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Festival 17

JUNE 2021 20 STARTS 21 13 JANUARY 2022 FINISHES

No.6 ITALIAN FILM

FESTIVAL

TWENTY FILMS

NAMING SPONSOR 6 No. Our sponsors / Contenuto / Our sponsors Contents

Benvenuti / 03 Welcome

Naming Sponsor Naming Luoghi / 04 Locations

Cinema / 06 Films

Programma /

Official Cultural Partners Cultural Official 36 Schedule

Classificazione / 60 Classification Proudly Supported by Supported Proudly

Io Sono L'Amore / Amici I am Love 3 / Benvenuti / Welcome Benvenuti / Welcome

Francesco Calogero, Dream now travel later... that cinema possesses as an Ambassador of – This year I have chosen form. We celebrate both the art form of ‘Opera’ and The Italian Embassy is proud films and Directors I personally two of its most important to support once again Cinema love. Audiences will experience exponents. The story of Italiano Festival, the biggest the Golden Age of Italian Andrea Boccelli in The Music Italian cultural event in Cinema in ’s of Silence and the documentary Aotearoa. This year Renee and collaborations with Sophia about the inimitable tenor Paolo Rotondo have outdone Loren. In La Ciociara and Luciano Pavarotti. themselves securing twenty with cinema venues nationwide and a co-star , You will be moved, amused, great selection of Italian movies. truly shines. challenged, inspired and entertained in a uniquely Thanks Renee and Paolo ’s ‘’ Italian way. for offering seven months offers the kind of beauty, scale of great entertainment and and refinement that makes it In 2021 we are honoured to showcasing our country here worthy of its’ ‘Masterpiece’ collaborate with prestigious in New Zealand. I look forward status. One can also feel his Italian Institutions - Embassy to celebrating the great Italian influence in ’s of Italy in Wellington, L’Istituto Cinema with all the Italian contemporary, I am Love. Italiano di Cultura in Sydney culture lovers in Aotearoa. Matteo Garrone’s gothic, noir and the Italian National version of Pinocchio with Tourist Board. Buona visione a tutti voi! as Geppetto, I acknowledge the challenges Ambassador Francesco Calogero tackles Italy’s most famous Italy continues to experience fairy tale. The result is a work due to Covid-19. I know all of A message from the of breathtaking visual beauty. us from the Italian community Artistic Director – As a counterpoint to reveal in Aotearoa have felt for Garrone’s versatility, I have Collaborating with Italy our friends and family. We programmed Garrone’s Cannes and many international appreciate the solidarity shown Grand Prix-winning film Reality. companies, I am reminded by so many New Zealanders, The calibre of contemporary that sharing Cinema together Grazie. Directors, includes Ferzan is a tremendous privilege. Italia, non sei mai lontana Ozpetek, with his moving dal cuore. In 2020, The Cinema Italiano and entertaining visual feast, Festival was resilient and nimble The Goddess of Fortune, our Buona visione – Paolo enough to reschedule our entire Opening night film presented year. We demonstrated our by our Naming Sponsor facebook – commitment to cinemas and ‘Studio Italia’. The octogenarian cinemaitalianofestivalnz the ‘cinema experience’. Director, ’s instagram / @italianfilmfestivalnz In 2021 we now travel to 20 The Traitor, chronicles the epic cinemas nationwide with an true story of the first Mafia #italianfilmsnz eclectic curation of Italian turncoat’s maxi-trial. The art- #cinemaitalianonz Cinema that will make us house masterpiece Martin Eden #studioitaliacinemaitaliano dream of Italy once more. by Pietro Marcello reminds us Paolo Rotondo – Artistic Director of the imaginative possibilities WWW.EDIT-STORE.COM 4 / Luoghi / Locations Luoghi / Locations

Govett Brewster / Globe Theatrette / Napier Suter Theatre / Nelson New Plymouth July 29 - August 5 August 20 - September 5 June 17 - 27 15 Hardinge Rd Queens Gardens The Len Lye Centre Cinema Ahuriri, Napier 4110 208 Bridge St 42 Queen Street 06 833 6011 Nelson 7010 New Plymouth 4310 globenapier.co.nz 03 548 3885 06 759 6060 suter.statecinemas.co.nz govett-brewster.com/cinema Event Cinemas / Havelock Nth July 30 - August 11 Whakamax / Whakatane Rialto Cinemas / Dunedin 11 Joll Rd September 2 - 9 June 18 - 23 Havelock North 4130 99 The Strand 11 Moray Place 06 877 9016 Whakatane 3120 Dunedin 9016 eventcinemas.co.nz/cinema/ 07 308 7625 03 474 2200 havelock-north whakamax.co.nz rialto.co.nz /cinema/dunedin Event Cinemas / Matakana Cinemas / Bridgeway Cinema / Palmerston North Matakana Auckland August 4 - 11 September 6 - 14 June 22 - July 6 70 Broadway Avenue 2 Matakana Valley Rd 122 Queen St Palmerston North 4410 Matakana 0985 Northcote Point 06 355 5335 09 423 0218 Auckland 0627 eventcinemas.co.nz/cinema/ matakanacinemas.co.nz 09 481 0040 palmerston-north bridgeway.co.nz Starlight Cinema / Taupo The Screening Room / September 15 -22 Silky Otter Cinemas / Masterton Starlight Arcade Auckland August 5- 15 26 Horomatangi Street June 23 - July 7 435 Queen Street Taupo 228 Orakei Road, Orakei, Masterton 5810 07 377 1085 Auckland 1071 06 378 6191 starlightcinema.co.nz 09 523 0400 thescreeningroom.co.nz silkyotter.co.nz Dorothy Browns / Event Cinemas / Blenheim Arrowtown Capitol Cinema /Auckland August 12 - 18 September 23 -29 June 24 - 30 4 Kinross Street, 18 Buckingham St 610 Dominion Rd, Balmoral, Blenheim 7201 Arrowtown 9302 Auckland 1041 03 577 8273 03 442 1964 09 623 2000 eventcinemas.co.nz/cinema/ dorothybrowns.com thecapitol.co.nz blenheim Rialto / Tauranga Waiheke Cinema /Waiheke Empire Cinema / Wellington October 15 - 29 June 25 - 29 August 13 - 27 21 Devonport Rd 127-129 Oceanview Rd 214 The Parade Tauranga 3110 Oneroa Island Bay 07 577 0445 Wellington 6023 Auckland 1081 rialtotauranga.co.nz 09 372 4240 04 939 7557 waihekecinema.co.nz empirecinema.nz 2022 Monterey Cinemas / Lumiere Cinema / Takapuna Christchurch Waiheke Cinema / Waiheke July 9 - 11 August 18 - 31 January 6 - 13 32-34 Anzac Street The Christchurch Arts Centre 127-129 Oceanview Rd Takapuna 26 Rolleston Avenue Oneroa Auckland 0622 Christchurch 8013 Auckland 1081 09 488 6000 03 365 0066 09 372 4240 montereytakapuna.co.nz lumierecinemas.co.nz waihekecinema.co.nz VITA CON STILE 6 / La Dea Fortuna / The Goddess of Fortune

