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Friday October 22nd at 7 pm in Sala Sinopoli of the Auditorium Parco della Musica, the Special Events programme of the sixteenth Rome Film Fest will present Vita da Carlo, the new series by Carlo Verdone and Arnaldo Catinari. Festgoers will be able to watch the first two episodes of the four-part series that will star, in addition to Verdone himself, Max Tortora, Anita Caprioli, Monica Guerritore, Antonio Bannò, Caterina De Angelis, Filippo Contri, Giada Benedetti, Maria Paiato, Claudia Potenza and Andrea Pennacchi. In the series, Carlo Verdone’s public image is that of a generous and giving man. Carlo never says no to fans asking for a selfie or an autograph. The price for being in the spotlight is an extremely frugal private life, something of a prison… or a comedy. When he is asked to run for Mayor of Rome, the consequences are even more comic and unpredictable.
From the Official Selection, Sami by Habib Bavi Sajed, will be screened at the MAXXI at 9:30 pm. Sami, an Arab from the city of Ahvaz, in Iran, used to be a farmer, but after the war, his fields are littered with unexploded landmines. His wife, who is pregnant, is killed by one of these devices, but her daughter is born, only to have a leg amputated. The little girl grows up into a young woman who wants to get married. Ever since the death of his wife, Sami has never entertained the idea of remarrying. He just wants to demine his farmland and obtain a prosthesis for his daughter, so she can marry. The other villagers migrate to the city, but Sami refuses to leave his home and his land. To finally clear the field of landmines, Sami embarks on an odyssey through the devastating effects of war on human beings, and on nature.
At 10 pm, in Sala Sinopoli, the featured screening will be Red Rocket by Sean Baker, the last film in the Everyone’s Talking About It line-up. After years of working as a porn star in Los Angeles, Mikey Saber leaves it all behind and returns to his native town, Texas City, where he does not however seem to be welcome. Homeless, without money or a job, he is forced to go back to live with his ex-wife and her mother. To pay the rent, Mikey returns to his old habits, but when he meets Strawberry, the young cashier in a donut shop with whom he feels an intense affinity, he finds hope for a new beginning.
At 6:30 pm, the MAXXI will present Onde Radicali by Gianfranco Pannone, the story of an extraordinary political and journalistic adventure dedicated to a radio that helped to free Italy of taboos and prejudices. The historic voices behind Radio Radicale tell their stories and bring to life this adventure, which began in 1976. From the death of Giorgiana Masi to the Tortora case, from the kidnapping of the judge D’Urso to the assassination of reporter Antonio Russo, the often controversial events in the history of a country and the ideals of those who sought to change it. The screening will be attended by the director and the main contributors to the documentary.
Friday October 22nd, in the Spazio Rossellini, the collaboration between the Rome Film Fest and IISS Cine-Tv Roberto Rossellini brings viewers the preview screening of the film Rumon, made entirely by and produced by the students and teachers of IISS Cine-Tv Roberto Rossellini, with special guests Antonella Ponziani and Giorgio Colangeli. For the 3 pm, 6 pm and 8:30 pm showings, the screening will be preceded by a live performance of some of the pieces from the musical score of the film, composed and performed by the orchestra of the Conservatorio Cherubini in Florence. Info: rmis08900b@istruzione.it
Tomorrow Friday October 22nd, the Rome Film Fest, which thanks to the Regione Lazio has travelled to other towns in the Lazio region, will hold its last event on tour. At 7:30 pm, the Cinema Novo theatre in Monterotondo will show the new film by Edoardo Falcone, Io Sono Babbo Natale.
The last event in the collaboration between the Rome Film Fest and the Rebibbia Festival, dedicated to screenings, meetings and workshops organized for the inmate population and held in the Prison Auditorium and the “Enrico Maria Salerno” Movie Theatre, will feature the screening, at 4 pm, of Crazy for Football – Matti per il calcio by Volfango De Biasi, with the director attending. Info and reservations: rebibbiafestival@gmail.com.
The Retrospective curated by Mario Sesti and dedicated by the Fest to Arthur Penn, continues at 6 pm in the Casa del Cinema with the screening of Penn & Teller Get Killed, followed at 8 pm, by the first part of Mise en scène with Arthur Penn (a conversation).
Hoosiers by David Anspaugh is the Film of Our Lives chosen by Francesco Zippel. The film, to be screened at 6 pm in the Casa del Cinema, is described by Zippel himself as “one of the few films that conveys the pure spirit of a magnificent team sport like basketball.”
At the Teatro Palladium, at 8 pm, audiences are invited to see the film No tenemos miedo by Manuele Franceschini, from the Riflessi selection of the Rome Film Fest.
The screening programme offered by Rome’s independent bookstores doubles up again with two events: Inedita by Katia Bernardi to be shown at the Teatro San Leonardo at 8:45
pm, courtesy of Acilia Libri, and Hugo Cabret by Martin Scorsese, the last screening, to be held at the L’ora di libertà bookstore at 7 pm.
Finally, tomorrow’s repeat screenings of the films from the Rome Film Fest. At 5 pm and at 9 pm at SCENA, Ciao Libertini! Gli anni ottanta secondo Pier Vittorio Tondelli and Crazy for Football – Matti per il calcio; at 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm in Sala 2 of the My Cityplex Savoy, C’mon C’mon and Belfast; at 6 pm and at 9 pm in Sala 1, I am Zatlan and Episode 1 of A casa tutti bene – La serie.
