[in picture – directed and produced by Eitan Pitigliani]
Nick is a young actor who’s desperately looking for success; to obtain it he progressively builds up a wall around himself to separate and protect him from the world. One day Nick accidentally meets an old Hollywood star thanks to whom he understands that that world lives inside him and that, first and foremost, it is fundamental to look inside yourself: only by being aware of your past can you pave the way for the future.
Like a Butterfly is a short and intense film (27 minutes long) directed and produced by Eitan Pitigliani (winner of the Golden Spike Award) Falcon Productions and Enrico Mastracchi Manes in collaboration with Rai Cinema.
The Movie features an amazing cast: the American Legend Ed Asner, winner of 5 Golden Globes and 7 Emmy Awards, plays the role of an old Hollywood star whose career is on its last legs and Will Rothhaar plays the young Nick, the main character, Cindy Pickett, Rita Raider, Brad Greenquist and Micheal G. London. The film features the Music of Paolo Vivaldi and the Cinematography of Daniel Katz.
The Director is now working on new projects as “Out of Control” – the story of a young dancer – that he will film during the summer, and another feature film about soccer.
Where did the idea of “Like a Butterfly” come from? What message were you trying to get across to the audience?
Well, this is a tough one. Actually in my research I always try to stick to what I believe is the reason why I became a director, which is the need to capture the essence of life and of what life could be and then put it on screen, through a special medium: the film. What is great about films is that you make them together with other people, in my case with wonderful and special individuals that helped me take the idea I first had to the final stage. The story of the film came from a series of personal experiences that I have had over time, that I then jotted down in words together with the screenwriter Alessandro Regaldo. There were so many things that inspired me while I was writing the story.
Then, thanks to the wonderful people that worked on it and supported me in this endeavor, I was able to finally get it off the ground. I am so happy of the way the film turned out, especially because of the message that I wanted to convey to the audience, which is that even in the darkest and most difficult moment of your life you can find a way to look inside your soul and ‘create value’. This subject means a lot to me, since I see that young people today have an extremely hard time finding themselves and believe me, I am aware of a lot of people who are simply OUT OF CONTROL – by the way this is the title of my next project, that I will film this summer, about the story of a young dancer who is completely lost. Many of them don’t know who they are, nor what they want to be, and just follow the role models that today’s society and media promote.
This way in most of the cases they live a virtual life that keeps them from discovering who they really are. But one day, when they finally wake up and realize it….Well, that’s really tough! And that is why I believe that only someone who has been around the block and has a special wisdom can really help them find their way in life. This is what Ed Asner represents in the film and I am so happy of what Ed said a few days ago after watching it for the first time. He was so thrilled that he decided to record a special message, in which he spoke very highly about the picture and expressed special thanks to Rai Cinema for its support. He also had wonderful and unexpected words about me that made me feel so flattered and at the same tremendously honored to receive such praise. It was a life changing moment for me. And it made me realize that, exactly as it is in the film, there is always hope for the youngsters today to meet amazingly inspiring people, like Ed, who have accomplished so much in their life and therefore can save them from getting lost.
What was it like working with the star Ed Asner, with Will Rothhaar and all the other Actors?
Why did you chose these particular actors? When I first started picturing the story in my mind, I had a couple of inspirations, than thanks to Enrico Mastracchi Manes (the person that made this film become a reality), Daniela Zanchini, Martin Guigui and Dahlia Waingort (the executive producers), I had the chance to meet Mr Asner and surprisingly get to know that he was interested in the idea of the movie.
I then worked on the adaption of the script and sent it to him. One day I got a call and to my biggest surprise I found out that his was a YES. He was willing to star in the film, and I was ecstatic about it. I have to say that from that moment on it all became a dream.
Ed had confidence in me and it was such a pleasure to have a legend like him take my directions with such ease and trust. Then, of course, hearing Ed’s profound and grandfatherly voice giving life to the words from the script that me and Alessandro wrote was for me simply jawdropping. Regarding the young protagonist Will Rothhaar… it was really hard to find an actor that could be such a perfect complement to Ed, and when I did, thanks to Brad Greenquist, the magic of the film started. Will is such a talented actor, a star, and working with him was wonderful. Then I had the cherry on the cake, Cindy Pickett, a stunning actress that I fell in love with right away, who represented perfectly the original idea I had for the female character the amazing Wendy – that, in a way, is the one that drives the story. But to know what I am talking about, you gotta watch the film.
