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MEDIA CONTACT: Silvio Marchetti Director Italian Cultural Institute (312) 822-9545 THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE SCREENING OF: LA STRADA BY FEDERICO FELLINI (1954, 104 MINUTES) Italian with English subtitles. Tuesday, October 11th, at 6:00 p.m. Italian Cultural Institute 500 North Michigan Avenue Suite 1450 In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute is proud to continue the film series about the cultural and political history of Italy from the Unification until the present day. Starting on October 4th, every Tuesday, the Institute will screen a different film created between the 1940s and 1960s, starting with the neorealist Ladri di biciclette and concluding with La Dolce Vita by Fellini. LA STRADA (1954), directed by Federico Fellini La strada (The road) is an Italian neorealist drama which earned Federico Fellini his international reputation and won him the first ever Academy award for best foreign language film in 1956. The film tells the story of a naïve young woman (Giulietta Masina) who is sold to a brutish man (Antony Quinn) and goes on the road as a part of his itinerant show. A discussion and light reception will follow the screening Reservations are strongly suggested ______________________________________________________________________________ The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, directed by Silvio Marchetti, is the cultural office of the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago. Founded in 1985, the Institute is one of five cultural agencies of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the United States. The Institute serves as a convenient source for information about Italian life and culture that showcases Italy’s classic and contemporary heritage with particular reference to art, music, cinema, design, architecture, science, and technology..

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