2012

www.sandiegoitalianlmfestival.com
OCT 26
THROUGH
NOV 11
Nothing can truly capture the exquisite
pleasure of time spent in Italy, but theres
a way to come close here in San Diego:
Join us at the San Diego Italian Film
Festival, from October 26th through
November 11th for feStivale 2012. SDIFF
wi// present seventeen fabu/ous ji/ms that
will transport us into the rich Italian life
we want to discover and inhabit, with
laughs, music, tears and insights.
Inc/uded in the /ine-up is a retrospective of acc/aimed ji/m director Nanni Moretti,
ojten ca//ed the Woody A//en of Ita/y (more acerbic, more po/itica/, but equa//y absurd).
Whi/e it is impossib/e to cover the who/e of Ita/ian /ife, the themes and the /oud critiques
that /ife stimu/ates, the ji/ms qive us an exce//ent p/ace at the tab/e in the center of a very
busy piazza. Caro diario (Dear diary, ipp}) and Il caimano (The Caiman, zoo)
are ear/ier works, but we' // a/so show Moretti's /atest ji/m, Habemus Papam
(We Have a Pope, zoii), winner of numerous awards a// over Europe.
Wherever you /ook in our feStiva/e schedu/e, you' // jind fascination and /ife at fu// ti/t.
Benvenuti al sud (We/come to the South) turns on its head the aqe o/d prejudice of
Italys north toward its south. Mine vaganti (Loose Cannons) by Turkish-born director
Ferzan Ozpetek is a hi/arious portrait of a fami/y enmeshed in conj/ict caused by qenera-
tional issues and sexual identities. Dont miss Passione, actor director ]ohn Turturro's
exuberant tribute to the sonqs and sinqers of Nap/es, Ita/y, the second of our three Musica/
Movies series.
The feStiva/e parties are the best in town. At the head of the festiva/ parade is a dashinq
members-only party (become a Member and come to the party!) at the La ]o//a shores.
C/osinq the feStiva/e is the Ga/a, one of the most passionate, de/icious and fun eveninqs
in town everyone is invited!
So here's what you qet Ita/y's best ji/mmakers, rewardinq perspectives into Ita/y today,
dreams of a better world and laughs at the foibles of this one, an artistic look at current
prob/ems and ajter these qreat movies you need to jind your way to our parties to share
with us the beauty and tastes of Italian culture right here in San Diego. Join us - and get
a big piece of Italy.
Venues
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
619-238-7559
www.mopa.org
The Birch North Park Theatre
2891 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
619-239-8836
www.birchnorthparktheatre.net
SDIFF Board of Directors
Victor Laruccia, Executive Director
Joseph Annino
Anthea Beletsis
Clarissa Cl
Janice Laruccia
Ron Miriello
Carol Patterson
Don Santamaria
Saundra Saperstein
Don Stadelli
Pasquale Verdicchio
Rosetta Sciacca Volkov
Discover & Inhabit Italy
throuqh ji/m and events at feStiva/e zoiz
Special Thanks
Specia/ thanks to the City of San Dieqo Commission for Arts & Cu/ture,
and the Linnie Cooper Foundation for jinancia/ support and to
]acob Ty/er, our brand communications aqency.
2012
Linnie Cooper
Foundation
presented by
Rosetta and Michael Volkov Family
presented by
Mary and Giuseppe Annino Family
A/berto is the manaqer of a Post Ojjice in a sma// town in the northwest of Ita/y. Under
pressure from his wife Si/via, he wi// do anythinq to qet a transfer to Mi/an even qoinq
so far as to pretend he is disab/ed to qet hiqher up on the transfer /ist! But this stunt
backjires and as a punishment he is transferred to a sma// town near Nap/es, which, for
a person from the north, is a real nightmare.
Stujfed with prejudices, A/berto /eaves a/one to brave what he considers the /and of
Camorra, fu// of dirty, /azy southerners. But surprises and discoveries enqaqe A/berto
and qive us qreat /auqhs as A/berto becomes part of the /ife of the south, even assistinq
in making love matches.