Ed Asner [the American Legend Ed Asner, winner of 5 Golden Globes and 7 Emmy Awards]’s interview Rai Cinema and about Eitan pitigliani –
Ed Asner's on the film, Eitan Pitigliani and special thanks to Rai Cinema from EITAN PITIGLIANI on Vimeo.
Was there a particular event or time that you recognized that filmmaking was not just a passion, but that it would be your life and your living?
And why did you decide to focus on Short Films? I always liked movies, since I was a little kid. And over the years I realized that all I wanted was to be a director. I think it was when I was around 13 or 14, but it must have been in my mind from the moment I was born, I guess.
It is not easy to understand who you are, what is your place in the world and what is the message that you want to get across. I directed the first short film ‘only’ when I was 19 though, and then I went to study abroad, in London and New York. I feel like, besides being born in Rome, which I love so much, I kind of have two different souls: one lies in Los Angeles, the other is in London. Regarding what you asked about the decision to focus on Short Films, actually it is not really a choice. Even if I do love short films, in my opinion they are a natural and necessary stepping stone to a full length feature, that for a variety of (right) reasons must be done only when you are 100% aware of yourself, your style of directing and what you want to tell the audience. Only then you can think of shooting a feature film and hopefully making a living as a director.
You are now working on your first Feature film. What led you to make the great leap?
Yes, I am actually working on two projects right now, and it is all thanks to my team and my wonderful manager Cinzia De Curtis, a unique person that believed in me right from the beginning and that is always on my side. The first project is the story of a young dancer, a feature film of which I will make the short version this summer. It’ s actually just around the corner and I am so excited at the sole idea, since it’s a very touching story that means a lot to me.
The second is a feature film about soccer, taken from my personal point of view, which is a spiritual story, essentially a drama but with a hint of comedy in it. Both films deal with problems that the young people of today have to face in everyday life, especially in the modern society that demands a lot from them and doesn’t give much back. I’m so excited to make these two movies, starting with the short this summer. It’s going to be amazing.
What makes a film great for you? Are there certain qualities that make a film better for you?
In my opinion a film is a collaborative process that becomes great only when all the people involved in the making are allowed to express themselves at best. They are all essential in order to make a film that will resonate and touch people’s heartstrings. First of all, the actors. Having the right protagonists for your film is just a blessing and when you find them, you already have half of the film in front of your eyes.
I have to say that I have always been very fortunate to have superb actors like Andrés Gil – the protagonist of my previous short film, You will find me and now Ed Asner, Will Rothhaar, Cindy Pickett, Brad Greenquist, Rita Raider and Michael London. Besides them, the first thing I concentrate on is the music, because it sets the mood of the film. It is very important to have a great composer that you trust and that trusts you.
I am, once again, really fortunate because I have found a soulmate in Paolo Vivaldi, one of the best Italian film composers, that was just nominated at the David Di Donatello this year. Paolo is a terrific artist who always captures my vision which is not always an easy task. He is able to read my mind instantly, and then the music that he makes… it’s pure magic. The other essential component for me is the cinematography, and in the last project I had the pleasure to work with Daniel Katz, a brilliant director of photography thanks to whom the film looks just great. He did such a fantastic job. However there are too many people and souls involved in the making of a film that it is just impossible to think of it as oneperson job.
It is more about team work and this is the beauty and the strength of being a director: having all these wonderful people and professionals that give their heart and soul to the story you wrote, or perhaps just envisaged, that then, thanks to the magic of the collaborative process, can finally become a real film. The movie will be broadcast on RaiCinemaChannel from May 26th and had been showcased at the 21st edition of the Palm Beach International Film Festival. It will also be at the Ferrara International Film Festival in June, as the only English film in competition; quite an achievement leading to more upcoming festivals.
the trailer
LIKE A BUTTERFLY a film by Eitan Pitigliani from EITAN PITIGLIANI on Vimeo.
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2016
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: LONDON TAKES PLACE 2-5 JUNE AT PICTUREHOUSE CENTRAL The festival will present the UK and International premieres of films direct from this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A., selected by the Sundance Institute programming team in collaboration with Picturehouse.
Continuing the focus of the three previous London editions on presenting new work by emerging and established independent filmmakers, the 2016 festival will also include a short film programme in addition to special events. The full festival programme will be announced later this week.
Tickets on-sale dates: Festival Passes: Thursday 5th May Members Priority: Friday 6th May General Sale: Monday 9th May
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Talent line-up for Cinema Made In Italy 2016 10 – 14 March – Ciné Lumière – South Kensington
Cinema Made in Italy returns to London’s Ciné Lumière from 10 – 14 March 2016. The sixth edition of London’s best-loved Italian film festival offers another stellar line-up, and once again screenings will be followed by Q&As with visiting filmmakers. CINEMA MADE IN ITALY2016 marks the sixth year of Cinema Made in Italy, an annual festival of Italian contemporary cinema, organised by Istituto Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with Ciné Lumière and with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in London.