La Dea Fortuna / M The Goddess of Fortune

Director / Director, Ferzan Özpetek is a completely unexpected layers. Ferzan Özpetek prolific and celebrated filmmaker Under Özpetek’s brave and that possesses the rare skill of disarming direction, the colourful Cast / , being an accomplished visual cast is nothing short of superb. Edoardo Leo, craftsman while telling deeply These are big names in Italian , humanistic stories. The Goddess of cinema, taking risks and working Barbara Alberti Fortune is filled with warmth, gentle at the peak of their powers. humour, and heartfelt drama. It is I expected the multi-award-winning Country / fresh and contemporary in style Stefano Accorsi and Jasmine Trinca Italy, 2019 and thematics, yet at the same to deliver, but a real stand out for Genre / time, it harks back to a brilliant me is Edoardo Leo, who is usually Drama tradition of Italian romantic films, lauded for his comedic skills. I am with all the joys, passion, trials and proud to programme this film for Duration / tribulations of real love. The love our Opening Night with its glorious 118mins story at the centre of the story depictions of and Palermo Language / is so realistic and thoughtfully meeting storytelling and acting of Italian with evoked that, at times, it felt like it the highest order. English subtitles should be private. Levity and, at Paolo Rotondo times, achingly beautiful drama Presented by / mix together effortlessly in a Studio Italia sophisticated modern tale. Awards / Premi It is the story of a couple whose Winner / Best Actress, Best Song, lives are turned upside down Awards when they must take care of a sick Winner / Best Actors Stefano Accorsi friend’s children. This seemingly and Edoardo Leo. Best Film, Best simple set up is never treated Song, Golden Ciak Awards 2020 superficially, and therefore all the humour and drama reveals 8 / Reality / Reality 9 / Pinocchio / Pinocchio

M Reality M Pinocchio

Director / After winning acclaim with his is a brilliant critique. I imagine Director / Carlo Collodi’s 1883 book The possesses some of the most Matteo Garrone crime film Gomorra, Director Garrone is lamenting the trashy Matteo Garrone Adventures of Pinocchio is probably beautiful sets and costume design Matteo Garrone seemed to want commercialisation of Italian Italy’s favourite fairy tale. Like all you are likely to see this year in a Cast / Cast / Aniello Arena, to prove that he was a real force television and its effect on Italian Roberto Benigni, good fairy tales, it is not just for contemporary film. By the time you Loredana Simioli, in contemporary Italian Cinema. society. For us, the audience, Federico Ielapi, children. Director Matteo Garrone read this, it may have won 2 Oscars , This year we have programmed it is a colourful riot of fun. Rocco Papaleo, has demonstrated considerable for Costume and Make-up. The , two Garrone films; Reality and The visual flair, flamboyance and Massimo Ceccherini, courage with the films he has inherent aesthetics of Garrone’s film Ciro Petrone, the recent Pinocchio. These films sheer spectacle remind me of Marine Vacth, made. I first discovered his talents never distract from the picaresque Nunzia Schiano, couldn’t be more different from the influence of Fellini. Although in the 2008 crime film Gomorra, narrative, characters and magic of Nando Paone, Arturo Gambardella each other and yet improbably the cheapening of culture is a Country / a mob film like no other. This year this classic story. Garrone’s team both share his distinctive style. worldwide phenomenon, setting Italy 2019 we have programmed his 2012 use real, in-camera, special effects Country / this film in Napoli's particular Dramatic Comedy Reality (winner without digital trickery, and the Reality is the story of a humble Italy, 2012 culture elevates the aesthetic Genre / of the Grand Prix at Cannes) as result is breathtakingly beautiful. but charismatic Neapolitan and thematic levels to create Fantasy a counterpoint to Pinocchio and Genre / fishmonger called Luciano that Paolo Rotondo an unmissable film. a celebration of an important Comedic Drama participates in the ‘Big Brother’ Duration / 125mins contemporary talent. reality TV show, and soon becomes Paolo Rotondo Duration / In this version of Pinocchio, Awards / Premi 116mins obsessed with the world of Language / Geppetto is played by the infinitely manufactured celebrity. Italian with Winner / Best Costume Design, endearing Roberto Benigni, with Language / Awards / Premi English subtitles Best Production Design, Best Digital Italian and Neapolitan The script was inspired by a true a cast of brilliant Italian actors. Effects, Best Make-up, Best Hair and with English subtitles story, and lead actor, Aniello Winner / Grand Prix, Presented by / This version remains true to the Styling, David Di Donatello Awards Arena, was discovered by Matteo Nominated Palm D’Or, Cannes Dante Alighieri classic tale of poor woodcarver Presented by / Garrone when he went to a play Winner / Best Cinematography, Auckland Geppetto, who carves a wooden Winner / Best Director, Mediterranean Foods staged by inmates of the notorious Best Make-Up, puppet that comes to life, causing Best Supporting Actor, Best Volterra prison. Garrone never David di Donatello Awards mischief as he learns to be alive, Costume, Best Editing, Best Sound, makes fun of the working class Best Production Design, Winner / Best Actor, negotiating rights and wrongs. Neapolitans drawn into the hollow Nastri d’Argento Awards Best Costume Design, Best Script, Garrone film is tender and funny spectacle of show business, yet Nastri d’Argento Awards while still honouring the darkness his enormously entertaining film of classic fairy tales. This film 10 / 7 Ore per Farti Innamorare / 7 Hours to Win Your Heart 11 / Odio L’Estate / I Hate Summer

