Welcome to the 2025 Italian Film Festival USA

Schedule:

April 12, 2025

7:00 p.m: Gloria

Late 1700s. Teresa, nicknamed "the Mute" because she never speaks and no one knows where she is from, is a maid tasked with the humblest chores at Sant’Ignazio College, a religious institution for girls near Venice. There, residents are musically trained by stern chapel master Perlina.

One day, a local craftsman gifts the Institute a modern and immediately distrusted instrument: a piano. Relegated to the basement, Teresa finds it and begins to explore the keys, unlocking her musical talents and attracting the attention of the girls upstairs. When news arrives of an imminent visit by the Pope, the Institution is thrown into chaos. With Perlina distracted, the girls gather secretly, taking turns on the piano where they begin to composesomething new and exciting

Cast: Galatea Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica Lucchesi, Maria Vittoria Dallasta, Sara Mafodda, Paolo Rossi, Stefano Roberto Belisari aka Elio, Natalino Balasso, Anita Kravos, Vincenzo Crea, Jasmin Mattei, Gioele Pagura

Year: 2024
Length: 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Awards: Best Score: Nastro d'argento
Nominated Best New Director (Margherita Vicario), Best Costume Design, Nastro d'argento
Rating: USA: no Rating; Italy +13

April 17, 2025

7:00 p.m: The Time It Takes

During the 1970s, a father and daughter share a passion for cinema. The father is Luigi Comencini, the famous film and television director, who is on the set of his film Pinocchio; the daughter is his third child, Francesca.

During her teens, she becomes addicted to drugs, and her father feels he must give "the time it takes" to help her overcome her addiction. Later, Francesca begins to work with her father. Determined to become a director herself, she tells him about her first feature film project. He doesn't agree with her choice and tells her that he's not interested in seeing it. Will he take pride in her success.

Cast: Fabrizio Gifuni, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Anna Mangiocavallo, Luca Donini, Daniele Monterosi, Lallo Circosta, Luca Massaro, Giuseppe Lo Piccolo, Luigi Bindi, Laura Borrelli, Paolo Mannozzi, Gianfranco Gallo, Massimiliano Di Vincenzo, Massimo Cimaglia, Aphrodite De Lorraine, Marco Belocchi, Leonardo Giuliani

Year: 2024
Length:110 min.
Genre: Drama
Awards: Pasinetti Award (Romana Maggiora Vergano), Soundtrack Stars Award: Venice Film Festival
Rating: USA: no Rating

April 26, 2025

12:00 p.m: There's Still Tomorrow
In post-war Rome, a city torn between its newfound liberation and the miserable aftermath of WWII, Delia is seemingly resigned to her traditional role of wife and mother. Her husband Ivano is the undisputed master of the family. Delia sees her daughter Marcella’s engagement to her middle-class boyfriend, Giulio, as Marcella’s chance to avoid the same fate as her. Everything suddenly changes when a mysterious letter arrives and ignites Delia's courage to challenge convention and start wishing for a better life – and not just for herself.
There's Still Tomorrow is one of the top ten highest-grossing films ever in Italy.

Cast: Paola Cortellesi, Valerio Mastandrea, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Emanuela Fanelli, Giorgio Colangeli, Vinicio Marchioni, Alessia Barela, Francesco Centorame, Lele Vannoli, Paola Tiziana Cruciani, Yonv Joseph, Federico Tocci, Priscilla Micol Marino, Maria Chiara Orti, Silvia Salvatori, Mattia Baldo

Year: 2023
Length: 118 min.
Genre: Drama

Awards: Best New Director, Best Actress (Paola Cortellesi), Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Emanuela Fanelli), David of the Spectator (Paola Cortellesi), David of the Youth (Paola Cortellesi): David di Donatello; Best Film, Guglielmo Biraghi Award (Francesco Centorame): Nastro d’argento

Nominated Best Film, Best Actor (Valerio Mastandrea), Best Supporting Actress (Romana Maggiora Vergano), Best Supporting Actor (Giorgio Colangeli), Best Supporting Actor (Vinicio Marchioni), Best Producer, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, Best Hair Design, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Sound: David di Donatello

Rating: USA: no Rating

Date: April 12, 17, 26, 2025

Locations:

Stokes Hall, 307 Beacon St, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Boston University Law Alumni Auditorium, 767 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Cinema Salem, 1 East India Square Mall, Salem, MA 01970

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