Participation of the Italian Cultural Institute with the following films:
• Fortunata by Sergio Castellito
• A Ciambra by Jonas Carpignano
• Moglie e Marito by Simone Godano
PROGRAMME
BEIRUT – METROPOLIS EMPIRE SOFIL 1
Saturday 27th January / Samedi 27 janvier
17:30 – Fortunata Sergio Castellitto (IT)
Sunday 28th January / Dimanche 28 janvier
22:15 – Moglie e Marito / Husband and Wife Simone Godano (IT)
Wednesday 31st January / Mercredi 31 janvier
20:00 – A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano (IT)
Saturday 3rd February / Samedi 3 février
17:30 – A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano (IT)
BEIRUT – METROPOLIS EMPIRE SOFIL 2
Thursday 1st February / Jeudi 1er février
22:15 – Moglie e Marito / Husband & Wife Simone Godano (IT)
Friday 2nd February / Vendredi 2 février
22:15 – Fortunata Sergio Castellitto (IT)
TRIPOLI – CINEMA PLANETE (CITY COMPLEX)
Thursday 22nd February / Jeudi 22 Février
19:00 – Moglie e Marito / Husband and Wife Simone Godano (IT)
A CIAMBRA
In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region’s factions – the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to step into his big brother’s shoes but soon finds himself faced with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man.
FORTUNATA
Fortunata a une vie tourmentée, une fille de huit ans et un mariage raté derrière elle. Elle est coiffeuse à domicile, vit en banlieue, traverse la ville, entre dans les appartements bourgeois et colore les cheveux des femmes. Fortunata se bat tous les jours avec une détermination farouche pour réaliser son rêve : ouvrir un salon de coiffure et prendre en main son destin, conquérir son indépendance et son droit au bonheur. Fortunata sait que pour aller au bout de ses rêves, il faut de la persévérance : elle a pensé à tout, elle est prête à tout, mais elle n’a pas pris en compte la variable de l’amour, la seule force perturbatrice capable de faire vaciller toutes ses certitudes. Peut-être aussi parce que, pour la première fois peut-être, quelqu’un la regarde telle qu’elle est et l’aime vraiment.
MOGLIE E MARITO
Andrea is a neurosurgeon, Sofia an emerging TV host. They have been married for several years, they have two small children, and they can’t stand each other anymore. We meet them during their first couple therapy session, polarized on their respective positions, unable to understand each other’s difficulties. Fate, and a scientific experiment gone wrong, will put Andrea in Sofia’s body and vicecersa, with the obvious tragicomic results. Will that exchange succeed in making the couple understand what it means to face everyday life in each other’s shoes?