This year’s edition showcases nine titles selected by film experts Giorgio Gosetti and Adrian Wootton, reflecting the best of Italian production, from Anna by Giuseppe Gaudino which won Valeria Golino a Coppa Volpi for Best Actress at Venice Film Festival to Wondrous Boccaccio by Masters Taviani Brothers, freely inspired by The Decameron.
Other highlights include The First Light by Vincenzo Marra starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Claudio Cupellini’s romance The Beginners with 2010 Cannes Best Actor Elio Germano and this year’s Italian entry for Oscars, Don’t Be Bad by Claudio Caligari.
To top it all off, directors and actors will attend on stage Q&As after the screenings.
( all actor will be present in Italoeuropeo and LondonONEradio live interview)
Giorgio Gosetti – programmer for Cinema Made In Italy 2016; a renowned film critic and festival programmer who also regularly sits on film festival juries, and was deputy director of the Venice International Film Festival from 1992 – 1996.
Daniele Orazi – Head of Officine Artistiche, one of Italy’s most prominent talent agencies today. Clients include Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino, Luca Marinelli, Sara Serraiocco (2016 European ShootingStar).
Full programme and booking details:
http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cine-lumiere/whats-on/festivals-series/cinema-made-in-italy/
The five day annual event is organised by Istituto Luce – Cinecittà’s promotional department in Rome (Filmitalia),with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in London, the official agency for the promotion of Italian language and culture in England and Wales.
CINEMA MADE IN ITALY 2016
ANNA (Per Amor Vostro)
Director: Giuseppe Gaudino – 110 mins
Cast: Valeria Golino, Massimiliano Gallo, Adriano Giannini, Salvatore Cantalupo, Rosaria De Cicco .Anna is a forty-something Neapolitan wife and mother of three teenagers, whose life is turned upside down when handsome soap star Michele (played by Adriano Giannini, son of Giancarlo), enters her mundane life. She soon finds herself precariously juggling family life with newfound romance, in the hope that this holds the key to regaining the long lost courage and happiness from her childhood. Anna premiered at the 2015 Venice Film Festival, where lead Valeria Golino won the award for Best
FIRST LIGHT (La Prima Luce)
Director: Vincenzo Marra – 108 mins
Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Daniela Ramirez, Luis Gnecco, Alejandro Goic, Gianni Pezzolla
Marco is a young and ambitious lawyer who lives in Bari with his South American partner Martina and their eight year old son, Mateo. When Martina decides that their relationship is over, she flees to her homeland, taking Mateo with her. They vanish without trace, and out of desperation Marco decides to travel to South America to track them down. What ensues is a harrowing account of an international child custody battle told from Marco’s point of view.
THE BEGINNERS (Alaska)
Director: Claudio Cupellini – 125 mins Cast: Elio Germano, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Valerio Binasco, Paolo Pierobon, Marco D’Amore, Roschdy After an unconventional chance meeting Fausto (Germano) and Nadine (Bergès-Frisbey) embark on a turbulent journey, with the countless twists and turns that come with it. When Fausto is offered a chance to enter into business with an ageing party boy to open a trendy new nightclub (Alaska), their 3 love and devotion are well and truly put to the test, to say the least. Moving between Paris, Milan, prison and the fashion world, The Beginners is a whirlwind love story with a difference. The writer- director Claudio Cupellini collaborated as a director on the recent Italian mafia series Gomorrah.
WONDROUS BOCCACCIO (Maraviglioso Boccaccio)
Directors: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani – 120 mins
Cast: Michele Riondino, Lello Arena, Paola Cortellesi, Carolina Crescentini, Flavio Parenti, Vittoria
Puccini, Kasia Smutniak, Riccardo Scamarcio As the plague ravages the city dwellers of Florence in 1384, a group of young aristocratic men and women take shelter in a remote villa in the surrounding Tuscan hills. To take their minds off their precarious situation, they decide to tell each other stories about love and its many facets: fulfilled, thwarted, illicit and rewarded. In this fresh adaptation of Boccaccio’s Decameron, the Taviani brothers pay tribute to one of the greatest books about storytelling, reminding contemporary audiences of the power of storytelling as a way of escaping the ailments of society. The role of Guiscardo is played by
Michele Riondino, the lead in the BBC Four series ‘The Young Montalbano’.