The prob/em is, however, how does he te// Si/via? Since he has /ejt, not on/y has their
re/ationship been reborn, but to the eyes of his friends in the north, A/berto has become
a real hero.
2012 MEMBERS ONLY RECEPTION
OCT
27
SATURDAY
FILM + MEMBERS RECEPTION
Benvenuti a/ sud (Welcome to the South)
zoio, Luca Miniero, ioz mins
Starrinq C/audio Bisio, A/essandro Siani and Anqe/a Finocchiaro
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
On Friday October 26th, the SDIFF will honor and
entertain its members with an Italian party at the
La ]o//a Beach and Tennis C/ub.

This is on/y for members and their quests.
Members are a precious resource for the Ita/ian
Film Festival, and this party opens the 2012 feStivale.
The /ocation is specia/, a sunset co/ored beach in
La ]o//a with the C/ub nest/ed in a pa/m-/ined bay,
and a beautifu/ pa/azzo on the sand. The dishes are
specially chosen and prepared for you, the movie is
another fun treat and the company is not merely
festive but focused particularly on pleasures of an
Italian sort helping to keep vibrant this Italian
Film Festival with companions of like mind and with
more de/iqhts for the senses. Entry to this party for
members is $40, and for guests of members $50.
Come prepared for a qood time, and he/p us ce/ebrate
the loyal support SDIFF members give to enhance
the work of their Italian festival.
Recent/y dumped screenwriter Ezio (Fabio
De Luiqi) is havinq troub/e writinq a story
about two neurotic families whose paths
cross when their teenage children, Filippo
and Marta, decide to marry. The fami/y
members - Fi/ippo's parents (p/ayed by
scene-stea/er Fabrizio Bentivoq/io and
the maqnijicent Marqherita Buy) and
Marta's parents (the remarkab/e Dieqo
Abatantuono and Car/a Sinoris) arranqe
to have dinner to meet for the jirst time,
with hi/arious consequences. Ezio soon
writes himself into his script, and into a
love story, while the characters bother
him about havinq biqqer and better ro/es!
Gorqeous/y shot, p/ayfu//y acted and
energetically paced, Salvatores tips his hat
to the ji/m's oriqins on staqe (co-scripter
A/essandro Genovesi he/ped adapt his own
successfu/ p/ay) with openinq shots of a
stage curtain, preparing the audience for
the theatrical interplay to come.
Happy Fami/y
zoio, Gabrie/e Sa/vatores, po mins
Starrinq Fabio De Luiqi, Fabrizio Bentivoq/io, Marqherita Buy,
Dieqo Abatantuono, Car/a Sinoris
Reception starts at 5:30 PM Movie starts at 8:00 PM
$40 members / $50 guests of members
La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club
This is a private event for SDIFF members.
No tickets available to general public.
Become a member today and join the Member's On/y reception
by visitinq www.sandieqoita/ianji/mfestiva/.com
OCT
26
FRIDAY
A RETROSPECTIVE
Nanni Moretti
OCT
28
SUNDAY
Nanni Moretti, writer, producer, director, actor, and
an independent artist in an industry that steam-rolls
independent artists - he is one of Italys best directors
in the /ast }, years. He has a/so scored some of the
most prestigious accolades in cinema.
Born in ip,} when wor/d cinema was beqinninq to turn toward new adventures
and to new theories of cinematic creativity and authorship, Moretti entered his
ado/escence knowinq he wanted to make ji/ms, and he p/unqed into the work and
arquments of post Wor/d War II ji/mmakers, now masters, particu/ar/y the French
nouve//e vaque. In a/most every interview with him, Moretti articu/ates the basic
princip/es of auteur ji/mmakinq He wants a ji/m to be his voice. And what a voice
it is.
By aqe zo he had /ejt forma/ education for se/f-education in ji/mmakinq,
beqinninq with Super 8 equipment. His jirst feature ji/m came in ip;. Since then
he has produced over 11 features, most with himself as the principal male lead.
Several, such as Ln stnnzn dI jIgIIo (The Son's Room), have received major
awards wor/d-wide. He has his own production company and movie theater in
Rome, where he's /ived since his birth in the A/to Adiqe.
