Benvenuto to the 6th edition of Cine Italiano! – Cinema Italian Style in Hong Kong! The festival co-presented by Istituto Luce Cinecittà, the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong and the Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong will run from 20 to 24 September 2017 at The Grand Cinema. Hong Kong film lovers will be able to enjoy an impressive showcase of award-winning Italian films and restored classics, as well as meet the talented directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza of Sicilian Ghost Story.
Sicilian Ghost Story, which opened the 2017 Cannes Critics’ Week, serves as this year’s Opening Film. A beautiful mix of mythological tropes and harsh reality, the film’s visionary direction gives a nod to Tim Burton and David Lynch. Perpetually elegiac is the all-time classic Life is Beautiful, the multi-award-winning tragicomedy now restored in full glory, still capturing the hearts of many. Captivating performances are best seen in Tenderness and Fortunata, whose actor and actress won the Best Actor (Italian Golden Globes) and Best Actress (Cannes Festival) awards respectively. The directors of Children of the Night and Pure Hearts give fresh voices to the Italian cinema; both movies are fascinating dramas about the beauty and turmoil of untamed youth. Come explore the perilous adventure of a man in Ears, and of two gangs in The War of the Yokels, where you will experience the world’s absurdity.
Cine Italiano! is part of Bellissima Italia 2017.
Screening Schedule
20 September 07:30pm – Sicilian Ghost Story*
20 September 10:15pm – Children of the Night
21 September 07:30pm – Life is Beautiful
21 September 10:00pm – Fortunata
22 September 07:30pm – Ears
22 September 09:30pm – Pure Hearts
23 September 12:30pm – Life is Beautiful
23 September 03:00pm – Sicilian Ghost Story*
23 September 05:45pm – Holding Hands (A.K.A. Tenderness)
23 September 08:00pm – Children of the Night
23 September 09:45pm – The War of the Yokels
24 September 12:30pm – Ears
24 September 02:30pm – The War of the Yokels
24 September 04:45pm – Pure Hearts
24 September 07:15pm – Fortunata
24 September 09:30pm – Holding Hands (A.K.A. Tenderness)
* The director will greet the audience before the screening which will be followed by a Q&A session.
Info: www.cine-italiano.hk
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/y934o66r
———————–
Tickets are available for the below screenings:
Sicilian Ghost Story
20/9 – 7:30pm
23/9 – 3:00pm
Italy 2017 126min
Dir: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
Cast: Julia Jedikowska, Gaetano Fernandez, Sabine Timoteo
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Children of the Night
I figli della notte
20/9 – 10:15pm
23/9 – 8:00pm
Italy 2016 85min
Dir: Andrea De Sica
Cast: Vincenzo Crea, Ludovico Succio, Fabrizio Rongione
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Life is Beautiful
La vita è bella
21/9 – 7:30pm
23/9 – 12:30pm
Italy 1997 116min
Dir: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Fortunata
21/9 – 10:00pm
24/9 – 7:15pm
Italy 2017 103min
Dir: Sergio Castellitto
Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Stefano Accorsi, Alessandro Borghi
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Ears
Orecchie
22/9 – 7:30pm
24/9 – 12:30pm
Italy 2016 90min
Dir: Alessandro Aronadio
Cast: Daniele Parisi, Silvia D’Amico, Rocco Papaleo
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Pure Hearts
Cuori puri
22/9 – 9:30pm
24/9 – 4:45pm
Italy 2017 114min
Dir: Roberto De Paolis
Cast: Selene Caramazza, Simone Liberati, Barbara Bobulova
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
Holding Hands (A.K.A. Tenderness)
La tenerezza
23/9 – 5:45pm
24/9 – 9:30pm
Italy 2017 103min
Dir: Gianni Amelio
Cast: Renato Carpentieri, Micaela Ramazzotti, Elio Germano
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles
The War of the Yokels
La guerra dei cafoni
23/9 – 9:45pm
24/9 – 2:30pm
Italy 2017 97min
Dir: Davide Barletti, Lorenzo Conte
Cast: Pasquale Patruno, Letizia Pia Cartolaro, Donato Paterno
In Italian with English & Chinese subtitles