Benvenuto to the 5th edition of Cine Italiano! – Cinema Italian Style in Hong Kong, where you can find the best of Italian cinema with award-winning films and restored classics, as well as the most talented directors and charismatic actors. The event is co-presented by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, with Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong and Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and in collaboration with the Grand Cinema.
This year’s Opening Film is the brilliantly executed and scripted Perfect Strangers, which won as Best Film at the David di Donatello Awards. Highlights include Me, Myself and Her, a romantic comedy about the complex relationship between two women, and the multi-award winning classic Cinema Paradiso restored in all its glory.
The other films are the sharp and stylish crime thriller Suburra; the elegant and moving drama The Wait; based on the true story of rally racing driver Carlo Capone, the sports action-drama Italian Race; combining social realism with a romantic story in prison, Fiore; and the offbeat parable about Europe’s economy, The Confessions.
Cine Italiano! is part of Bellissima Italia.
Screening Schedule
21 September 19:30 Perfect Strangers**
21 September 21:45 The Wait
22 September 19:15 Cinema Paradiso
22 September 21:45 Me, Myself and Her*
23 September 19:30 Fiore
23 September 21:45 Perfect Strangers*
24 September 14:30 Me, Myself and Her**
24 September 17:00 The Confessions
24 September 19:15 Italian Race
24 September 21:30 Suburra
25 September 12:00 Fiore
25 September 14:15 Suburra
25 September 17:00 Italian Race
25 September 19:30 The Wait
25 September 21:30 The Confessions
* The director will greet the audience before the screening
** Besides the initial greeting from the director, the screening will be followed by a Q&A session
Info: www.cine-italiano.hk
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/hcjclus
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Tickets are available for the below screenings:
Perfect Strangers
Perfetti sconosciuti
21/9 – 7:30pm
23/9 – 9:45pm
Italy 2016 97min
Dir: Paolo Genovese
Cast: Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini,
Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Alba Rohrwacher, Kasia Smutniak
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
The Wait
L’attesa
21/9 – 9:45pm
25/9 – 7:30pm
Italy/France 2015 100min
Dir: Piero Messina
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Lou de Laâge, Giorgio Colangeli
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Cinema Paradiso
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
22/9 – 7:15pm
Italy/ France 1988 124min
Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Jacques Perrin
In Italian with English subtitles
Me, Myself and Her
Io e lei
22/9 – 9:45pm
24/9 – 2:30pm
Italy 2015 102min
Dir: Maria Sole Tognazzi
Cast: Margherita Buy, Sabrina Ferilli, Fausto Maria Sciarappa
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Fiore
23/9 – 7:30pm
25/9 – 12:00pm
Italy 2016 110min
Dir: Claudio Giovannesi
Cast: Daphne Scoccia, Josciua Algeri, Laura Vasiliu
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
The Confessions
Le confessioni
24/9 – 5:00pm
25/9 – 9:30pm
Italy/France 2016 100min
Dir: Roberto Andò
Cast: Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, Connie Nielsen,
Pierfrancesco Favino
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Italian Race
Veloce come il vento
24/9 – 7:15pm
25/9 – 5:00pm
Italy 2016 118min
Dir: Matteo Rovere
Cast: Stefano Accorsi, Matilda De Angelis, Lorenzo Gioielli
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Suburra
24/9 – 9:30pm
25/9 – 2.15pm
Italy/France 2015 130min
Dir: Stefano Sollima
Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Elio Germano, Greta Scarano
In Italian with English subtitles