Whi/e many critics /ike to say Moretti is Ita/y's Woody A//en, due to the existentia/
themes and bumb/inq /ead ma/e actors in most of their ji/ms, Moretti is both more
po/itica//y enqaqed, more absurdist and at times more rea/ist. His key ma/e characters
are deep/y but human/y j/awed, incompetent to hand/e /ife's vicissitudes, but
involved in circumstances that shed a wry light on both the absurdity of social and
political conditions and at the same time on the magical way his characters, and
by extension all of us, manage to not exactly meet but run blindly through lifes
cha//enqes. Moretti's wry humor, never mean, never cheap, a/ways i//uminates
and makes hopeful our possibilities for getting through all these problems.
The SDIFF has se/ected three of his ji/ms Caro diario (1993), Il caimano
(2006), Habemus Papam (2011) - to give an idea of the range and power
of his voice, and while perhaps not enough to give a historical overview of this
master, they will still give us a good sense of not only the stories he likes to tell
but the voice he uses to endear his work to cinema lovers all over the globe.
Caro diario (Dear Diary)
ipp}, Nanni Moretti, ioo mins
Starrinq Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri and Giovanna Bozzo/o
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
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Nanni Moretti writes, directs and stars in this whimsica/ journey
of se/f-discovery. Moretti qained internationa/ attention in ipp,
when this ji/m won the Best Director award at Cannes. The ji/m
is presented in three chapters: In Vespa, Islands, and Doctors.
These "diary entries" serve as an out/et for Moretti's interna/
journey and se/f-rea/izations of Ita/ian cu/ture. Moretti exp/ores
Italy both inside and out, through the winding streets of Rome to
the Aeo/ian Is/ands to the frustrations of an imperfect medica/
system. He uses rea/ /ocations and exp/ores socia/ and po/itica/
issues to create a postmodern twist on Italian Neorealism.
This ji/m is the perfect combination of comedy, rea/ity, rhythm
and poetry and gives us a director focused on celebrating the
pleasures of life while acknowledging its burdens and giving us
hope for the future.
presented by June and Mark Fabiani Family
OCT
30
TUESDAY
Pane e tu/ipani (Bread and Tulips)
2000, Silvio Soldini, 114 mins
Starrinq Licia Maq/ietta, Bruno Ganz and Giuseppe Battiston
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
Durinq a coach tour, Rosa/ba (Licia Maq/ietta), a forty-year-o/d housewife, is 'forqotten'
and /ejt behind in a motorway service area. Rosa/ba overcomes her initia/ irritation
and seizes the unexpected opportunity to escape from her everyday routine and embarks
on a short adventure of her own, to Venice. As soon as she arrives, Rosa/ba phones her
husband but his unreasonable response and other chance occurrences induce her to stay
in Venice longer than planned.
Stronq actinq, qreat characters, and Venice ojferinq not on/y /ove but /ife, make this ji/m
a marvelous crowd pleaser, and the views inspire the artist in us to capture some of the
art of /ivinq dejined by this specia/ p/ace where the stranqe is norma/, the beautifu/ is
everyday, and the past whispers of a special zest for life.
Preceded by photo show by A/yce D. Duti/e
Introducinq the ji/m wi// be A/yce D. Duti/e, a professiona/
photographer who has spent time in Venice working on a book of
photography to be published this fall. Dutile will give us an inside
look at her work and describe Venice as her inspiration for her art.
A punqent portrait of a jishinq community on the is/and of
Lampedusa (ojf the western coast of Sici/y), Respiro is set in
the present but evokes a primitive existence that really hasnt
chanqed much over the /ast ha/f century. The main character,
Grazia (Va/eria Go/ino), is a beautifu/ but emotiona//y
unstab/e jisherman's wife and the mother of three her wi/d
mood swings and erratic behavior begin to rankle the town
and to precipitate domestic havoc. When her fami/y and
neiqhbors decide to send Grazia to Mi/an for treatment,
she runs away and hides in a cave by the sea. In a ji/m that
beqins in a neo-rea/ist mode, Grazia's se/f-exi/e eventua//y
takes on a mythic dimension.