7 Ore per Farti Innamorare / Odio L’Estate / M M 7 Hours to Win Your Heart I Hate Summer

Director / Neapolitan actor Giampaolo Desperate and determined to Director / I Hate Summer's three lead Italy are sacrosanct, and no Giampaolo Morelli Morelli (in this year’s Golden Men) win back his fiancé, Giulio attends Massimo Venier protagonists are hugely well-loved one will stop the families from makes his directorial debut with Valeria’s classes. There, they comedians in Italy, and it proves having their time in the sun. Cast / Cast / Giampaolo Morelli, 7 Hours to Win Your Heart, a team up with the goal of getting Aldo Baglio, pretty hard not to like these guys. This uproarious comedy possesses Serena Rossi, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy Giorgia back in his arms, but in Giovanni Storti, Their laid-back performance real heartfelt and intelligent layers Diana Del Bufalo set in . Giulio (played by the process one of them will have Giacomo Poretti style allows the comedy to come underneath the chuckles and Morelli) is an economics journalist, to change their outlook on love. from characterisation without smiles. In the depth of our Country / soon to be married to his fiancé Based on Morelli’s 2016 book of Country / ever forcing gags. They seem so New Zealand winter, a sunny Italy 2020 Italy, 2020 Giorgia (Diana Del Bufalo, the same name, this gorgeously believable in their roles that one trip with Aldo, Giovanni, and Genre / My Big Gay Italian Wedding). entertaining film questions Genre / suspects they have taken their Giacomo will be sure to restore Romantic Comedy When Giorgia leaves him right whether falling in love is an Comedy own personal traits as a foundation all your Vitamin D. I can see why before their wedding for his boss exact science or a mystery. to these characters. The wealthy this was such a successful feel- Duration / Alfonso (Massimiliano Gallo), Duration / city dentist disconnected from good film at the box office in Italy. 104mins Giulio suddenly finds himself 110mins his son, the uptight artisan Paolo Rotondo single, unemployed, and forced Awards / Premi facing financial problems, and Language / Language / Italian with to reconsider his firm convictions Nominated / Best Comedy, Italian with the hypochondriac that shirks English subtitles about love. Golden Globes Italy 2020 English subtitles work at every opportunity, all find Awards / Premi themselves trapped together Enter the stunning Valeria Nominated / Best Actor in a Comedy, Presented by / Presented by / with their families and pets. This Winner / Best Score, Ghella (Serena Rossi) - a woman of Best Actress in a Comedy, Campari is the very Italian story of families Nastri D’Argento Awards determined character but Nastri d’argento Awards 2020 from different social, economic Nominated / Best Comedy, disillusioned with love. A master and cultural strata forced by Nastri D’Argento Awards of the art of seduction, Valeria is circumstance to share a holiday. the go-to teacher for single men Nominated / Best Comedy, The ensuing cultural clashes looking for romance. Best Actress in a Comedy, and scenarios range from the Golden Globes Italy ridiculous to the poignant. The August holidays (Ferragosto) in 13 / Il Tuttofare / The Handyman

Il Tuttofare / M The Handyman

Director / In a style that pays homage to Behind the elegant, beautifully Valerio Attanasio the Masters of Italian ‘Commedia dressed and mannered facade All’Italiana (see also Marriage Italian of the legal fraternity, all sorts of Cast / , Style), Il Tuttofare is a brilliant satire, mischief is peeled back. Director Guglielmo Poggi, poking a sharp stick at the legal Valerio Attanasio, his cast and Elena Sofia Ricci profession in Italy… although it crew seem to be relishing making could just as easily be NZ or the US. fun of the legal fraternity petty Country / bureaucrats and, of course, Italy, 2018 Master Italian actor/director political power. Sergio Castellitto plays Professor Genre / Toti Bellastella, a criminal law Paolo Rotondo Comedy professor with comedic relish. Duration / When he takes on Antonio as a 98mins legal assistant to work for him, Awards / Premi he sees an opportunity to garner Nominated / “Guglielmo Biraghi” Language / his Argentinian mistress’ Italian Prize for emerging talent in acting, Italian with citizenship by making them marry. English subtitles Nastri d'Argento Awards Antonio is forced to weigh up his Nominated / Best Actor Comedy, conscience against his ambitions. Presented by / Best New Director, San Pellegrino Watching the seemingly endless Nastri d’Argento Awards unethical tricks of the legal profession has never been so much fun. 14 / L’uomo che Comprò La Luna / The Man Who Bought the Moon 15 / Vivere / To Live

L’uomo che Comprò La Luna / Vivere / M M The Man Who Bought the Moon To Live

Director / Italian comedy is not commonly But first, he must learn to go Director / In this tangled and tantalizing As Luca’s 17-year-old son from Paolo ucca known for its deadpan and undercover as a Sardinian, Roman comedy, chaos rules the his previous marriage also absurdist humour; it seems that no mean feat for a mainland home of dance teacher Susi and falls for the alluring lass, each Cast / Cast / Jacopo Cullin, The Man who Bought the Moon Italian. His Sardinian instructor , her husband, freelance journalist must decide what it means Stefano Fresi, owes much of its style to Sardinian Badore (Benito Urgu) puts in a Adriano Giannini, Luca, who scrapes a living from to truly live. Francesco Pannofino, wit rather than Italian. Director virtuoso performance of deadpan Massimo Ghini small-scale projects, despised Presented out of competition Benito Urgu Paolo Zucca extracts as much comedy. (Nominated for Best for his weakness by those around Country / at the , Country charm and mirth from the cultural Supporting Actor) him, and who still depends on his / Italy 2019 Francesca Archibugi is Italy-Albania- chasm between mainland former father-in-law, De Santis Once in Sardinia, the film really continuing her observation Argentina 2018 and Sardinians as he can. for help. When pious Irish art finds its straps in both visual style Genre / of the family and its many Drama, Comedy history student Mary Ann arrives Genre / The wonderfully silly and and characterisation, ending with complexities. to work as their young daughter’s Comedy poetic set-up reminds me of a surprising and enchanting finale. Duration / au pair, her luminous presence magic realism. When the Italian Duration / 103mins proves a godsend to Susi — but Secret Service receives word Paolo Rotondo 103mins an unsettling distraction to a that an unknown Sardinian man Language / suddenly lovestruck Luca. Language / has made a claim to the moon, Italian with Italian and Sardinian Awards / Premi English subtitles dialect with English authorities worldwide get worried. subtitles A mainland special agent must Nominated / Presented by / be despatched across the Best Supporting Actor Benito Urgu, Vespa Presented by / Tyrrhenian Sea to investigate. Nastri d'Argento Awards Accord International Freight Limited / Albini & Pitigliani 17 / Il Traditore / The Traitor

Il Traditore / M The Traitor

Director / Legendary Director Marco Giovanni Falcone, to testify against Marco Bellocchio Bellocchio has been making films the Mafia. The so called Maxi-Trial for over 50 years, he is known for was enormous and the media circus Cast / , films that explore and critique all only exacerbated the situation. Maria Fernanda Cândido, the myriad contradictions of Italian This is a truly gripping and complex Fabrizio Ferracane, society. Perhaps he is the only Italian film that does not shy away from Director with the status to take on satisfying both the gangster genre such a well-known, true story, of films and a complex political Country / the Mafia informer that brought the parable. An immensely impressive Italy, France, Germany, Brasil 2019 ‘Cosa Nostra’ to its knees. film for the 80 year old Director. This multi-award-winning film tells Genre / Crime Drama the story of , Awards / Premi the first Mafioso to testify against Duration / his own clan. Winner / Best Director, 155mins Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Italy in the early 1980’s is Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Language / meticulously portrayed with David di Donatello Awards 2020 Italian, impressive historical accuracy. Winner / Best Film, Sicilian, Portuguese Buscetta is played note perfect by with English subtitles Best Director, Best Screenplay, the masterly Pierfrancesco Favino. Nastri d’Argento Awards 2019 Presented by / The Sicilian Mafia at the time ran Rialto Channel 39 the largest heroin market in the Winner / Best Film, Best Score, world, the stakes and finances Golden Globes Italy were massive, the repercussions Winner / Best Actor, terrifying. When Buscetta’s brothers Italian Movie Awards and sons are killed by rival clans, Winner / Best Cinematography, Best Buscetta, who had escaped to Brazil Editing, Best Film, Best Director, was made the offer by one of Italy’s Best Actor, Ciak D’Oro Awards 2020 most famous anti-mafia Judges,

