Actors Studio Screening
At Actors Studio Screenings, we facilitate engagement with films for a younger cohort, to enable the discovery of Cinema as a critical engagement with the world. The Actor Studio Screenings happen at Bocca Café (Master Canteen, Bhubaneswar) every Sunday. Each film is picked by the audience during the post screening discussion.
DECEMBER 2024 SCREENINGS
LOVELACE
By Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
2013 ‧ Documentary/Action ‧ 1h 33m
Lovelace (2013) delves into the life of Linda Lovelace, the star of the 1972 adult film “Deep Throat”. While the film initially captures the glamor and controversy surrounding Lovelace’s rise to fame, it delves deeper into the abuse and exploitation she endured behind the scenes, particularly in her relationship with her controlling and abusive husband, Chuck Traynor .The film follows Linda Boreman (Amanda Seyfried), a young woman from a strict Catholic family who becomes Linda Lovelace, an iconic figure in the adult film industry. Under the influence of her manipulative husband, Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard), Linda becomes the face of the sexual revolution through the film, Deep Throat. However, as her fame grows, her personal life spirals into a nightmare of abuse and control. Eventually, Linda escapes Traynor’s grip, reclaims her life, and tells her story. The film uses a dual-narrative approach, revisiting key moments to reveal the hidden truths, which adds emotional depth to the film.
INEQUALITY FOR ALL
Director: Jacob Kornbluth
(English/2013/110 min)
In his Wealth and Poverty class at UC Berkeley, former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich explores the severe economic and social consequences of a growing wealth gap. The documentary Inequality for All expands on this, illustrating how the middle class is the backbone of a healthy economy and democracy. Using data, historical context, and personal stories, Reich explains how rising income inequality weakens consumer spending, increases debt, and undermines social mobility. He advocates for policies like fair wages, progressive taxation, and investment in education to bridge the gap, warning that failing to address inequality could threaten societal stability and economic growth.
NOVEMBER 2024 SCREENINGS
THE BRINK
Director: Alison Klayman
(English/2019/92 min)
The Brink follows Steve Bannon after his White House exit as he rallies Europe’s right-wing leaders for his populist movement ahead of the 2019 European Parliament elections. Charming yet divisive, Bannon’s contradictions are exposed as he navigates political alliances, public backlash, and his relentless pursuit of populism. A sharp portrait of a polarizing figure and the global rise of far-right ideologies.
Starsuckers
(2009, Dir. Chris Atkins
is a sharp exposé on our obsession with fame and the media's role in fueling it. This documentary dives into the harmful impact of celebrity culture, especially on children, and the corporate profiteering behind it. Through undercover reporting, stunts, and animation, Atkins uncovers how baseless celebrity news spreads, how parents trade their children’s image rights, and how charity events often benefit stars more than causes. Presented in five "lessons," it explores how fame dominates modern culture and how publicists control narratives, leaving audiences questioning the real cost of our fascination with stardom.
AMERICAN DHARMA
Director: Errol Morris
(English/2018/98 min)
American Dharma is an intense interview with Steve Bannon, former Trump strategist and alt-right figurehead. Through Bannon’s favorite films, Morris unpacks his worldview, political rise, and role in Trump’s election. The film critically explores Bannon’s ideology, which Morris describes as terrifying yet essential to confront, portraying him as a compelling and dangerous figure.
MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
Director - Robert Kenner
(English/2014/93 min)
The Brink (Dir. Alison Klayman) follows Steve Bannon after his White House exit as he rallies Europe’s right-wing leaders for his populist movement ahead of the 2019 European Parliament elections. Charming yet divisive, Bannon’s contradictions are exposed as he navigates political alliances, public backlash, and his relentless pursuit of populism. A sharp portrait of a polarizing figure and the global rise of far-right ideologies.
E CORPORATION
Director - Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
(English, Spanish/2003/144 min)
What is a Corporation? What is its role in American Political Economy? The Film explores the impact of corporations on our health, environment, media, democracy, our next generation and what do we do to resist its influence. The film unravels by peeling the history, its impact and its possible futures.
THE END OF POVERTY?
Director - Philippe Diaz
(English, French, Portuguese,Spanish/2008/104 min)
The End of Poverty? (Dir. Philippe Diaz) explores how historical exploitation through colonization, slavery, and resource theft led to modern global poverty. Highlighting unjust debt, trade, and tax systems, the film questions why 20% of the population consumes 80% of resources, exceeding the planet's capacity to regenerate.
SEPTEMBER 2024 SCREENINGS
PEARLS OF THE DEEP
Director - Evald Schorm, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Věra Chytilová, Jiří Menzel
(Czech/1966/107 min)
A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.
AUGUST 2024 SCREENINGS
LOVES OF A BLONDE
Director - Milos Forman
(Czech/1965/88 min)
With sixteen women to each man, the odds are against Andula in her desperate search for love—that is, until a rakish piano player visits her small factory town and temporarily eases her longings. A tender and humorous look at Andula’s journey, from the first pangs of romance to its inevitable disappointments, Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) immediately became a classic of the Czech New Wave and earned Milos Forman the first of his Academy Award nominations.
DAISIES
Director - Vêra Chytilovâ
(Czech/1966/76 min)
Daisies (Dir. Věra Chytilová) follows two young women, both named Marie, on a chaotic spree of gluttony, destruction, and rebellion against patriarchy. A hallmark of the Czechoslovak New Wave, the film combines anarchic themes with experimental visuals, kaleidoscopic montages, and surreal costumes, making it a vibrant protest against authoritarianism.
