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Benvenuto to the 7th edition of Cine Italiano! – Cinema Italian Style in Hong Kong! Co-presented by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture and Heritage – Film Department in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong, the Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong, the Grand Cinema and the Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo, the festival will run from 13 to 23 September 2018 at The Grand Cinema. Hong Kong film enthusiasts will be able to enjoy an impressive showcase of award-winning Italian films and restored classics, meet the award winner for Best Actor in the Cannes Film Festival – Marcello Fonte of Dogman, as well as the talented director of Naples in Veils – Ferzan Özpetek.
This year’s festival will open with the compelling crime thriller Dogman, winner of eight Italian Silver Ribbon Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for the superb Marcello Fonte, who also won the Best Actor award in Cannes. Through a revenge saga of a frightening good man tempted by evil, Matteo Garrone delivers a parable about fascism. From hell to heaven is Luchino Visconti’s newly restored masterpiece Death in Venice – its excellent characterization and visualization is a triumph of filmmaking. It won the Cannes Film Festival, 25th Anniversary Prize and five Italian Silver Ribbon Awards, including Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. The 4k restoration has been realized by Istituto Luce Cinecittà and Cineteca di Bologna.
A bewildering versatility in film selection promises to lure audiences with different tastes – exhilarating romance comes in the mafia musical of Love and Bullets, and the imaginative fascination of Naples in Veils; family-oriented audiences will find aching resonance in There’s No Place Like Home and brotherly affection in Euforia, me-too supporters can celebrate success in the rock music of Nico, 1988, and the unyielding gallantry in Name of a Woman.
Cine Italiano! is part of Bellissima Italia 2018.
Screening Schedule
13 September 7:30pm – Dogman*
14 September 7:30pm – Love and Bullets
15 September 5:45pm – Nico, 1988
15 September 7:45pm – Naples in Veils*
16 September 2:30pm – Euforia
16 September 4:45pm – Naples in Veils*
16 September 7:30pm – Death in Venice
20 September 7:30pm – Name of a Woman
21 September 7:30pm – There’s No Place Like Home
22 September 5:00pm – Death in Venice
22 September 7:30pm – Nico, 1988
22 September 9:30pm – Love and Bullets
23 September 3:30pm – There’s No Place Like Home
23 September 5:45pm – Name of a Woman
23 September 7:45pm – Euforia
* The screening will be attended by the director and/or actor.
Info: www.cine-italiano.hk
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/ycgcrjwl
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Tickets are available for the below screenings:
Dogman
13/9 – 7:30pm
Italy 2018 102min
Dir: Matteo Garrone
Cast: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Naples in Veils
15/9 – 7:45pm
16/9 – 4:45pm
Italy 2017 113min
Dir: Ferzan Özpetek
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi, Anna Bonaiuto
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Love and Bullets
14/9 – 7:30pm
22/9 – 9:30pm
Italy 2017 133min
Dir: Manetti Brothers
Cast: Claudia Gerini, Carlo Buccirosso, Serena Rossi
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Euforia
16/9 – 2:30pm
23/9 – 7:45pm
Italy 2018 115min
Dir: Valeria Golino
Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea, Jasmine Trinca
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Nico, 1988
15/9 – 5:45pm
22/9 – 7:30pm
Italy/Belgium 2017 93min
Dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli
Cast: Trine Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Name of a Woman
20/9 – 7:30pm
23/9 – 5:45pm
Italy 2018 98min
Dir: Marco Tullio Giordana
Cast: Cristiana Capotondi, Valerio Binasco, Stefano Scandaletti
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
There’s No Place Like Home
21/9 – 7:30pm
23/9 – 3:30pm
Italy 2018 105min
Dir: Gabriele Muccino
Cast: Stefano Accorsi, Carolina Crescentini, Elena Cucci
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Death In Venice
16/9 – 7:30pm
22/9 – 5:00pm
Italy/France 1971 130min
Dir: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles