AN ITALIAN OCTOBER’S TASTE: THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN CYPRUS (19th-25th October 2015) AND A DIVE INTO THE ITALIAN CINEMA (15th -30th October 2015)

1. PRESS RELEASE
AN ITALIAN OCTOBER’S TASTE: THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN CYPRUS
(19th-25th October 2015) AND A DIVE INTO THE ITALIAN CINEMA (15th
-30th
October
2015)
The “Italian Language Week in the World” is an initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the “Accademia della Crusca” (1), under the
Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, that goes on from 2001. During this week,
Embassies, Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes organize various events to promote the Italian
language as a language of classic and contemporary culture.
Each year this special week has a different theme around which lectures, exhibitions, performances
and concerts evolve. The theme of this edition, L’italiano della musica, la musica dell’Italiano (The
Italian of Music, the music of Italian) is dedicated to the extraordinary quality of musicality of the
Italian Language, as explained in the video at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhjxDuSGutw
On this occasion, the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Cyprus Committee of the “Società
Dante Alighieri” and the Foundation T. Kanthos, has organized a concert “Sull’aria che soave” that
will take place on Tuesday 20th October at 8.30 p.m. at the Centre of Arts T. Kanthos. After a brief
introduction by Prof. Gaia Zaccagni on the Italian opera tradition, in which words are linked to
music, the evening will be a tribute to Italian music, edited by the Cypriot Conductor Ayis
Ioannidis, professor at the School of Music Art, and his best students. Famous arias for piano and
voice by various compositors (Vivaldi, Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini) will be performed. (see
the attached invitation).
Moreover, for all those who love the Italian cinema and would like to be updated about recent
productions, Italian movies will be screened at the University of Cyprus on Thursday 15th
October
at 8.00 p.m. and at the University of Nicosia, in collaboration with the Friends of Cinema Society
and Notoria International, from Monday 19th October to Friday 30th October 2015 (please see the
attached program).
The Embassy of Italy is also supporting the 5th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus that
will take place in Limassol at Rialto Theatre from 17th
to 23th October with three Italian short films:
“Caro Domenico” by Kate Jessop, “Due Piedi Sinistri” by Isabella Salvetti and “Pandemonia” by
Valerio Spinelli. (www.isffc.com.cy)
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(1) The Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran), generally abbreviated as La Crusca, is an Italian
society for scholars and Italian linguists and philologists established in Florence. It is the most important
research institution on Italian language as well as the oldest linguistic academy in the world.

2. CINEMA ITALIANO
Cine Studio (University of Nicosia)
Un giorno
speciale
A Special Day
(2012, 89’)
Regista/Director:
Francesca Comencini
Con/With: Filippo
Scicchitano, Giulia
Valentini, Roberto
Infascelli
LUNEDI’/MONDAY 19/10
21:00
INGRESSO LIBERO /
FREE ENTRANCE
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
SUBTITLES: ENGLISH
Gina e Marco vivono nella
periferia di Roma. I due si
incontrano in un giorno molto
speciale: il loro primo giorno di
lavoro. Hanno un futuro che li
attende e sembra davvero a
portata di mano. Gina è in
procinto di realizzare il suo
sogno di diventare attrice,
mentre Marco per la prima
volta ha trovato un'opportunità
che gli permette di iniziare a
sognare: un lavoro in una
società di noleggio auto come
autista. Riescono a conoscersi
bene poiché il primo compito di
Marco è quello di portare Gina
a un appuntamento, e a causa
di un ritardo, devono
condividere l'intera giornata.
Questo viaggio li porterà dalla
periferia al centro della città, e
servirà ad entrambi per
confrontare le proprie
esperienze e pensare a un
futuro che è già cominciato.
Gina and Marco are living in the
suburbs of Rome. The two meet
on a very special day: their first
day at work. They have a future
that awaits them and really
seems at hand. Gina is about to
realize her dream of becoming
an actress, while Marco for the
first time has found an
opportunity that allows him to
start dreaming: a job in a car
rental company as a driver.
They are enabled to know each
other since his first duty is to
drive Gina to an appointment,
and given a delay, they have to
share the whole day. This
journey will take them from the
periphery to the center of the
city, will serve both to compare
their experiences and think
about a future that has already
begun.