Respiro
zooz, Emanue/e Cria/ese, p, mins
Starrinq Va/eria Go/ino, Vincenzo Amato and Francesco Casisa
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
OCT
29
MONDAY
presented by Robert deRose Family
presented by Exclusively Italian
and the ]une and Mark Fabiani Fami/y
Bankrupt in his professiona/ and persona/ /ife, movie
producer Bruno Bonomo is jindinq it impossib/e to
raise the jinances for his /atest project, "The Return
of Christopher Co/umbus." Entanq/ed in debts and
his own weaknesses, struggling with a capsizing
marriaqe and his wayward kids, Bruno is qoinq under.
By chance, he meets a younq director who qives him
her script, "The Caiman." At jirst Bruno takes it for
a ha/f-hearted thri//er. Later, a more carefu/ readinq
revea/s it is a subt/y disquised ji/m about the Prime
Minister Si/vio Ber/usconi. No /onqer can he stand
back. He must set up the production. Yet in the midst
of endless setbacks and problems, a new spirit is
awakened in Bruno, and with it, the assertion of
his diqnity. Washed up as he seems, he jinds within
himself the desire to see through to the end of the
project, which arrived by chance but which now he
sees as a matter of life and death.
Il caimano (The Caiman)
zoo, Nanni Moretti, iiz mins
Starrinq Si/vio Or/ando, Marqherita Buy and ]asmine Trinca
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
OCT
31
WEDNESDAY
Terraferma
zoii, Emanue/e Cria/ese, 88 mins
Starrinq Fi/ippo Puci//o, Donate//a Finocchiaro and Beppe Fiore//o
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
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A po/itica/ powder keq sparks intense drama in Emanue/e Cria/ese's /atest ta/e of
workinq c/ass /ife on a Sici/ian is/and. On this occasion, Cria/ese's protaqonist is
Ernesto (Mimmo Cuticchio), an o/d-fashioned jisherman on an is/and that's quick/y
turninq into a tourist trap. Happeninq upon an imperi/ed boat/oad of African refuqees,
he se/j/ess/y rescues a handfu/ of passenqers and hides them from the authorities.
Meanwhi/e, Ernesto's dauqhter-in-/aw (Donate//a Finocchiaro) and qrandson
(Fi/ippo Puci//o) aqonize over the potentia/ repercussions of harborinq i//eqa/
immigrants until one of them is driven to commit a horrendous crime.
We//-versed in the customs and concerns of Sici/ians, Cria/ese has directed a ji/m
that's rich in authenticity and qenerous with its insiqhts. The writer/director possesses
a qijt for seam/ess/y incorporatinq front-paqe issues into the fabric of an intimate
fami/y drama. In a narrative rife with struqq/es the most compe//inq conj/ict found
here is undoubtedly the one between traditional values and an increasingly callous
wor/d. This ji/m and Sunday's ji/m Io sono Li will be the focus of a round table
discussion ajter Sunday's movie at MoPA. P/ease check the San Dieqo Asian Fi/m
Festiva/ website for description of the Korean ji/m In Another Country, with
Isabe//e Huppert.
presented by Patricia and William Moore Family
presented by Janice and Victor Laruccia Family
Tommaso, an aspirinq writer, is the younqest chi/d in the /arqe,
eccentric Cantone fami/y which owns a pasta factory in Puq/ia. He has
come home from Rome for an important family dinner at which his
father will hand over the management of the pasta factory to him and
his brother, Antonio. Determined to assert his own persona/ choices,
Tommaso p/ans to announce at the dinner that he is qay. But that
eveninq, just as he beqins to say, "si/ence p/ease", to Tommaso's surprise, and everyone
elses shock, he is upstaged by his brother.
This is Ozpetek ('Facinq Windows', 'Iqnorant Fairies') at his best, ski//fu//y portrayinq
the dizzying complexities of the relationships within large extended Italian families
where everyone seems to hide at /east one secret. Here the best p/ans of a patriarcha/
family run into the hilarious realities of modern Italy.
]ohn Turturro directs a spectacu/ar and beautifu/ /ove poem to the city of Nap/esa city
of music, of culture and most of all, its extraordinary people.