GOD WILLING (Se Dio Vuole)
Director: Edoardo Falcone – 87 mins
Cast: Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassmann, Laura Morante, Ilaria Spada, Edoardo Pesce .This hilarious comedy tells the story of a well respected surgeon, Tommaso, who believes his family has been brainwashed by a charismatic priest. When his son goes on a retreat at a monastery, the atheist Tommaso decides to go undercover to get to the bottom of this ‘crisis’ he and his loved ones are embroiled in. This Italian box office hit earned Edoardo Falcone the David di Donatello Best New
DON’T BE BAD (Non Essere Cattivo)
Director: Claudio Caligari – 100 mins
Cast: Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Silvia D’Amico,Roberta Mattei, Valentino Campitelli, Giulia Set in the 90s in the suburbs of Rome and in Ostia, Don’t Be Bad focuses on the frenzied exploits of Vittorio and Cesare. In their early twenties, our young hedonists’ lives revolve around dirty money, fast cars, nightclubs and drugs. When Vittorio decides that enough is enough he tries to break away
from the wild side. He swaps his junkie girlfriend for an unmarried mother, and finds a job on a building site. His best friend Cesare on the other hand does not manage to break free from his self- destructive lifestyle, and Vittorio tries to rescue him. But is it too late?
THEY CALL ME JEEG ROBOT (Lo Chiamavano Jeeg Robot)
Director: Gabriele Mainetti – 112 mins
Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Stefano Ambrogi, Ilenia Pastorelli, Maurizio Tesei After coming into contact with a radioactive substance, petty thief Enzo suddenly discovers he has superpowers. His dreams of how his new gift will do wonders for his life of crime soon disappear when he runs into Alessia, a traumatized young woman who is convinced he is the Japanese manga character Steel Jeeg, come to help humanity. Combining classic superhero themes with Italian social and political woes, Gabriele Mainetti’s first feature, which premiered at the 2015 Rome Film Festival, is a gritty and electrifying European superhero film.
LONG LIVE THE BRIDE (Viva La Sposa)
Director: Ascanio Celestini – 87 mins
Cast: Ascanio Celestini, Alba Rohrwacher, Salvatore Striano, Francesco De Miranda Nicola is a puppeteer who lives in a bleak area on the outskirts of Rome, among lowlifes, drifters, and labourers. He drinks too much but takes care of the adolescent Salvatore, who may or may not be his son by a local prostitute. When driving around in his van one day, he hits and kills Sabatino, an old man who stages accidents with unsuspecting drivers, and lives off the insurance scams. Soon Nicola is drawn into a netherworld of petty crime gone wrong, in a country where it is too late for hope.
CHLORINE (Cloro)
Director: Lamberto Sanfelice – 94 mins
Cast: Sara Serraiocco, Piera Degli Esposti, Giorgio Colangeli, Ivan Franek, Anatol Sassi, Andrea Vergoni Seventeen-year-old Jenny (Sara Serraiocco, 2016 European Shooting Star) dreams of becoming a synchronised swimmer, but her carefree life in the seaside town of Ostia near Rome is turned upside down by the sudden death of her mother. With a sick father and nine year old brother to look after, Jenny has no choice but to move to a remote mountain village in Abruzzo. Before long she starts to get weighed down by these new responsibilities, all the while yearning to run after her dream. Chlorine debuted at last year’s Sundance and Berlin film festivals.
PROGRAM
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VENUE AND BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
Screenings: Thurs 10 – Mon 14 March 2016
Ciné Lumière : 17 Queensbury Place, London SW7 2DT, T +44 (0)20 7871 3515
Tickets: £10-12 plus booking fee
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NANNI MORETTI READS: “CARO MICHELE” BY NATALIA GINZBURG
Natalia’s birth centenary falls this year and we are giving to our public a great opportunity to celebrate it with us through the voice of the very famous film director Nanni Moretti.
He has brought back to life one of the very well-loved books by Natalia Ginzburg “Caro Michele” in the audiobook just published by EMONS. We have invited Nanni to come to the Institute and read some abstracts from this book.
The readings will be followed by a discussion between Nanni and Italian writer Chiara Valerio. They will be pleased to share with our audience their impressions and to recall the life and works of Natalia, who is valued as the most important woman writer of post-World War II Italy.
Giovanni “Nanni” Moretti (born in Brunico in 1953) lives in Rome, where, since he was a kid, he devotes himself to his passion: cinema.
Once finished high school studies, he sold his stamps collection to buy a super8 cinema camera, using which he started shooting home-made short films with his friends in 1973. Since then he has never stopped and has had a long successful carrier as a film director.