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Uomini D’Oro / M Golden Men

Director / The wild, true story of a 1990 bank criminals, but where there is Vincenzo Alfieri heist in Torino was massive news money, there is also greed. in Italy and seemed to capture The hapless novices will also Cast / Fabio De Luigi, the nation’s imagination. This need underworld connections. Edoardo Leo, star-studded caper-film thrillingly This hugely entertaining film Giampaolo Morelli, explores the events from multiple with plenty of gags will also have Matilde Gioli, perspectives. Luigi, played by you at the edge of your seat in Giuseppe Ragone, Giampaolo Morelli (also in 7 Hours the same breath. Imagine a Gianmarco Tognazzi to Win your Heart), becomes Guy Ritchie film set in Torino. massively disillusioned when the Country / Paolo Rotondo Italy 2019 retirement age shifts on his dead- end Post-office job. He refuses Genre / to give up his dreams of South Awards / Premi Heist Thriller America and early retirement and plots a perfect plan. But Luigi Nominated / Best Supporting Duration / 110mins needs accomplices to pull off his Actress Matilde Gioli, audacious crime. For a group of Nastri d’Argento Awards Language / humble postal workers, entering Italian with the world of crime is not as easy English subtitles as they imagined. Perfect workers LAMBORGHINI URUS are transformed into master Presented by / SINCE WE MADE IT POSSIBLE Lamborghini

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La Ciociara / M Two Women

Director / This film won Sophia Loren an time depicted in the film. De Sica Vittorio De Sica Academy Award, the first ‘Best adapted ’s novel Actress in a non-English Language of the same name, a story that Cast / Sophia Loren, Film’. I believe this is where the dramatically points out that Italian Jean-Paul Belmondo, world saw beyond her beauty to women upheld Italy’s best virtues. , her extraordinary dramatic talents. Paolo Rotondo Carlo Ninchi e Andrea Sophia Loren shines in nearly every frame of this Classic Italian film Country / with her interpretation of Rosetta, Italy, France, 1960 Awards / Premi a fierce and brave woman, trying Genre / to protect her daughter in the Winner / Best Actress, Sophia Loren, War Drama midst of the War. Winner / Best Actress, Nominated Duration / Working with the master director, Palme d'Or Vittorio De Sica, 101mins Vittorio De Sica (four-time Oscar winner), the film paints a vivid Language / picture of the Italian civilian Winner / BAFTA Award for Italian with Best Foreign Actress English subtitles experience of WW2. More importantly, it shows how Winner / Best Actress, Presented by / women so often bear the brunt David di Donatello Award L'Istituto Italiano of the war’s violence and Winner / Best Motion Picture – di Cultura privations, yet it is women Foreign Language, that men turn towards for hope. Golden Globe Awards The story is based on actual events Winner / Best Actress, that transpired during the War. Nastro d’Argento Awards The New Zealand 2nd Expeditionary Force and 28th Māori Battalion were also there, literally in the same regions and at the same 22 / Matrimonio All’Italiana / Marriage Italian Style 23 / Il Gattopardo / The Leopard

Matrimonio All’Italiana / Il Gattopardo / M PG Marriage Italian Style The Leopard

Director / Sometimes the stars align for Ultimately Filumena relies on the Director / Director Luchino Visconti was refinement and opulence of the Vittoria De Sica a film, and they create cinema fragility of male pride and ego by Luchino Visconti from a prominent aristocratic old ruling class begin to look as history. The story of Marriage Italian using the dubious paternity of a background (although he himself equally beautiful as irrelevant. Cast / Cast / Sophia Loren, Style comes from one of the most male heir against him. Loren is , was communist). Making a film The ball scene’s grandeur is truly Marcello Mastroianni, important 20th Century Italian formidable, elevating Filumena , about the crumbling aristocracy astonishing in scale and detail and Aldo Puglisi, Playwrights, ’s with intelligence, dramatic and , in Italy, in a time of massive social is now recognised as a significant , play . The a flamboyant comic flare. It’s hard Serge Reggiani, change was close to his heart and sequence of cinematic history. , Rosalia Marilù creative forces of Director Vittorio to imagine that such a pointed , probably very real for him. Visconti Il Gattopardo is a film of sumptuous De Sica, Sophia Loren and Marcello critique of Italian patriarchal adapted the 1958 best selling novel beauty, and it is no exaggeration Country / , Italy, 1964 Mastroianni (who were all multi- chauvinism could be so Mario Girotti, by the same title by Giuseppe to call it a masterpiece. Academy Award winners) created entertaining. This is a perfect Lucilla Morlacchi Tomasi di Lampedusa. The story is Paolo Rotondo Genre / one of Italy’s favourite films of the film to represent the golden set during the tumultuous times of Country / Romantic Comedy / era. In my opinion, these are Sophia age of Italian Cinema. Italy, 1963 Garibaldi’s revolution to unify Italy. Drama Loren’s most fruitful collaborators. Burt Lancaster plays the Sicilian Paolo Rotondo Awards / Premi Genre / Prince, Don Fabrizio of Salina, a Duration / After winning an Oscar for Historical Drama dignified high-minded nobleman Winner / Palm’D’Or, Cannes 102mins La Ciociara, Loren created an in a time when the middle classes altogether different interpretation Awards / Premi Duration / Winner / Best Cinematography, Language / in the ex-prostitute character, 185mins begin displacing the hereditary Best Costume Design, Italian and Neapolitan Winner / Best Foreign Language Filumena. Marcello Mastroianni ruling class. When Don Fabrizio’s Nastro d’Argento Awards with English subtitles Film, Best Actress, Best Actor Language / nephew, Tancredi (played by perfectly embodies the arrogant Italian with Winner / Best Director, Golden Globe Award Alain Delon), falls in love with the Presented by / but charming, wealthy aristocrat English subtitles Best Cinematography, Winner beautiful Claudia Cardinale, new Peroni that strings her along for years, / Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Production Presented by / alliances between bourgeois and never truly committing to her. Best Director, Best Producer, Design, Best Costume, L'Istituto Italiano aristocracy are formed, filled with The chemistry between the actors David di Donatello Award Best Supporting Actress, di Cultura mistrust and class scepticism. is dynamite in every sense. When Nominated / Best Actress, Best Best Supporting Actor, Filumena realises his attentions Foreign Film, Academy Awards When the local nobility holds Italian National Syndicate are beginning to stray, she embarks an enormous ball in a grand of Film Journalists on a series of schemes to lure him palace, the extravagance, beauty, into marriage. 24 / Io Sono L’Amore / I am Love