The stunninq and evocative music of Nap/es takes center staqe in ]ohn Turturro's fourth
directoria/ outinq with maqnijicent resu/ts. Turturro immerses us in the rich cu/ture
that lies within the complex city, exploring the dynamic music which continues to
dejine its traditions. Rich/y textured and /ayered, Passione vibrant/y combines archiva/
footage with astonishing musical numbers on the streets, inside the sites and within the
hearts of its people.
Turturro's /ove of Ita/y adds weiqht and poiqnancy to his portraya/ of
the robust and diverse sounds created by past and current artistswho
obviously understand and share the energy which encompasses their
wor/d. Hiqh/iqhted sounds from such masters as Serqio Bruni,
Massimo Ranieri and Renato Carosone and contemporary artists /ike
M'Barka Ben Ta/eb and ]ames Senese are seam/ess/y b/ended toqether
for a captivatinq journey throuqh music that exp/ores ideas of /ove,
loss, sex, birth and death.
This is SDIFF's second movie in its "Fi/m and Music" series.
NOV
03
SATURDAY
Mine vaqanti (Loose Cannons)
2010, Ferzan Ozpetek, 110 mins
Starrinq Riccardo Scamarcio, Nico/e Grimaudo and A/essandro Preziosi
7:00 PM $10
The Birch North Park Theatre
A Niqht at the Birch with
Fi/mOut Community Partner
Passione (Passion)
zoio, ]ohn Turturro, po mins
Starrinq ]ohn Turturro, Max Case//a and Lina Sastri
7:00 PM $10
The Birch North Park Theatre
NOV
02
FRIDAY
presented by
Immediate/y ajter the screeninq there wi// be a
round-tab/e discussion on ji/m and immiqration.
Dr. C/arissa C/o wi// moderate and wi// be joined
by Dr. Brian Hu of the San Dieqo Asian Fi/m Festiva/
and Dr. Aine O'Hea/y of Loyo/a Marymount
University. Dr. Pasqua/e Verdicchio and director
Andrea Seqre wi// join us from Rome via Skype.
The discussion wi// a/so address Terraferma,
(showinq Thursday, November i) and the Korean ji/m
In Another Country directed by Honq Sanq-soo,
and starrinq Isabe//e Huppert, sponsored by the SD
Asian Fi/m Festiva/, to be screened at MOPA before
Io sono Li.
For more information and ticket prices, visit the
SDAFF website www.sdnjf.org.
Movie co-hosted in partnership with the
San Dieqo Asian Fi/m Festiva/ and fo//owed
by a discussion on ji/m and immiqration.
Io sono Li (Shun Li and the Poet)
zoii, Andrea Seqre, ioo mins
Starrinq Tao Zhao, Rade Serbedzija and Marco Pao/ini
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
NOV
04
SUNDAY
Many recent European ji/ms have chronic/ed the socia/ and persona/ consequences of
the recent wave of immiqration to Europe, but few with the de/icacy and insiqht of
Andrea Seqre's /ove/y ji/m. Brouqht to Ita/y by a "broker" that she's s/ow/y payinq ojf
whi/e savinq money to brinq across her son, Shun Li (Zhao Tao, ]ia Zhanq-ke's muse in
Platform and The World) is sent from her factory job to a bar in Chioqqia, a sma//
town in the Veneto /aqoon. There she strikes up a friendship with Bepi, a jisherman
nicknamed "the Poet," himse/f a representative of an ear/ier immiqration to Ita/y from
Eastern Europe. The two come to share a specia/ understandinq, and their re/ationship
transforms them both.
Seqre ejfective/y draws us into this "immiqrant wor/d," not simp/y to expose its unfairness
but to reveal the ways in which immigrants create their own special support systems.
An unusua/ and compe//inq jirst feature deserved/y se/ected for the Director's Fortniqht
section of the Venice Fi/m Festiva/, this has a terrijic centra/ performance by Zhao Tao as Li,
which is both restrained and heartfe/t. Li and the Poet takes the essence of an a//- too-rea/-
/ife situation (the re/ative/y recent inj/ux of Chinese immiqrants into the environs of Venice)
and qives us a vivid contemporary story that is a/so simu/taneous/y a new ji/mic /ook at
aspects of Venetian life, refreshingly naturalistic and free of picture postcard tourism.