He won The Palme d’Or in 2001 and was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. Chiara Valerio (born in Scauri in 1978) is the author of several novels such as: A complicare le cose (Robin 2007), La gioia piccola d’esser quasi salvi (nottetempo 2009), Spiaggia libera tutti (Laterza 2010) and Almanacco del giorno prima (Einaudi 2014). She contributes to the television programmes «Pane quotidiano» and «Ad alta voce» (Radio3). She has translated Flush by Virginia Woolf.
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September calendar of Italian films in London
London, 7 September 2015 – September calendar of Italian films in London will focus on films made by women. Both directors Francesca Archibugi and Ludovica Fales will be present at the screening of her own film at Genesis Cinema at 6.30 pm, each one will take part in a Q &A and will meet the audience afterwards.
This coming Sunday 13th September CinemaItaliaUK will show the documentary “Fear and Desire” by Ludovica Fales and on Sunday 27th the feature film “Il Nome del Figlio” (An Italian name) by Francesca Archibugi.
Commenting the screening in London, Francesca Archibugi says: ”I believe that cinema has always united different countries. The more a film expresses its world of origin, the more interesting it is for other cultures. I tell the story of an Italian family from Rome, and I hope that UK audiences will understand more about us, what we are like and what interests us.
I really like movies which emanate the very essence of their own country. However, one has to be very very accurate and in some ways ‘local’ in the hope, paradoxically, to be able to express stories, characters and feelings which are universal. For this reason Jean Luc Godard says that cinema is a window
on the world”.
Her film “Il Nome del Figlio” is inspired by the French play “Le prénom” but explores social aspects and politics in Italy today. It tells the story of the extrovert Paolo and his beautiful wife Simona who is expecting a baby. At a dinner with Betta and Sandro, the refined and intellectual couple, and Claudio, the eccentric musician, one simple question will lead to an argument which will spoil the evening: the name of Paolo and Simona’s son. “Il Nome del Figlio” is a comedy starring Italian famous actors Alessandro Gassman, Valeria Golino, Luigi Lo Cascio, Rocco Papaleo and Micaela Ramazzotti.
The documentary “Fear and Desire” is about contemporary dance: the audience of a small derelict village in Southern Italy is slowly captured by the unusual charm of the instinctive and provocative dance of a group of non-professional dancers, thus revealing the mysterious power of an art which equals life itself.
The screening, in Italian with English subtitles, will be followed by a Q&A hosted by Adele Tullli and by the live performance “Stop and Dance with me” with IfHuman dancers Cecilia Ligorio, Paola Michelini, Thomas Coumans end Herve’ Guerrisi. In October CinemaItaliaUK will celebrate its first anniversary with the screening of the film “Via Castellana Bandiera” (A Street in Palermo) by Emma Dante, on Wednesday 21st October 7.30pm at Regent Street Cinema, 7.30pm start.
Paola Cortellesi and Riccardo Milani for “Scusate se esisto!”
Paola Cortellesi and Riccardo Milani for “Scusate se esisto!”
on Sun 31st May, Genesis Cinema
CinemaItaliUK – Film director Riccardo Milani of “Scusate se esito!” (“Do you see me?”) and star Paola Cortellesi will be CinemaItaliaUK’s special guests at the screening of this comedy on Sunday 31st May at Genesis Cinema.
The film, partially shot in London, will be followed by a Q&A hosted by journalist Caterina Soffici, author of the book “Italia Yes, Italia No”.
Caterina Soffici says: “A portrait of what is wrong with Italy today, with a particular focus on access to opportunities and the role of women. It’s funny, but it has a strong bittersweet undercurrent and for many of us it raises the usual painful dilemma: stay abroad or go back to try and change things?”.
After the screening there will be a reception with complementary Italian beers, offered by Italian Craft Beers and regional food by Delicatezza.
The film “Scusate se esisto!” – in Italian with English subtitles – will also be the main subject of an intermediate class in the Italian language by Italian Reloaded, thanks to CinemaItaliaUK Educational. Before the screening, from 2.30 to 4.40pm, students will be able to learn vocabulary, grammar, slang, facts and culture of the Bel Paese and will get a concession ticket for the film. Sign-up to info@italianreloaded.com by 28 May.
Synopsis: Serena is an extraordinarly talented architect. After a series of professional successes abroad, she decides to return to work in Italy. In a desperate search for a job she has to face an incredible decision: to pass for what everyone expects you to be: a man. Meanwhile she meets Francesco. Handsome and charming. The ideal companion. Except that he does not like women… Or so it seems. Together they will help each other face the adversities and complications of life
The Summer programme at Genesis Cinema will continue on Sunday 14 June with the documentary “Lei Disse Sì” by Maria Pecchioli – a week before “Pride in London”.
