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Each year New Italian Cinema celebrates the rich cinematic tradition of Italy and brings the country's newest directors and films to audiences in San Francisco. The 2008 edition features seven films by up-and-coming filmmakers, a trio of titles from Tuscan director Paolo Virzì and a duo of uncompromising offerings for Closing Night. Join us—and the many filmmakers who will be present—for this eight-day feast of cinematic delicacies.
November 16
6:00 pm, 9:00 pm Napoleon (and Me)
In 1814, Napoleon’s new life on the isle of Elba is complicated by a comely baroness and a would-be assassin in this masterful historical drama with an effervescent touch.
8:00–9:00 pm OPENING NIGHT PARTY
Commemorate the best in contemporary Italian cinema with acclaimed director Paolo Virzi and his latest film Napoleon (and Me) and join us for a fabulous reception either before or after your screening. Partake of complimentary Peroni beer, wine from Siena Imports and delicious appetizers from Fuzio Universal Bistro from 8:00–9:00 pm, One Embarcadero Center, Lobby Level (the former Gallery One space).
November 17
PAOLO VIRZI TRIBUTE
6:15 pm Hardboiled Egg
Paolo Virzì’s pitch-perfect tale of male adolescence—winner of the Venice Festival Grand Jury Prize—deftly weaves light-hearted comedy with indelible moments of social realism.
9:00 pm Living It Up
The Tuscan coastal town of Piombino is the setting for Paolo Virzì’s directorial debut, a nuanced story of economic and marital hardships among the working class.
November 18
6:15 pm The Girl by the Lake
WITH BAB EL SAMAH
In a small town in the Italian Dolomites, a lovely young woman named Anna is found dead by the side of a lake. Molaioli’s debut feature is a scintillating whodunit shot in a spectacular locale.
9:00 pm Lessons in Chocolate
A ruthless Perugian businessman gets his comeuppance in this delectable romantic comedy starring Italian model Luca Argentero. It’s an extremely entertaining romp with a delicious chocolate center.
November 19
6:15 pm Cover Boy: The Last Revolution
A nuanced drama about the exploitation of immigrants and their labor, Cover Boy portrays the moral quandaries of a handsome Romanian expatriate and his endeavor to retain his humanity amid a callous society.
4:30 pm A Night
This affecting, personal drama revolves around about five friends and a philosophical cabbie who traverse the nighttime haunts of Naples after a friend’s funeral.
November 20
6:15 Lessons in Chocolate
A ruthless Perugian businessman gets his comeuppance in this delectable romantic comedy starring Italian model Luca Argentero. It’s an extremely entertaining romp with a delicious chocolate center.
9:00 The Girl by the Lake
In a small town in the Italian Dolomites, a lovely young woman named Anna is found dead by the side of a lake. Molaioli’s debut feature is a scintillating whodunit shot in a spectacular locale.
November 21
6:30 pm The Rest of the Night
When the two stories converge during a harrowing burglary, the thematic issues of contemporary malaise and xenophobia come to a deadly result.
9:15 pm Black Sea
Federico Bondi’s first feature tells the story of an embittered widow and her young Romanian caretaker. As their relationship develops, each woman crosses divides of age and culture in the name of friendship.
November 22
1:45 pm The Rest of the Night
When the two stories converge during a harrowing burglary, the thematic issues of contemporary malaise and xenophobia come to a deadly result.
4:30 pm A Night
This affecting, personal drama revolves around about five friends and a philosophical cabbie who traverse the nighttime haunts of Naples after a friend’s funeral.
7:00 pm Black Sea
Federico Bondi’s first feature tells the story of an embittered widow and her young Romanian caretaker. As their relationship develops, each woman crosses divides of age and culture in the name of friendship.
9:45 pm Don’t Waste Your Time, Johnny!
Suffused with a gentle humanism, this touching film follows the exploits of an aspiring teenaged guitar player living in mid-1970s Italy.
November 23
12 noon Don’t Waste Your Time, Johnny!
Suffused with a gentle humanism, this touching film follows the exploits of an aspiring teenaged guitar player living in mid-1970s Italy.
2:30 pm Cover Boy: The Last Revolution
A nuanced drama about the exploitation of immigrants and their labor, Cover Boy portrays the moral quandaries of a handsome Romanian expatriate and his endeavor to retain his humanity amid a callous society.
5:15 pm Puccini and the Girl
CITY OF FLORENCE AWARD PRESENTATION
Visionary filmmaker Paolo Benvenuti, collaborating here with his wife Paola Baroni, fascinatingly employs elements of pure cinema in this historical depiction of musical maestro Puccini and his possible extramarital dalliance with a housemaid.
7:30–9:00 pm CLOSING NIGHT RECEPTION
Celebrate Closing Night of New Italian Cinema in between screenings of Paolo Benvenuti’s Puccini and the Girl and Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah. Join us for complimentary Peroni beer, wine from Siena Imports and delicious appetizers from Fuzio Universal Bistro from 7:30–9:00 pm at One Embarcadero Center, Lobby Level (the former Gallery One space).
8:45 pm Gomorrah
Hard-hitting, complex and filmed in a fluid fly-on-the-wall style, Garrone’s Cannes Grand Prize winner examines in vivid detail the organized crime syndicate known as the Camorra.
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