3. La mafia uccide
solo d'estate
The Mafia Only Kills
in Summer
(2013, 90’)
Regista/Director: Pif (as
Pierfrancesco Diliberto)
Con/With: Cristiana
Capotondi, Pif, Alex
Bisconti
MARTEDI’/TUESDAY 20/10
21:00
DOMENICA/SUNDAY 25/10
20:00
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
SUBTITLES: GREEK
Ispirata a eventi reali, questa
commedia nera sui 20 anni di
storia della Sicilia dal 1970 al
1990, sui beffardi boss mafiosi
e sul ripristino della generosità
degli eroi antimafia, è
incentrata su Arturo, un
giovane ragazzo che cresce a
Palermo e cerca di conquistare
la sua amata Flora.
Inspired by real events, this is a
black comedy about 20 years of
history of Sicily from 1970s to
1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses
and restoring the generosity of
the heroes of Antimafia. It is
focused on Arturo, a young boy
who grows up in Palermo and
tries to conquer his beloved
Flora.
La città ideale
The Ideal City
(2012, 105)
Regista/Director: Luigi Lo
Cascio
Con/With: Aida Burruano,
Luigi Maria Burruano,
Barbara Enrichi
GIOVEDI’/THURSDAY 22/10
21:00
INGRESSO LIBERO /
FREE ENTRANCE
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
SUBTITLES: ENGLISH
Un uomo porta il suo stile di
vita ecologico all'estremo.
A man takes his ecological
lifestyle to the extreme.

4. Il capitale umano
Human Capital
(2013,111’)
Regista/Director:
Director: Paolo Virzì
Con/With: Fabrizio
Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli,
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
VENERDI’/FRIDAY 23/10
21:00
MARTEDI’/TUESDAY 27/10
21:00
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
SUBTITLES: GREEK
I destini di due famiglie sono
irrevocabilmente legati quando
un ciclista viene spinto fuori
strada da una jeep la notte
prima di Natale.
The destinies of two families are
irrevocably tied together after a
cyclist is hit off the road by a
jeep in the night before
Christmas Eve.
La sedia della
felicità
The Chair of
Happiness
(2013, 105’)
Regista/Director: Carlo
Mazzacurati
Con/With: Valerio
Mastandrea, Isabella
Ragonese, Giuseppe
Battiston
LUNEDI’/MONDAY 26/10
21:00
INGRESSO LIBERO /
FREE ENTRANCE
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
SUBTITLES: ENGLISH
Un tesoro nascosto in una
sedia; una estetista ed un
tatuatore che si innamorano
durante la sua ricerca; un
sacerdote misterioso che
incombe su di loro come una
minaccia. Rivali all'inizio, poi
alleati, loro tre diventano i
protagonisti di un'avventura
incredibile, tra equivoci e colpi
di scena, inseguiti dalle colline
alla valle, dalla laguna di
Venezia alle cime innevate
delle Dolomiti, dove trovano
una valle remota abitata da un
orso e due fratelli.
A treasure hidden in a chair; a
beautician and a tattoo artist
who fall in love while looking for
it; a mysterious priest looming
over them like a threat. Rivals at
first, then allies, the three of
them become the protagonists
of an incredible adventure,
between misunderstandings
and dramatic twists, chased
from the hills to the valley, from
the Venetian Lagoon to the
snow-capped peaks of the
Dolomites, where they find a
remote valley inhabited by bear
and two brothers.

5. Pasolini
Pasolini
(2014, 84’)
Regista/Director: Abel
Ferrara
Con/With: Willem Dafoe,
Riccardo Scamarcio,
Ninetto Davoli
GIOVEDI’/THURSDAY 29/10
21:00
VENERDI’/FRIDAY 30/10
21:00
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH,ITALIAN
SUBTITLES: GREEK
Uno sguardo caleidoscopico
all'ultimo giorno del regista
italiano Pier Paolo Pasolini nel
1975.
A kaleidoscopic look at the last
day of Italian filmmaker Pier
Paolo Pasolini in 1975.