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The Great European Disaster Movie
35,000ft, sometime in the not-so-distant future. Eight year old Jane Monnetti sits aboard an aeroplane which is flying through a menacing storm, heading for Berlin. But all is not well at ground-level.
The European Union has collapsed, and countries that had collaborated happily at the beginning of the 21st Century are regressing into the fractious collection of competing nation-states that existed before the EU’s formation. Scared by the turbulence, Jane strikes-up a conversation with an English archaeologist sitting next to her: Charles Granda.
He is about to give a lecture on the EU, an entity she had never heard of. In his suitcase he has 5 artefacts which evoke 5 lost European values. To distract Jane from the increasingly menacing storm he tells her 5 stories about what the EU was, why things went so wrong, and what has been lost since its collapse.
For each story, we rewind to 2014 and Annalisa Piras’s film – Executively Produced by Bill Emmott, former Editor of The Economist – examines the identity crisis of current-day Europe and the complex challenges that are mounting against the Union’s survival. Beset by growing nationalism, seven years of economic crisis and an increasing
dissatisfaction with its undemocratic political structure will Europe sleepwalk into catastrophe as it did one hundred years ago? Using beautiful photography, high level expert interviews, personal stories, archival footage inter cut with the aeroplane drama, Piras constructs an epic picture of a Europe that is worth fighting for, but which, if things carry on as they are, looks destined for disintegration.
Through 5 different European stories, in Britain, Sweden, Germany, Spain and Croatia the film creates a unique, choral portrait of the “European dream” and how it could be lost forever.
The positive achievements of a Union that has created prosperity, stability and the most advanced welfare states in the world, while preventing major wars on the continent, come to life and underpin the case for urgent major EU reform. Subtle, moving, thought-provoking and witty, “The Great European Disaster Movie” is far more than a political film but instead frames Europe through the eyes of those who are most important to its success: the Europeans themselves.
The film co-produced by the BBC and Franco-German channel Arte, has been at the centre of a heated controversy in the UK mainly amongst Eurosceptics – with the upcoming general elections in May uppermost in their minds.
A conceptual film using an imaginative narrative device set in the future “The Great European Disaster Movie” explores the identity crisis facing the European Union. Far from being an apology of the status quo, the film wants to provoke a constructive debate on what we can do to make things better. It was broadcast on BBC Four on March 2nd, in Sweden and in Austria and it will be screened across Europe in the following months: on April 21st in France and Germany, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Spain to name just a few
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Immigration in London – this is Influx
London- the big amount of people crossing the Channel to reach UK is known to everyone from
a long time, everyone talks about it, everyone reads about it. Italian immigration is an important
phenomenon and it’s also very difficult to know the certain number of how many italians are
coming to London. Such as 2000 each month!
Even the Prime Minister David Cameron has recognized the fact that there are more italians willing
to get in UK than all the other countries. Why so many italians crave to come in London? There
are many answers: because of their dreams, their hopes, their urge to express themselves, their
expectations of a better future, because they are searching for richness, for a place that can listen to
them, because they are looking for all of the chances that Italy has never offered.
Although, if we analize it, we find out that the impact with London is not easy at all. Often,
graduated people are not able to find a proper job and 90% of them are forced to work as waiters for
the first months, if they are lucky, otherwise they have to work hardly in the kitchens. What kind of
immigrant is the second generation one? Young, often graduated, often resolute, even more without
any target. In conclusion, London seems to be a real goal for everyone who wants to start again, a
white page where you can write the new story of your life, maybe continuing it with other words,
commas or points.
To understand better this kind of immigration and the way behind, a young talented director
(immigrated, of course) has started to narrate the life of italians in London by filming them, through
their stories, acts, impressions. This already famous director is Luca Vullo, with square glasses,
messy hair, wide forehead and a long wise beard, just like the artists. Luca started to film the life
of italians in London, from the famous ones to the unknowns, in every sector, from journalism to
catering, with the purpose of revealing something that exists everyday in London, even if we can’t
see it: italian people. Luca Vullo leaves from Sicily, he gets interested in cinema at eighteen years
old and starts to think seriously about it at twenty, when he starts to film documentaries, short films
and commercial clips, getting so close to the camera that it quickly becomes his third inseparable
eye.