Io Sono L’Amore / M I am Love

Director / “Watching this lush, operatic gradually awakens the young Luca Guadagnino Italian drama about a clannish girl who has been dormant since family of wealthy Milanese Emma left Russia to be Tancredi’s Cast / , industrialists is like suddenly being wife… (Director Luca) Guadagnino , exposed to a full orchestra when references both Visconti and Edoardo Gabbriellini you have become accustomed to Hitchcock as the saga unfolds, listening to the plaintive sawing but his voice is original and his Country / of a lone violinist. It’s an exquisite, vision utterly compelling.” Italy, 2009 all-enveloping feast of sensual Wendy Ide, The Times Genre / pleasures. It’s almost certainly Drama the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year. It is melodrama Awards / Premi Duration / as celebration rather than as 120mins guilty pleasure… Tilda Swinton is Nominated / Best Achievement magnificent as Emma Recchi, the in Costume Design, Language / Italian with Russian-born wife of the heir to Academy Awards 2011 English subtitles the Recchi business, Tancredi… Nominated / Best Foreign Language Initially we don’t even realise that Film, Golden Globes 2011 Presented by / Swinton’s character is the centre Nominated / Best Film Italian National of the story. Reserved, somewhat Tourist Board not in the English Language, aloof, she seems to be just another BAFTA Awards 2011 polished, precious gem in the Recchi collection. But a fateful encounter with a handsome young chef and his sublime cooking 26 / Magari / If Only 27 / Martin Eden / Martin Eden

Magari / M M If Only Martin Eden

Director / Ginevra Elkann’s stunning outings, day trips to Rome and Director / Jack London’s novel of Martin Eden This is a genuinely passionate Ginevra Elkann debut with autobiographical joyrides with a gang of cooler, Pietro Marcello is transposed to Napoli in Pietro film with an acute intellectual touches, is a happy film about older kids. When an unfortunate Marcello’s stunningly unique perspective, unashamedly critical Cast / Cast / , an unhappy family. accident forces the exes to come , Arthouse epic. Every element of of class hypocrisy and hollow together, the children’s hopes of this film, from cinematography to political ideology. In so many Alba Rohrwacher, It’s the 1980s, and Alma’s parents Jessica Cressy, Milo Roussel their parents reuniting are ignited. Vicenzo Nemolato, production design, to costume to ways, it feels like a famous classic have been divorced for 5 years. Marco Leonardi, the extraordinary lead performance film that we ‘should’ have seen. Alma prays secretly for the reunion Sentimental and heartwarming, Country / Denise Sardisco, of Luca Marinelli, are touched by Shot on film with a delectable Italy, 2019 of her divorced parents over one this coming-of-age story takes Carmen Pommella a stunning artistic sensibility. colour palette, the visual style indelible winter in this intimately the audience on a journey into There is no question that Pietro will remind you of cinemas Genre / observed, instantly appealing the mind of the young Alma and Country / Comedy, Drama Italy, France 2019 Marcello is a Director with a bold endless possibilities. family drama. She and her brothers delves into the confusion children voice and style, his sensibility is Duration / live a sheltered childhood in Paris often face when attempting to Genre / entirely original, yet we can see Paolo Rotondo 104mins with their bourgeois Russian- make sense of the adult world. Art House Drama echoes of great Italian masters Orthodox mother, until one like Visconti, De Sica or Rossellini. Language / Duration / Awards / Premi day they are suddenly packed The lead role should cement Luca Italian with off and sent to stay with their Awards / Premi 129mins English subtitles Marinelli as one of the finest young Winner / Best Actor (Luca unconventional and broke Italian Official Selection / Language / actors of his generation. Marinelli), Arca Cinema Giovani Presented by / father, Carlo (Scamarcio) and his Locarno Film Festival 2019 Italian with Award, Venice Film Festival Cinzano new wife Benedetta (Rohrwacher) English subtitles It is the story of Martin Eden, a Winner / Best Adapted Screenplay, on their honeymoon in Rome. What rough but honourable sailor who David di Donatello Awards unfolds to everyone’s surprise is Presented by / transcends class and poverty in his a freewheeling season of beach Edit quest to win the heart of a woman. Winner / Golden Giraldillo, Festival He learns to read and write to de Cine Europeo de Sevilla 2019 eventually become an inspired, Winner / Special Jury Prize successful writer. His political for Best Director awakening and newfound social status now put him at odds with his working-class roots, friends and literary world. 29 / Favolacce / Bad Tales

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Director / Bad Tales is the multi-award- vibrantly depicted and well- Damiani and winning, style-soaked drama set in drawn that it is unlikely anyone Fabio D’Innocenzo FORWARDING TOGETHER SINCE 1994 the languid suburbia of a Roman could predict the plot’s unfolding. Cast / neighbourhood. The stifling heat The beautiful cinematography To find out more visitaccordif.co.nz or alpiworld.com , seems to pervade every frame of and stylish design only seem Barbara Chichiarelli, this colourful, meticulously crafted to add a disquieting contrast Lino Musella, world. The set up suggests that the to an atmosphere so Gabriel Montesi narrator has discovered the diary meticulously constructed. of a child and continued to write Country / Paolo Rotondo Italy, Switzerland 2020 in it, taking the characters to their Together, we’re proud sponsors of own conclusions, this film is the Genre / hypothetical result. It reminded Awards / Premi Art House Drama me of antipodean Cinema in its coming of age themes set in a Winner / Silver Bear for Duration / Best Screenplay, Berlin 2020 98mins perfect world on the surface but hides complex layers beneath. Winner / Winner Best Film, Language / This is the story of a long summer, Best Screenplay, Best Producer, Italian with a world where children seem to Best Costume Design, English subtitles be more enlightened than adults, Best Cinematography, where parents’ inexplicable angst Presented by / Nastri d’Argento Awards appears like a magical curse. Fish Winner / Best Direction, Best One could even say it is a modern Screenplay, Golden Globes Italy fairytale where the stakes are equally as dramatic. The behaviour of adults and especially men, are Enjoy the show! surgically disassembled, revealing the surprising perspectives that children witness. The world is so 31 / The Music of Silence / The Music of Silence

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Director / Everything you wanted to know His big break came when Michael Radford about beloved Italian opera tenor, Pavarotti heard a tape of his and Andrea Bocelli’s early years, from helped promote his career. Cast / , the director of Il Postino. A major part of Bocelli’s career has been crossing over singing Toby Sebastian, Merging pop and opera, blind Luisa Ranieri pop music songs, especially duets Italian singing phenomenon, with pop stars such as Celine Dion Andrea Bocelli has become one Country / and Jennifer Lopez, up to present USA, 2018 of the biggest global entertainers. day. Most recently his duet with Genre / The movie is based on a 1999 current pop star, Ed Sheeran. Biopic of book of the same title by Bocelli. A beautifully sentimental, Andrea Bocelli Bocelli has appeared in ten opera inspirational movie. Duration / productions but his commercial 116mins success has come largely through his concerts and recording career. Language / English