Italian Studies Program presented by
Based on a book by Wa/ter Ve/troni, the perceptive new ji/m from award-winninq director
Riccardo Mi/ani te//s the passionate and hauntinq true story of jazz pianist Luca F/ores.
Piano, solo fo//ows F/ores (Kim Rossi Stuart), one of the briqhtest musica/ ta/ents to
emerqe in Ita/y in the past few decades, from his boyhood in Africa to his years p/ayinq
with such qreats such as Chet Baker & Dave Ho//and. But sad/y, as he deve/ops his
prodiqious, spe//bindinq ta/ent at music schoo/ in F/orence and discovers jazz, his /oved
ones watch helplessly as he retreats further and further into his personal darkness.
Rossi Stuart is masterfu/ as F/ores, capturinq not just his artistry, /oves, anxieties and
madness, but a/so, the essentia/ eniqma that dejined this qreat artist and that continues
to fue/ his popu/arity as a cu/t jiqure in Ita/y more than ten years ajter his death.
This is SDIFF's third ji/m in its "Fi/m and Music" series.
NOV
05
MONDAY
Piano, so/o
zoo;, Riccardo Mi/ani, io, mins
Starrinq Kim Rossi Stuart, ]asmine Trinca and Pao/a Corte//esi
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
NOV
06
TUESDAY
Tutta co/pa di Giuda (Freedom)
zoop, Davide Ferrario, ioz mins
Starrinq Kasia Smutniak, Fabio Troiano and Gian/uca Gobbi
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
An ambitious younq theater director takes some serious /iberties
with theology and accepted history as she stages a new play
behind bars in this ojjbeat comedy from writer and director
Davide Ferrario. Irena (Kasia Smutniak) is a forward thinkinq
director who trave/s to a penitentiary in Turin to staqe a new
p/ay at the invitation of chap/ain Father Iridio (Gian/uca Gobbi).
Irena has been told she will have complete creative control over
the production, but she discovers as long as shes using inmates
as cast and crew, she has to dea/ with Iridio and warden Libero
(Fabio Troiano), who have some fair/y stronq ideas of their own.
presented by
in honor of
Jennie and Vito Bianchi
presented by Maria and Don Santamaria Family
Senza arte n parte (Make a Fake)
zoii, Giovanni A/banese, po mins
Starrinq Giuseppe Battiston, Giu/io Beranek and Donate//a Finocchiaro
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
Enzo, his wife and two sma// chi/dren, Carmine with his aqinq mother, and Bandu/a,
an Indian immiqrant, jind themse/ves unemp/oyed and penni/ess ajter their boss
decides to modernize his factory and replace part of the workforce with machines.
But /ater he re-hires the three workers to become quardians of a modern art co//ection
that he is bui/dinq, in which they discover a new universe where a jinqerprint on an eqq
is worth a fortune. They soon come up with a c/ever
but risky plan to leverage their position and take
advantaqe of their new situation. The resu/t is just
what they had hoped for, as they celebrate their
success, until something goes horribly wrong.
NOV
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WEDNESDAY
NOV
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THURSDAY
Habemus Papam (We Have a Pope)
zoii, Nanni Moretti, ioz mins
Starrinq Miche/ Picco/i, Nanni Moretti and ]erzy Stuhr
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
What wou/d happen if the Pope qot co/d feet? In Nanni Moretti's
wry comic drama, the new/y e/ected Pope, Cardina/ Me/vi//e
sujfers a panic attack just as he is due to appear on St. Peter's
balcony to greet the faithful who have been patiently awaiting
the conclaves decision.
When the Cardina/'s advisors are unab/e to convince Me/vi//e
that he is the riqht man for the job, they seek he/p from a
renowned psychoanalyst - and atheist - played by director
Moretti. But the fear of the responsibi/ity sudden/y thrust on
him is one prob/em that Me/vi//e must face on his own.
Whi/e Moretti and his co-screenwriters provide their own take on
a very specijic wor/d, the themes of the ji/m and the protaqonist's
anguish carry a universal resonance that speaks to audiences far
removed from the Vatican.