When someone meets Luca is somehow impressed that there aren’t only two eyes looking around,
but there is a third one stealing some part of us that we weren’t aware to own. He takes this part and
he shows it to us in a documentary called Influx, already recorded and now in the assembly step. It
will be ready for March, but everyone already knows it and reads about it, it’s already a big success
and Luca deserves it all, because he’s a genuine person, in front of his friends and also behind the
camera. Everyone loves him.
Maybe we feel it because we met his third eye at least once, maybe because we are immigrants and
we understand the hard steps we made to get in UK, or simply because it’s about all of us. Because
Influx is all of us. Influx is you that is reading and probably thinking of coming in London. Or
maybe you’re already in London. Influx is an act, a smile, a grimace, a sigh, a victory, a defeat.
Influx is through all of us.
Luca Vullo is not just a director, he invented something that thrilled academics, schools, theaters,
actors, institutes of italian culture and universities: the way of teaching body language to foreigners,
something typical italian (expecially of the southern ones). For example, the umbrella gesture, the
horns one, and so on.
Gestures that talk instead of words, with Luca getting silent, putting down the camera, reaching
the desk and becoming a dumb teacher who talks with his body. And this is so much liked that
he’s called from all over the world, Cambridge, Norway, USA, Germany, Denmark.. Gestures are
something very fascinating and body language is one of the first ways of communication of the
human: thinking of a caress, how many words should we use to describe that moment? Really a lot,
meanwhile a gesture can say way more. This is what Luca is trying to teach.
Successful immigrant, started from zero, Luca has attracted like Forrest Gump a lot of people
following him, because we are all running toward something.. Or maybe escaping from something.
The only thing that will immortalize us is Influx, the awaited documentary, and people will talk
about it. They will talk about us for a long time and it will be needed for the next generations, so
that they will understand who we used to be.
Eugene Oneills Long days journey Into night
Following his critically acclaimed performance in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons at the Apollo Theatre in 2010, David Suchet returns in Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece. Long Day’s Journey into Night. Set in 1912, the story is a compelling family drama between James Tyrone (David Suchet), Mary Tyrone and their sons, Jamie and Edmund during a long summer’s day.
This multi-award winning play is one of the great David Suchet returns to the West End stage in Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey Into Nightfollowing his critically acclaimed performance in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons last year. Directed by award-winning director Anthony Page, Eugene O’Neill’s semi autobiographical play paints a powerful portrait of a family tormented by the past and paralysed by its own personal demons. Set in 1912, the story is a compelling family drama between James Tyrone (David Suchet), Mary Tyrone (Laurie Metcalf) and their sons, Jamie (Trevor White) and Edmund (Kyle Soller) during a long summer’s day. This multi-award winning play is one of the greatest American plays written in the twentieth century.
David Suchet is one of Britain’s most respected actors on stage, screen and television.Best known for his role as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s Poirot his other television work includes the award-winning BBC drama Maxwell for which he won Best Actor International Emmy Award in 2008, The Life of Freud, Victoria and Albert, Murder in Mind, Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now (BAFTA nomination). Suchet’s film credits include Executive Decision, A Perfect Murder, Flood and The Bank.
Aside from his television and film work, David has also worked extensively in theatre.
His recent stage credits include All My Sons (Best Actor What’sOnStage.com Awards, Evening Standard Theatre Awards nomination and Olivier Award nomination), Complicit (The Old Vic), Once in a Lifetime (National Theatre),The Last Confession (Theatre Royal Haymarket) and the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Troilus and Cressida, The Tempest and Othello. Other credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Critic’s Circle Award), Separation (Olivier Award nomination), Oleanna and Amadeus (Best Actor, Royal Variety Club Award, Tony nomination on Broadway and Olivier Award nomination).
Laurie Metcalf is widely known for her performance as Jackie Harris on the ABC sitcom Roseanne for which she is a 3 time Emmy Award Winner.
Her other television work includes The Big Bang Theory, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy. Metcalf’s film credits include the well known voice of Andy’s Mum throughout Pixar’s Toy Story Trilogy as well as appearances in Scream 2 and Desperately Seeking Susan. She has also won numerous awards for her performances on Broadway including The Other Place (Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award), A Lie Of The Mind (Obie Award), November (Tony Award Nomination) and Balm In Gilead (Joseph Jefferson and Obie Award Winner)
Shakespeare’s Globe announces return of Mark Rylance, 2012 Theatre Season .
Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole and Shakespeare’s Globe welcomes back multi award-winning actor Mark Rylance to perform in its 2012 Theatre Season The Play’s The Thing. This will be the first time that Rylance has appeared on the Globe stage since his tenure as Artistic Director between 1995 and 2005.