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Director / A riveting film that lifts the curtain Pavarotti chatting about his life on the icon who brought opera to and career through various talk- the people. show and news appearances. Cast / Pavarotti, Pavarotti tells vibrant tales — Also included are some of , Pavarotti used to bring suitcases Pavarotti’s most noted Princess Diana, Bono of tortellini on tour with him — performances, including and is good on the technicalities moments of his portrayal Country / of his talent, explaining his mastery of Rodolfo in “La Bohème.” Italy / USA, 2019 of breathing, his virtuoso ability to These glimpses alone are hit a run of high Cs and his talent worth the price of admission. Genre / for making the tenor range sound Biography Ron Howard’s ebullient warm and organic. Because the documentary salutes the Duration / film was made with the complete operatic legend Luciano 115mins cooperation of the family, the Pavarotti for the genius he was. material includes new interviews Language / with family and friends mixed English, Italian with English subtitles together with old footage of

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Learn Italian Live Italian Michelangelo Infinito / Ex Michelangelo Endless in Auckland Director / Michelangelo - Endless, is the (played by Ivano Marescotti). Emanuele Imbucci first ever art film made about Their memories lead the viewer the Renaissance creative into Michelangelo’s “world” Cast / Enrico Lo Verso, genius Michelangelo Buonarroti. through faithful historical Ivano Marescotti A must for the big screen, this film reconstructions, and into the portrays the immortal personality heart of the film: his “infinite” Country / of one of the greatest artists the masterpieces. Italy, 2018 world have ever seen through, philological accuracy, exceptional Genre / Awards / Premi Biography photorealism, the use of the most advanced techniques for Official Selection / The Italian Dante Alighieri Society Auckland Duration / special and digital effects, an Masters, Los Angeles - Italia 2019 for Italians, and lovers of Italy. 97mins original soundtrack, an innovative Official Selection / Lavazza Italian narrative layout, filming in ultra- Study with us: Italian classes for Language / Film Festival - Australia 2019 Italian with high definition and from previously Nominated adults and children - all levels English subtitles unseen standpoints. / Best Digital Effects, David di Donatello Awards 2020 Join us: Italian events, culture and photo top: The meeting scene, detail from the fresco Camera degli An absorbing and engrossing Sposi, Andrea Mantegna Presented by / Nominated / Documentari ed visual experience, a story of strong celebrations in Auckland photo background: Lago di Santa Croce, Francesco Camillo, Italian The Embassy of Italy eventi d’arte, Nastri d’Argento DOC visual and emotional impact that National Tourist Board Australia & New Zealand unfolds through the narration of the two protagonists: Michelangelo Buonarroti (interpreted by Enrico Lo Verso) and Gorgio Vasari

www.dante.org.nz - [email protected] 36 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

New Plymouth The Govett Brewster 17 - 27 June

Thur 17 June 7.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Fri 18 June 3.30pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

7.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

Sat 19 June 3.30pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

6.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

Sun 20 June 11.00am IL GATTOPARDO 205mins

3.30pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

6.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

Mon 21 June 6.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

8.00pm BAD TALES 98mins

Tues 22 June 3.30pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

7.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins

Wed 23 June 11.00am I AM LOVE 120mins

3.30pm REALITY 116mins

Thur 24 June 3.30pm IF ONLY 104mins

7.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins

Fri 25 June 3.30pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

7.00pm REALITY 116mins Sat 26 June 3.30pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins medifoods.co.nz | 0800 33 44 77 6.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

Sun 27 June 11.00am THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 3.30pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins BRINGING THE 6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins MEDITERRANEAN TO YOU

DEli + trTTori + oNLiNE SHop + WHoLESLE 38 / Programma / Schedule 39 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Dunedin Rialto Cinemas 18 - 23 June Auckland The Bridgeway 22 June - 6 July - Continued

Fri 18 June 6.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins Sun 27 June 10.30am THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Sat 19 June 3.30pm PINOCCHIO 125mins 1.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

6.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins 6.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Sun 20 June 3.00pm REALITY 116mins 8.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

5.15pm I AM LOVE 120mins Mon 28 June 10.30am MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

Mon 21 June 5.30pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins 1.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

Tues 22 June 5.30pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins 6.00pm BAD TALES 98mins

Wed 23 June 5.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins 8.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins

Tues 29 June 10.30am MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

1.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

Auckland The Bridgeway 22 June - 6 July 6.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

Tues 22 June 7.30pm Guests arrival 8.00pm IF ONLY 104mins 8.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins Wed 30 June 10.30am THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins Wed 23 June 10.30am I AM LOVE 120mins 1.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins 1.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins 6.00pm VIVERE 103mins 6.00pm BAD TALES 98mins 8.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins 8.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins Thur 1 July 10.30am REALITY 116mins Thur 24 June 10.30am IF ONLY 104mins 1.00pm IL GATTOPARDO 185mins 1.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins 6.00pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins 6.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins 8.10pm I AM LOVE 120mins 8.00pm VIVERE 103mins Fri 2 July 10.30am GOLDEN MEN 110mins Fri 25 June 10.30am PAVAROTTI 115mins 1.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins 1.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins 6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins 6.00pm REALITY 116mins 8.00pm REALITY 116mins 8.10pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins Sat 26 June 10.30am THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins Sat 3 July 10.30am BAD TALES 98mins 1.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins 1.00pm IF ONLY 104mins 6.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins 6.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

8.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins 8.10pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins 40 / Programma / Schedule 41 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Auckland The Bridgeway 22 June - 6 July - Continued Auckland The Silky Otter 23 June - 7 July - Continued

Sun 4 July 10.30am MARTIN EDEN 129mins Fri 2 July 8.00pm IF ONLY 104mins

1.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins Sat 3 July 11.30am REALITY 116mins

6.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins 8.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

8.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Sun 4 July 10.00am GOLDEN MEN 110mins

Mon 5 July 10.00am THE TRAITOR 155mins 8.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

1.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins Mon 5 July 6.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

6.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins Tues 6 July 6.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

8.00pm REALITY 116mins Wed 7 July 6.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110 mins

Tues 6 July 10.30am PINOCCHIO 125mins

1.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Auckland The Capitol 24 - 30 June

8.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins Thur 24 June 6.30pm THE LEOPARD / IL GATTOPARDO 185mins

Fri 25 June 7.30pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

Sat 26 June 6.30pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

Auckland The Silky Otter 23 June - 7 July Sun 27 June 6.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Wed 23 June 6.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins Mon 28 June 6.30pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

Thur 24 June 11.30am PAVAROTTI 115mins Tues 29 June 6.30pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

Fri 25 June 8.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Wed 30 June 6.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Sat 26 June 11.30am PINOCCHIO 125mins

8.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Sun 27 June 10.00am MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins Auckland Waiheke Cinemas 25 - 29 June

7.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins Fri 25 June 8.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Mon 28 June 11.30am 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins Sat 26 June 8.00pm MAGARI 104mins