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Filippis Pizza Grotto
presented by
This marve/ous ji/m is inspired by the true story of Mirco Mencacci, one
of the most qijted Ita/ian sound editors workinq today, who happens to
be b/ind. Born in a sma// vi//aqe in Tuscany, in ip;i, Mirco is a briqht,
/ive/y io-year-o/d, crazy about the movies - especia//y Westerns and
adventure ji/ms. His father, an incurab/e idea/ist, is a truck driver. One
day, whi/e Mirco is p/ayinq with an o/d rij/e, the qun accidenta//y qoes
ojf /eavinq him b/ind.
At that time, Ita/ian /aw considered b/ind peop/e hope/ess/y handi-
capped, and did not permit them to attend pub/ic schoo/. Hence, younq
Mirco's parents are forced to shut their son up in a specia/ schoo/ for the b/ind. In the
beqinninq Mirco does not accept his new condition, but he is feisty and determined.
When he jinds an o/d tape recorder and a few used ree/s and discovers that by cuttinq
and splicing tape he can create little fairy tales made only of sounds, a brand-new world
opens up to him and to his schoo/mates. The biq issues of friendship, bu//yinq, disabi/ity
and creativity are touched on in this unusua/ ta/e that wi// /ijt your heart and inspire you.
Rosso come il cielo (Red Like the Sky)
zoo, Cristiano Bortone, p mins
Starrinq Francesco Campobasso, Luca Capriotti and Marco Cocci
7:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
The San Diego ltalian Film Festival
would like to thank villa Capri Ristorante
for its generous continued support -
and for the delicious food that makes
the Gala the best party in town!
V|||a Capr| Cuc|na Ita||ana
3870 valley Centre Drive #301
San Diego, CA 92130
858.720.8777
NOV
09
FRIDAY
GALA
Saturday, November 10, 2012, will
be a day you wont forget that is,
if you join the San Dieqo Ita/ian
Fi/m Festiva/ at its annua/ Ga/a,
the best party in town. This is the SDIFF's
major annua/ fund-raiser but even more it is
the high point of the festivals celebration of
Ita/ian /ife at its jinest, una festa, una cena, una serata da
ricordare per sempre. This is the SDIFF's th annua/ qa/a,
and it has a reputation for glorious food, drink and enter-
tainment that lets us all know the best in Italian life, the
connections we make to family and friends through food,
drink and stories. And whi/e you enjoy yourse/ves at this
splendid table in our piazza, you will have the satisfaction
not only of an evening spent in these earthly delights but
also of the heavenly support you have given to this tireless
festival dedicated to bringing you the best of Italian culture
here in San Dieqo. So join in as soon as you can, the tickets
qo quick/y. The p/easures are divine as is your support.
This ji/m fo//ows the SDIFF Ga/a party and is open
on/y to Ga/a quests.
A/ice (Pao/a Corte//esi) is a housewife in a posh part of
Rome and a mother to nine year o/d Fi/ippo (Giovanni
Bruno) enjoyinq a /uxurious home and /ifesty/e. When
her husband dies in a car accident she is /ejt with a
massive debt and the risk of losing her son. Desperately
in need of cash, and with no ski//s, A/ice turns to the
oldest profession in the world.
Rea/izinq she is tota//y out of her depth, A/ice /ooks
to another escort, Eva (Anna Foq/ietta), for quidance
and soon she goes from awkward amateur to seductive
professiona/. Meanwhi/e A/ice and her son move to
her former butlers neighborhood, and a new world
of working-class folk including a love interest in
Giu/io (Ita/ian heart-throb Raou/ Bova).
Corte//esi, who won Ita/y's equiva/ent of an Oscar
for this role, exudes warmth and charm as the new
hiqh-price ca// qir/. This is a frothy ji/m with over-the-
top comedy, romantic sentimenta/ity and just a dash
of social commentary.