The main theatre season, which begins on 7 June 2012, follows hot on the heels of the ambitious Globe to Globe festival. Launching with Dominic Dromgoole’s new production of Henry V, the season will see Rylance – currently performing in Jerusalem in the West End – take on two of Shakespeare’s major characters – the title role in a new production of Richard III and a reprisal of his widely celebrated performance of Olivia in Twelfth Night, 10 years after its original premiere; both of which will be staged as ‘original practices’ productions.
The Globe’s main house programme is completed by a new production of The Taming of the Shrew. Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole commented: “It was the Globe’s greatest stroke of good fortune to have Mark as its first Artistic Director – an actor of great distinction, and a leader of rare imagination. No-one has contributed more to the success of the Globe than Mark, and we all – actors, artists and audiences – play happily within the conditions he created.
It is our further great good luck that he is returning, with his Original Practices team, to play in the Globe again. It will be a fitting climax to an extraordinary summer which begins with our unprecedented Globe to Globe festival.”
Richard III and Twelfth Night will be directed by Tim Carroll, designed by Jenny Tiramani with music by Claire van Kampen – the creative team behind the original 2002 version of Twelfth Night. Performed in rep by an all male cast – many of whom will be new to these 2012 productions – the original practices approach to staging will employ recreated clothing, music and dance. Twelfth Night and Richard III will be a co-production between Shakespeare’s Globe, Sonia Friedman Productions and Shakespeare Road.
The play which opened the first and the current Globe, Henry V, will close the Globe to Globe Festival and launch the main 2012 theatre season in June. In continuation of the 2010 productions of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Henry V will be directed by Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole with Jamie Parker in the title role. Much loved for his performance as Prince Hal two years ago, Parker returns to the character, once known for his wild and youthful antics with Falstaff, to chart his journey into a mature man embarking on a successful conquest of France.
Completing the in-house 2012 theatre season will be a new production of The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, directed by Toby Frow. Following the Globe’s success at the recent Theatre Awards UK, at which it picked up the Renee Stepham Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre, the Globe is pleased to be touring four productions in 2012.
Anne Boleyn, which achieved 98% of full capacity attendance at the Globe this summer and received the 2011 Whatsonstage Award for Best New Play, will visit Cambridge, Birmingham, Blackpool, Brighton, Truro, Darlington, Malvern, Bath and Edinburgh between March and May 2012, in partnership with English Touring Theatre and supported by Arts Council England. Before its arrival at the Globe, Dominic Dromgoole’s production of Henry V will visit Liverpool, Cardiff, Oxford, Bath, Cambridge and Salisbury between April and June 2012. The Globe will continue its popular tradition of small-scale touring with revivals of its 2011 productions of Hamlet and As You Like It.
These two tours, which operate without the assistance of public subsidy, will visit beautiful open-air settings across the UK and Europe throughout the summer.
This announcement follows the unprecedented success of the 2011 The Word is God season, which achieved 89% of full capacity across the season. Four of the productions from the previous year’s Kings and Rogues season appeared in cinemas worldwide, and three of the 2011 productions – Much Ado About Nothing, All’s Well That Ends Well and Doctor Faustus – were filmed, to continue this commitment to distribute through cinemas, television, DVD and online in future. During 2011, over 143,700 £5 groundling tickets were bought – a significant achievement for a company that still operates without public subsidy.
The 2012 theatre season follows immediately after Globe to Globe, a multi-lingual Shakespeare project that forms part of the World Shakespeare Festival for the London 2012 Festival. Over the course of six weeks, beginning on Shakespeare’s birthday, 23 April 2012, the Globe will present all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, each in a different language, each by a different company from around the world. Booking for Globe to Globe is now open. For tickets, telephone 020 7401 9919 or log-on to www.shakespearesglobe.com.
Listings
English Touring Theatre presents the Shakespeare’s Globe production of Anne Boleyn
Supported by Arts Council England
Touring March-May 2012
Cambridge Arts Theatre 15-17 March
New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham 20-24 March
Grand Theatre Blackpool 27-31 March
Theatre Royal Brighton 3-7 April
Hall for Cornwall, Truro 10-14 April
Darlington Civic Theatre 17-21 April
Malvern Theatres
Theatre Royal Bath
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh 8-12 May
Shakespeare’s Globe in association with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse present Henry V
Touring April-June 2012
Liverpool Playhouse
New Theatre, Cardiff
Oxford Playhouse
Cambridge Arts Theatre 15 – 19 May
Theatre Royal Bath
Salisbury International Arts Theatre
(Salisbury Playhouse)