Tues 29 June 11.30am THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins Sun 27 June 5.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Wed 30 June 6.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins Mon 28 June 4.30pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Thur 1 July 6.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins Tues 29 June 7.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins 42 / Programma / Schedule 43 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Auckland Monterey Cinemas 9 - 11 July Havelock North Event Cinemas 30 July - 11 August

Fri 9 July 6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Fri 30 July 6.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Sat 10 July 11.00am 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins Sat 31 July 10.30am PAVAROTTI 115mins

1.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins 1.00pm MAGARI 104mins

3.30pm PAVAROTTI 115mins 5.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

6.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 7.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Sun 11 July 11.00am IF ONLY 104mins Sun 1 August 11.30am GOLDEN MEN 110mins

1.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins 1.45pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

3.30pm VIVERE 103mins 3.45pm I AM LOVE 120mins

5.30pm PINOCCHIO 125mins Mon 2 August 11.30am THE LEOPARD 185mins

3.30pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

Tues 3 August 10.45am VIVERE 103mins

Napier Globe Theatrette 29 July - 5 August 12.45pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

Thurs 29 July 6.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 2.45pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

Fri 30 July 8.15pm MAGARI 104mins 4.45pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

Sat 31 July 3.50pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Wed 4 August 11.30am REALITY 116mins

Sun 1 August 3.20pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins 1.45pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

Mon 2 August 6.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins 4.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

Tues 3 August 6.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins Thur 5 August 11.30am THE TRAITOR 155mins

Wed 4 August 6.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins 2.15pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Thur 5 August 6.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins 4.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

Fri 6 August 10.30am THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

1.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

5.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

7.10pm BAD TALES 98mins 44 / Programma / Schedule 45 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Havelock North Event Cinemas 30 July - 11 August - Continued Masterton The Screening Room 5 - 15 August

Sat 7 August 10.30am MARTIN EDEN 129mins Thur 5 August 6.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

1.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins Fri 6 August 3.30pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

5.00pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins 6.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

7.10pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Sat 7 August 3.30pm VIVERE 103mins

Sun 8 August 11.30am PINOCCHIO 125mins 6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

2.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins Sun 8 August 3.15pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

4.00pm VIVERE 103mins 5.45pm REALITY 116mins

Mon 9 August 11.30am THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins Mon 9 August 3.30pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

1.45pm I AM LOVE 120mins 5.45pm I AM LOVE 120mins

4.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins Tues 10 August 3.30pm BAD TALES 98mins

Tues 10 August 10.45am LA CIOCIARA 101mins 6.00pm IF ONLY 104mins

12.40pm REALITY 116mins Wed 11 August 3.30pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

2.55pm BAD TALES 98mins 8.00pm THE LEOPARD 185mins

4.45pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins Thur 12 August 3.30pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Wed 11 August 11.30am MAGARI 104 mins 6.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

1.30pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins Fri 13 August 3.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

4.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins 8.15pm THE TRAITOR 155mins

Sat 14 August 3.30pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

6.00pm IF ONLY 104mins

Palmerston North Event Cinemas 4 - 11 August Sun 15 August 3.30pm REALITY 116mins

Wed 4 August 6.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Thur 5 August 6.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

Fri 6 August 6.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Sat 7 August 6.30pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Sun 8 August 6.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

Tues 10 August 6.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

Wed 11 August 6.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins 46 / Programma / Schedule 47 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Blenheim Event Cinemas 12 - 18 August Wellington The Empire Cinema 13 - 27 August - Continued

Thur 12 August 6.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins Tues 17 August 10.30am THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

Fri 13 August 11.00am PAVAROTTI 115mins 1.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

8.30pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins 6.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

Sat 14 August 11.00am PINOCCHIO 125mins 8.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

8.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Wed 18 August 10.30am THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Sun 15 August 10.00am THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins 1.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

7.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins 6.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Tues 17 August 12.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 8.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

6.30pm I AM LOVE 120mins Thur 19 August 10.30am MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

Wed 18 August 1.20pm MAGARI 104mins 1.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

6.30pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins 6.00pm BAD TALES 98mins

8.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins

Fri 20 August 10.30am MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Wellington The Empire Cinema 13 - 27 August 1.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

Fri 13 August 7.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 6.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

Sat 14 August 10.30am I AM LOVE 120mins 8.00pm IF ONLY 104mins

1.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins Sat 21 August 10.30am THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

6.15pm BAD TALES 98mins 1.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

8.15pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins 6.00pm VIVERE 103mins

Sun 15 August 10.30am IF ONLY 104mins 8.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

1.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins Sun 22 August 10.00am REALITY 116mins

6.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins 12.30pm IL GATTOPARDO 185mins

8.00pm VIVERE 103mins 6.10pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

Mon 16 August 10.30am PAVAROTTI 115mins 8.20pm I AM LOVE 120mins

1.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins Mon 23 August 10.30am GOLDEN MEN 110mins

6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins 1.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

8.00pm REALITY 116mins 6.00pm REALITY 116mins

8.10pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins 48 / Programma / Schedule 49 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Wellington The Empire Cinema 13 - 27 August - Continued Christchurch Lumiere Cinemas 18 - 31 August - Continued

Tues 24 August 10.30am BAD TALES 98mins Sat 21 August 12.00pm THE LEOPARD 185mins

1.00pm IF ONLY 104mins 6.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

6.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins 8.30pm VIVERE 103mins

8.10pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins Sun 22 August 1.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

Wed 25 August 10.30am MARTIN EDEN 129mins 6.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

1.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 8.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

8.00pm IL GATTOPARDO 185mins Mon 23 August 10.00am REALITY 116mins

Thur 26 August 10.00am THE TRAITOR 155mins 6.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

1.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins 8.10pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

6.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins Tues 24 August 10.00am THE TRAITOR 155mins

8.00pm REALITY 116mins 6.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Fri 27 August 10.30am PINOCCHIO 125mins 8.00pm IF ONLY 104mins

1.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins Wed 25 August 10.00am THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins 6.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

8.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins 8.10pm BAD TALES 98mins Thur 26 August 10.00am MARTIN EDEN 129mins

6.00pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

Christchurch Lumiere Cinemas 18 - 31 August 8.10pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Wed 18 August 7.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins Fri 27 August 10.00am PINOCCHIO 125mins

Thur 19 August 10.00am PAVAROTTI 115mins 6.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

6.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins 8.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

8.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Sat 28 August 1.00pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

Fri 20 August 10.00am GOLDEN MEN 110mins 6.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins

6.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins 8.30pm THE TRAITOR 155mins

8.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins Sun 29 August 1.00pm REALITY 116mins 6.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

8.10pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins 50 / Programma / Schedule 51 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Christchurch Lumiere Cinemas 18 - 31 August - Continued Nelson The Suter 20 August - 5 September - Continued

