It is the spring of 1945, at the end of the war, the former partisan Leonida Bongiorno returns to the Sicilian island of Lipari. Shortly Continue reading Edda Ciano and the Communist (Edda Ciano e il comunista)
Summer Film Festival Party Where: Convivio Center 2157 India Street, Little Italy (near Mona Lisa Restaurant) When: 6:00 pm Continue reading Festival Party
Date: Saturday, July 12 Time: 8PM Location: Amici Park Tickets: $5 contribution at the door This film swept the 2000 Donatello awards—Italy’s Oscar. Rosalba gets Continue reading Bread and Tulips (Pane e tulipani)
Date: Saturday, August 16 Time: 8PM Location: Amici Park Tickets: $5 contribution at the door This comedy is about three divorced men who decide to Continue reading A Flat For Three (Posti in piedi in paradiso)
Date: Saturday, July 5 Time: 8PM Location: Amici Park Tickets: $5 contribution at the door “Caesar Must Die,” the Taviani brothers’ latest work, won them Continue reading Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire)
The Little Italy Sicilian Festival, all day Sunday, May 18th, is kicked off, on Saturday evening, with this journey of music and families studded with Continue reading Summer ’82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
Date: Saturday, August 30th Time: 8PM Location: Amici Park Tickets: $5 contribution at the door A cinematic portrait of seven-time Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, Continue reading Il Divo
Date: Saturday, August 23rd Time: 8PM Location: Amici Park Tickets: $5 contribution at the door Matteo, a Sicilian widower has five children that live on Continue reading Everybody’s Fine
(Stanno Tutti Bene)
Date: Saturday, August 16th Time: 8PM Location: Amici Park Tickets: $5 contribution at the door Lonely aspiring actor and bakery worker Pietro (Ello Germano) moves Continue reading Magnificent Presence
(Magnifica presenza)
Date: Saturday, August 9th Time: 8PM Location: Amici Park Tickets: $5 contribution at the door For a fisherman and his family, struggling to make a Continue reading Terraferma