Enjoy nine recent Italian films and one program of short films at the 2023 Italian Film Festival USA of Portland. Films shown in Italian with English subtitles at Fifth Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall Street, on the campus of Portland State University, and the Lincoln High School Theatre, 1750 SW Salmon St. Sponsored by Volpi Foods, Caffè Umbria, Giovannai Cafiso-Inhabit Real Estate, Mucca Restaurant, Gallo Nero, Pinolo Gelato, Italian Benvenuti Club, Nostrana, Nicoletta's Table and Il Bel Paese Genealogia; in collaboration with the Associazione Culturale Italiana and Portland State University.
Schedule:
7:00 p.m: Well But Not Very Well (Director, Francesco Mandelli, Drama, 2018, 100 min.) - 5th Avenue Cinema
Candida is fifteen years old. When her father loses his job, she moves to Turin with him, starts a new life, and attends a new high school. She makes friends with Jacopo, an introverted boy who's often bullied by his classmates, and the two get along well, but his father does not approve of their friendship.
9:00 p.m: Aspromonte, Land Of The Forgotten (Director, Mimmo Calopresti, Drama, 2019, 87 min.) - 5th Avenue Cinema - Film Sponsor: Il Bel Paese Genealogia
In 1951, no road connects a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte with other towns. In the wake of a tragedy, the inhabitants put aside their work and unite to build a road.