Mon 30 August 10.00am IF ONLY 104 mins Wed 25 August 2.00pm IF ONLY 104mins

6.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins 4.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

8.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins 6.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Tues 31 August 10.00am VIVERE 103 mins 8.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

12.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins Thur 26 August 1.40pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

6.00pm THE LEOPARD 185mins 3.40pm REALITY 116mins

6.00pm BAD TALES 98mins

8.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

Nelson The Suter 20 August - 5 September Fri 27 August 1.20pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

Fri 20 August 6.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 3.40pm I AM LOVE 120mins

Sat 21 August 1.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins 6.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

4.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins 8.00pm IF ONLY 104mins

6.00pm BAD TALES 98mins Sat 28 August 1.00pm IL GATTOPARDO 185mins

8.00pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins 4.30pm VIVERE 103mins

Sun 22 August 2.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins 6.30pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

4.25pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins 8.40pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

6.25pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins Sun 29 August 2.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

8.25pm VIVERE 103mins 4.15pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

Mon 23 August 1.30pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins 7.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins

3.30pm PAVAROTTI 115mins Mon 30 August 1.30pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins 3.20pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

8.00pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins 5.45pm REALITY 116mins

Tues 24 August 1.15pm PINOCCHIO 125mins 8.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

3.40pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

8.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins 52 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Nelson The Suter 20 August - 5 September - Continued

Tues 31 August 1.20pm IF ONLY 104mins

3.20pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

8.10pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

Wed 1 September 2.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

4.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

6.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

8.10pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Thur 2 September 1.30pm REALITY 116mins

3.45pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

6.00pm BAD TALES 98mins

8.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

Fri 3 September 1.20pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

3.30pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

6.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

8.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

Sat 4 September 1.00pm VIVERE 103mins

3.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

5.25pm IF ONLY 104mins

7.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Sun 5 September 2.00pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

4.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins

6.30pm IL GATTOPARDO 185mins 54 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Whakatane WhakaMax 2 - 9 September

Thur 2 September 7.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Fri 3 September 1.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

7.30pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

Sat 4 September 1.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

7.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

Sun 5 September 12.30pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

5.15pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

Tues 7 September 7.30pm IF ONLY 104mins

Wed 8 September 7.30pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

Thur 9 September 7.30pm I AM LOVE 120mins

Matakana Matakana Cinema 6 - 14 September

Mon 6 September 7.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

Tues 7 September 12.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

4.15pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

6.15pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

Wed 8 September 12.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

4.15pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

6.30pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

Thur 9 September 12.30pm IL GATTOPARDO 185mins

4.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

6.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

Fri 10 September 12.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

4.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

8.15pm THE TRAITOR 155mins

Sat 11 September 12.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

4.30pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins Discover it at Vespa showrooms and on vespa.com 8.30pm REALITY 116mins 56 / Programma / Schedule 57 / Programma / Schedule Programma / Schedule

Matakana Matakana Cinema 6 - 14 September - Continued Arrowtown Dorothy Browns 23 - 29 September

Sun 12 September 12.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins Thur 23 September 7.00pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

4.30pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins Fri 24 September 2.00pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

6.30pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins 5.45pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

Mon 13 September 12.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Sat 25 September 3.00pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

4.00pm IF ONLY 104mins 8.15pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

8.15pm I AM LOVE 120mins Sun 26 September 4.00pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

Tues 14 September 12.00pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins 7.00pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins

4.30pm VIVERE 103mins Tues 28 September 2.00pm IF ONLY 104mins

6.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins 7.30pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

Wed 29 September 8.15pm I AM LOVE 120mins

Taupo The Starlight Cinema 15 - 22 September

Wed 15 September 6.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins Tauranga Rialto Cinemas 15 - 29 October

Thur 16 September 3.30pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins Fri 15 October 6.30pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

6.30pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins Sat 16 October 11.00am PINOCCHIO 125mins

Fri 17 September 3.30pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins 1.30pm IL GATTOPARDO / THE LEOPARD 185mins

6.30pm PINOCCHIO 125mins 5.30pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

Sat 18 September 3.30pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins 7.30pm REALITY 116mins

6.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins Sun 17 October 11.00am I AM LOVE 120mins

Sun 19 September 3.30pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins 1.30pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins

6.30pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins 5.30pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

Mon 20 September 3.30pm THE TRAITOR 155mins 7.30pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

7.00pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins Tues 19 October 11.00am THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

Tues 21 September 3.30pm VIVERE 103mins 1.30pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

6.30pm REALITY 116mins 5.30pm VIVERE 103mins

Wed 22 September 3.30pm IF ONLY 104mins 7.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

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Tauranga Rialto Cinemas 15 - 29 October - Continued Tauranga Rialto Cinemas 15 - 29 October - Continued

Wed 20 Oct 11.00am GOLDEN MEN 110mins Thur 28 October 11.00am MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

1.30pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins 1.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

5.15pm THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins 5.15pm VIVERE 103mins

7.30pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins 7.30pm IF ONLY 104mins

Thur 21 October 11.30am IL GATTOPARDO / THE LEOPARD 185mins Fri 29 October 11.00am MARTIN EDEN 129mins

5.30pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins 2.00pm BAD TALES 98mins

7.30pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins 5.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins

Fri 22 October 11.00am THE TRAITOR 155mins 7.30pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

2.30pm MICHELANGELO INFINITO 97mins

5.30pm I HATE SUMMER 110mins

7.45pm 7 HOURS TO WIN YOUR HEART 104mins Auckland Waiheke Cinemas 6 - 13 January 2022

Sat 23 October 11.00am PAVAROTTI 125mins Thur 6 January 8.00pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

1.30pm THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 103mins Fri 7 January 8.00pm I AM LOVE 120mins

5.00pm BAD TALES 98mins Sat 8 January 8.00pm I HATE SUMMER 104mins

7.00pm PINOCCHIO 125mins Sun 9 January 5.00pm THE LEOPARD 185mins

Sun 24 October 11.00am I AM LOVE 120mins Mon 10 January 4.30pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins

1.30pm LA CIOCIARA 101mins Tues 11 January 8.00pm MARTIN EDEN 129mins

5.00pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins Wed 12 January 7.00pm REALITY 116mins

7.00pm THE TRAITOR 155mins Thur 13 January 5.00pm PAVAROTTI 115mins

Tues 26 October 11.00am THE MUSIC OF SILENCE 116mins

1.30pm THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE MOON 103mins

5.30pm VIVERE 103mins

7.30pm IL TUTTOFARE 98mins

Wed 27 October 11.00am THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE 118mins

1.30pm PINOCCHIO 125mins

5.15pm MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 102mins

7.15pm GOLDEN MEN 110mins 60 / Classificazione / Classification Classificazione / Classification

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