant, bewildered, yet very real characters.

15 November 2011- The Women on the 6th Floor
by Philippe Le Guay
(Original title: "Les Femmes du 6ème étage")
Comedy, France 2011 - length: 106 minutes
Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Natalia Verbeke, Sandrine Kiberlain,Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Solé, Concha Galán, Audrey Fleurot, Marie-Armelle Deguy.

Using the classical devices of French comedy and with the 1968 protest movements already in the air, the film turns the gender models and middle-class, conformist society of Paris in the 1960s upside down, filtered through the high-spirited, sweeping register of its vibrantly Spanish characters. With a magnificent Fabrice Luchini.

29 November 2011 - This is England
by Shane Meadows
Drama, Great Britain 2006 - length: 101 minutes
Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joe Gilgun, Rosamund Hanson, Andrew Ellis, Perry Benson, George Newton, Frank Harper.

Based on an autobiographical story, the film focuses on the life of a young skinhead in the early 1980s. Through this character, all the contradictions emerge of a country that is both loved and hated, whose theme of racism reflects the lacerations left by the hatred and fear that characterize contemporary society.

Grand Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival

6 December 2011 - Micmacs ("L'esplosivo piano di Bazil")
by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
(Original title: " Micmacs à tire-larigot")
Drama, France 2009 - length: 105 minutes
Starring: Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau.

The director of Amélie has created another fabulous world, that of its bizarre hero Bazil who has a mine in his head, ready to take revenge with flashes of imagination against the powerful warlords.

13 December 2011 - Winter's Bone ("Un gelido inverno ")
by Debra Granik
Drama, USA 2010 - length: 100 minutes
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser, Tate Taylor, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee, Shelley Waggener, Ashlee Thompson, William White, Casey MacLaren, Valerie Richards, Beth Domann, Isaiah Stone, Cody Brown Ronnie Hall

A film adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's novel, published in Italy by Fanucci Editore, "Winter's Bone" has been directed by Debra Granik (Down To The Bone), who has created an intense and fascinating naturalistic thriller, set in a mysterious and unknown America, with the look of a profoundly poetic Missouri and the gritty point of view of a girl who is struggling to survive as she searches for her father and a new life.

The film won the Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic at the 2010Sundance Film Festival, 4 awards at the 2010 Torino Film Festival, received 7 nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards 2011 four Oscar nominations, in 2011 in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actress ( Jennifer Lawrence), Best Supporting Actor (John Hawkes), and Best Adapted Screenplay.

20 December 2011 - Rabbit Hole
by John Cameron Mitchell
Drama, USA 2010 - 90 minutes
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Tammy Blanchard, Miles Teller

Rabbit Hole is an intense, bitterly honest, and surprisingly humorous portrait of a family trying to survive in the direst of situations. From the director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

27 December 2011 - Boris - The Film
by Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre, Luca Vendruscolo
Comedy, Italy 2011 - 108 minutes
Starring: Luca Amorosino, Valerio Aprea, Ninni Bruschetta, Paolo Calabresi, Antonio Catania, Carolina Crescentini, Massimo De Lorenzo, Carlo De Ruggeri, Alberto Di Stasio, Roberta Fiorentini, Caterina Guzzanti, Francesco Pannofino, Andrea Sartoretti, Pietro Sermonti, Alessandro Tiberi, Giorgio Tirabassi, Karin Proia, Massimiliano Bruno, Claudio Gioé.

Amidst snobby filmmakers, neurotic actresses, trendy writers, heroin addicts, sharks and various improvisers, Boris The Film exposes the world of Italian cinema, which aspires to a new youth behind a perennial immaturity.

3 January 2012 - The Tree of Life
by Terrence Malick
Drama, USA 2011 - length: 138 minutes
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Fiona Shaw, Joanna Going, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan, Jackson Hurst, Lisa Marie Newmyer, Crystal Mantecon, Tom Townsend, Jennifer Sipes.

Terrence Malick's fifth film, The Tree of Life is a true hymn to life. The film asks some of the most unsettling and personal questions that relate to human beings, through a kaleidoscope that goes from deep within the cosmos, passing from the tale of the emotional experiences of a family living in a small, Texas town to a journey through space and time, from the loss a child's innocence to the path of a man who will live incredible and extraordinary events that will change his life.

The film masterpiece that won the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

10 January 2012 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid ("Diario di una schiappa")
by Thor Freudenthal
Drama, USA 2010 - length: 94 minutes
Starring: Chloe Moretz, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Alex Ferris, Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Rob LaBelle, Robert Capron.

Introducing the world's most famous wimp, the main character in this comedy for the whole family, it is based on the illustrated bestseller by Jeff Kinney, (released as "Diario di una schiappa" in Italy in 2008 and published by Il Castoro), the first in a series that has so far sold 28 million books. The film chronicles the adventures of a likeable boy named Greg Heffley, who must somehow try to survive the most difficult period in anyone's life: ... middle school.

January 17, 2012 – Scorched ("La donna che canta")
(Original title "Incendies")
Drama, Canada 2010 - Length: 130 minutes
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Remy Girard,Abdelghafour Elaaziz, Allen Altman, Mohamed Majd, Nabil Sawalha, Baya Belal, Bader Alami, Karim Babin.

Adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad's successful play, Scorched is a sweeping initiatory study that combines the horror of war with the singular, as it powerfully reveals the enduring legacy of the cycle of violence and unheard power of all conflicts.

Nominated for 2011 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Presented at the Venice Days section of 67th Venice Film Festival. Prize for best Canadian film at the 2010Toronto Film Festival

24 January 2012 - The Tree
by Julie Bertuccelli
(Original title: "L'arbre")
Drama, France - Australia 2010. Length: 100 minutes
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Morgana Davies, Aden Young, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christian Byers, Tom Russell, Gillian Jones, Arthur Dignam, Gabriel Gottin.

