New Italian Cinema Stands Out in Open Roads 2015

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Published on Monday, 01 June 2015 11:34

Written by Brad Balfour

For 14 years, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema has offered a diverse lineup of contemporary Italian film at The Film Society of Lincoln Center. This year’s program, organized in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York,  strikes a balance between emerging talents and esteemed veterans. And one master,  Ermanno Olmi, is included this year having been one of Italy’s leading lights in film for over half a century. 

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema — the 15th edition running from June 4th to 11th, 2015 — is programmed by Isa Cucinotta and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Dennis Lim.

As always, the series includes both commercial and independent fare, ranging from stage adaptations to biopics, warm human comedies to experimental dramas. And audiences attending screenings at The Film Society's Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street),  will get a fairly representative taste of recent Italian cinema, with a select number of in-person appearances by many of the filmmakers during the opening weekend.

In addition to the films there’s an exhibition, "Guardando con Michelangelo Antonioni," showcasing Renato Zacchia’s rare photographs of Antonioni taken during the shoot of one of his final documentaries (Sicily, 1997). This event organized by EVOL Design.

The opening night film, making its North American Premiere, is director Cristina Comencini’s Latin Lover which features such noted actors as Almodóvar veterans Candela Peña, Lluís Homar, and Marisa Paredes, with poignant turns from three-time David di Donatello winner Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Human Capital) and the late Virna Lisi (Queen Margot) in her final screen appearance. 

It tells of the lovers and offspring of Italy’s most popular movie star (and most prolific ladies’ man) who gather in his hometown on the 10th anniversary of his passing to grasp the puzzle of his life. Comencini will be on hand for a Q&A at the June 4th screening.

For further information, go to: http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/open-roads-new-italian-cinema-2015

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
June 4th to 11th, 2015

The Film Society of Lincoln Center Walter Reade Theater
165 W 65th St
New York, NY 10023

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