2012 SDIFF GALA
NOV
10
SATURDAY
6PM
GALA + FILM
Starts at 6:00 PM Movie fo//owinq Ga/a
$100 members / $80 for SDIFF members
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
Film
Nessuno mi puo qiudicare
(Escort in Love)
zoii, Massimi/iano Bruno, p, mins
Starrinq Pao/a Corte//esi, Raou/ Bova and Rocco Papa/eo
presented by Sara and Frank Antonicelli Family
AN EVENT FOR AND ABOUT CHILDREN
What happens when fami/ies /eave behind their roots to arrive in an unfami/iar rea/m,
their chi/dren unwittinq/y becominq anchors in the mae/strom of nove/ty? De/ve into
the lives of these children as they share their thoughts and dreams of immigration
whi/e ojferinq a fascinatinq insiqht into their perspective of nationa/ boundaries and
cu/tura/ divides. Director Marco Lora especia//y crajted for the SDIFF this tapestry of
cross-cultural young voices using a mix of direct interviews and animation to present a
documentary with the Ita/ian American Academy of San Dieqo, proud/y premierinq at
the SDIFF.
NOV
11
SUNDAY
miqrACTION
Miqration throuqh the eyes of our chi/dren
zoiz, Marco Lora
2:00 PM $5 suggested donation
Museum of Photographic Arts, MoPA
Visit or call for a free consultation
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THE ART OF BRANDING
personified
OCT 13, 2012 - FEB 3, 2013
MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHI C ARTS
1649 EL PRADO | SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 | 619.238.7559 | WWW.MOPA.ORG
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Department of European Studies
College of Arts and Letters
L o s A n g e l e s
Istituto
Italiano
di Cultura
Culture, Language,



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2012 SDIFF
BECOME A MEMBER
Now in its sixth year, the San Dieqo Ita/ian Fi/m Festiva/ continues to present jirst-run,
award winninq Ita/ian ji/ms to a wide and diverse audience. This year, that audience expanded
with the screeninq of a mini-festiva/ of three ji/ms in the North County at the La Pa/oma
Theater in Encinitas.
The San Dieqo Ita/ian Fi/m Festiva/ has evo/ved into an important piece of the city's arts and
cu/ture /andscape. Fi/ms are presented year-round, a/onq with severa/ siqnijicant cu/tura/
events and a fa// feStiva/e, which ojfers seventeen superb ji/ms between October zth and
November 11th.
Much /ike an Ita/ian piazza, SDIFF provides a p/ace where everyone can participate in the /ife
and cu/ture of Ita/y that is admired and enjoyed by so many. And Ita/ian movies provide the
means for creatinq this piazza from which to watch /ife parade before us. As we /ook forward
to another extraordinary season, we invite you to become a member of the San Diego Italian
Fi/m Festiva/. Your membership is essentia/ to our future and enab/es us to provide exceptiona/
proqrams for a// to enjoy.
To become a member or for additiona/ information, qo to
www.sandieqoita/ianji/mfestiva/.com
The San Dieqo Ita/ian Fi/m Festiva/ is a ,oic (}) non-projit orqanization
ABOUT SDIFF
The San Diego Italian Film Festival has become a leading organization for the
disseminalion oI Ilalian arls and cullure in San Diego, presenling hlms, and a
few very special events, year-round in addition to the fall feStivale, which will
oBer you sevenleen wonderIul movies belween Oclober z6lh and November lh.
SDIFF founders realized some years ago that movies would provide the means for
re-creating a lively Italian piazza, a way to watch Italian life unfold, thrive or come
undone, to bring back memories, to debate the multiplicity of Italian identities and
to connect with as many people as could be reached.
In its sixth year, the San Diego Italian Film Festival continues to present award
winning Ilalian hlms lo wide and diverse communilies. Our audiences are lrealed
to the unique insights and perspective given in an introduction to each movie by
one of the SDIFF directors or guests, each of whom brings their own history and
Italian expertise to the SDIFF.
While many festivals celebrate movies, or celebrities, the San Diego Italian Film
Festival celebrates culture a special culture that turns heads all over the world.
Join us as we continue our explorations into Italian culture.
The San Dieqo Ita/ian Fi/m Festiva/ is a ,oic(}) non-projit orqanization
2012
www.sandiegoitalianlmfestival.com