Based on Judy Pascoe's novel Our Father Who Art In The Tree, published in Italy by Bompiani, the film describes the grieving process through a natural and magical world, with the primordial force of nature as a mirror of the emotions and of a life renewed.

Presented at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, it received three nominations for the 2011 Cesar Awards (best actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, Best Adaptation, and Best Score).

31 January 2012 - Gorbaciof
by Stefano Incerti
Drama, Italy 2010 - length: 85 minutes
Starring: Toni Servillo, Yang Mi, Geppy Geijeses, Gaetano Bruno, Hal Yamanouchi

The quiet and gentle story of a small and solitary man, torn between his vices and his troubling principles, in a human, essentially realistic portrait, enveloped in the ordinary poverty of today, with an extraordinarily rich performance by Toni Servillo.

Presented out of competition at the 67th Venice Film Festival in Venice and at the 2011Toronto Film Festival.

7 February 2012 - The Illusionist
by Sylvain Chomet
Animation, Great Britain / France 2010 - length: 80 minutes

The new cartoon from the director of "The Triplets of Belleville" is taken from an original screenplay by the French director and actor Jacques Tati. "The Illusionist" is a father's love letter to his daughter. For Sophie Tatischeff, Jacques Tati's daughter, this poignant correspondence to her could not be left to be forgotten on the shelf. Listed in the archives of the National Film Centre (CNC) under the forgettable title of "Tati Film # 4", this never-produced script had to wait half a century for someone decide to page through it and to grasp its potential. That eager someone was Sylvain Chomet, the acclaimed Oscar-nominated filmmaker, who enthusiastically took on the challenge of achieving the impossible dream of bringing Jacques Tati's incomparable magic to life once again.

Winner of the Best Animated Film at the 2010 European Film Awards
Best Animated Film at the 2011 César Awards and nominated for an Oscar as best animated film

14 February 2012 - Potiche ("Potiche - La bella statuina ")
by François Ozon
Drama, France 2010 - length: 103 minutes
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèche

Freely adapted from Pierre and Jean-Pierre Barillet Grédy's 1983play of the same name, "Potiche" is the story of one woman's emancipation as she rebels against her own situation. And she does so with the class of Catherine Deneuve guided by the skill of the F. Ozon, the director of "8 Women"

Presented in competition at 67th Venice Film Festival in 2010

21 February 2012 - Never Let Me Go ("Non lasciarmi")
by Mark Romanek

Drama, USA / UK 2010 - length: 103 minutes
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfeld, Keira Knightley, Isobel Meikle-Small, Ella Purnell, Charlie Rowe, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins, Nathalie Richard

Taken from the acclaimed bestselling novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (the author of The Remains of The Day), it is an extraordinary story that focuses on the themes of love, of loss and of hidden truths. Through his novel, the author raises the fundamental question of what makes us human. Now, director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) brings to the screen this moving, poignant, and emotion-filled story written by Ishiguro.

28 February 2012 - In a Better World
by Susanne Bier
(Original title: "Hævnen")
Drama, Denmark / Sweden 2010 - length: 113 minutes
Starring: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Markus Rygaard, William Jøhnk Nielsen.

The film revolves around the story of Anton and Marianne, two doctors facing marital difficulties, and their teenage son Elias, a victim of school bullies. The only one able to defend him is Christian, a classmate who draws Elias into an unknown world.

Special Jury Award to Susanne Bier - Best Film voted by the public to Susanne Bier
2010Rome Film Festival

6 March 2012 - Séraphine
by Martin Provost
Drama, France, Belgium, Germany 2008 - length: 125 minutes
Cast: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Genevieve Mnich, Nico Rogner.

The surprise film at the 2009 César Awards, the European Oscars, "Séraphine " is Martin Provost's fictionalized and tragic portrait of Séraphine Louis, known in art as Séraphine de Senlis, a painter practically unknown in Italy and an exponent of the Neo-Primitive movement. A tribute to the creativity and resilience of the female spirit.

Winner of 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Set Design, Best Costume Design

13 March 2012 - Biutiful
by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Drama, USA, Spain, 2010. length: 138 min.
Starring: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Eduard Fernández, Diaryatou Daff, Cheng Tai Shen, Luo Jin, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella

By the Mexican director A. G. Iñárritu (21 Grams, Babel), Biutiful is the story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. In touch with the hereafter, Uxbal is a tragic hero and the father of two children who, sensing the likelihood of his death, fights against a corrupt world and a destiny that works against him by always forgiving and loving.

Palme d'Or for Best Supporting Actor to Javier Bardem at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival - 2011 Goya Awards: Best Actor

20 March 2012 - Il gioiellino
by Andrea Molaioli
Drama, Italy / France 2011 - length: 110 minutes
Starring: Toni Servillo, Remo Girone, Sarah Felberbaum, Lino Guanciale, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Jay O. Sanders, Lisa Galantini, Vanessa Compagnucci, Maurizio Marchetti, Adriana De Guilmi, Gianna Paola Scaffidi, Alessandro Adriano, Igor Chernevich, Renato Carpentieri.

From the director of "The Girl by the Lake", the film was inspired by a true story (the crash of Parmalat) but it becomes a mirror of the many corporate and human failures of today.

27 March 2012 – The Maid (Affetti & Dispetti)
by Sebastián Silva
(Original title: "La Nana")

Comedy, Chile, Mexico 2009. - length: 95 minutes
Starring: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Mariana Loyola, Alejandro Goic, Anita Reeves.

Jury Grand Prizes to the film and to the actress Catalina Saavedra at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival - Best Actress at the 2009 Turin Film Festival

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