A REPORT ON THE PARTY AND THE GUESTS
Director - Jan Nêmec
(Czech/1966/70 min)
A picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up.
JULY 2024 SCREENINGS
LEVIATHAN
Director - Andrey Zvyagintsev
(Russian/2014/141 min)
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
ELENA
Director - Andrey Zvyagintsev
(Russian/2011/109 min)
Elena is a woman of a certain age, living in a chic Moscow apartment with her wealthy businessman husband Vladimir. While Vladimir is estranged from his daughter, he does not mask his contempt for Elena’s own child, who seems to be in constant need of financial assistance. When Vladimir suddenly falls ill and his volatile, nihilistic daughter comes back into the picture, Elena must hatch a plan for her own survival.
THE RETURN
Director - Andrey Zvyagintsev
(Russian/2003/111 min)
A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.
JUNE 2024 SCREENINGS
FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES
Director - Toshio Matsumoto
(Japanese/1969/105 min)
Set in the underworld LGBTQ culture of 1960s Tokyo, Toshio Matsumoto's Funeral Parade of Roses combines different film forms to make for an avant garde loose adaptation of Oedipus Rex. A landmark film in LGBTQ and modern pop culture, Funeral Parade of Roses influenced Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange among other cinema.
RAFIKI
Director - Wanuri Kahiu
(English, Swahili/2018/82 min)
Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
Director - Pedro Almodóvar
(Spanish | 1999 | 101 min)
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress’ autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy’s father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
PARIS IS BURNING
Director - Jennie Livingston
(English/1990/78 min)
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza — PARIS IS BURNING brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community
THE WATERMELON WOMAN
Director - Cheryl Dunye
(English/1996/85 min)
Cheryl, a young black lesbian, works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy” roles relegated to black actresses during that period. This was the first feature film directed by an “out” black lesbian.
MAY 2024 SCREENINGS
CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER
Director - Jean Touch & Edgar Morin
(French/1961/85 min)
Sociologist Edgar Morin and anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch take to the streets of Paris to launch an inquiry into working class happiness and interview people about the state of their lives. They discover how differently people behave on camera in this documentary that started cinema verite. Sight & Sound 2014 voted sixth best documentary of all time.
APRIL 2024 SCREENINGS
MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT
Director - Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
(Spanish/1968/99 min)
In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. He finally meets Elena, a young girl he seeks to mould into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?
ZAMA
Director - Lucrecia Martel
(Spanish/2017/115 min)
Zama, an officer in a remote location, eagerly awaits the King's permission to move to Buenos Aires. However, he waits and is mistreated by his seniors who come and go while he stays
THE HEADLESS WOMAN
Director - Lucrecia Martel
(Spanish/2008/87min)
A mysterious tale of a middle-aged dentist, Vero, who experiences a particular psychological state, after meeting with a car accident. She tries to find out if she had killed someone.
THE HOLY GIRL
Director - Lucrecia Martel
(Spanish/2004/106 min)
Amalia (María Alche) is an adolescent girl who is caught in the throes of her emerging sexuality and her deeply held passion for her Catholic faith. These two drives mingle when the visiting Dr. Jano (Carlos Belloso) takes advantage of a crowd to get inappropriately close to the girl. Repulsed by him but inspired by an inner burning, Amalia decides it is her God-given mission to save the doctor from his behavior, and she begins to stalk Dr. Jano, becoming a most unusual voyeur.
21 GRAMS
Director - Alejandro Gonzàlez IñàrrituRelease
year - 2003, Language - English
A severely ill mathematician, an ex-convict and a grief-stricken mother find their lives intertwined through a fatal automobile accident that changes them in ways they could never imagine.
AMORES PERROS
Director - Alejandro Gonzàlez Iñàrritu
An amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
LA CINEGA
Director - Lucrecia Martel
(Spanish/2001/Colour)
The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.
MARCH 2024 SCREENINGS
LAND OF MY DREAMS
Director - Nausheen Khan
The Government of India passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (2019), making religion a criterion for citizenship and intended to exclude Muslims. Working-class women gathered in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi, and began a nonviolent sit-in protest against this discriminatory practice. Land of My Dreams is a recollection of what followed.
BARDO - FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS
Director - Alejandro Gonzàlez Iñàrritu
Bardo in the buddhist tradition is considered to be intermediate state between death and rebirth.Inarritu goes back to Mexico in a autobiographical mode - we see the protagonist a documentarian, a journalist living in the United States going back to receive an award in Mexico City. The film is a non-linear exploration of different states of the protagonist’s life - his relationship with his father, his relationship with his teenage son, his wife (trying to revive his youthful passion for her), his work as a chronicler of the migrant crisis in Mexico, his status as a creative professional living in the US. Reflective of his work as an artist located in his time, Mexico/US and its realities.
LOVE MEETINGS
Director :- Pier Paolo Pasolini
(1964/92 min/Italian)
Microphone in hand, filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini interviews Italians about their sexual mores and experience of relationships, covering topics such as homosexuality, divorce, virginity and discrimination.
VIDEOCRACY
Director - Erik Gandini
(2009/85 min/Italian)
Filmmaker Erik Gandini examines segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship.
FEBRUARY 2024 SCREENINGS
SORRY WE MISSED YOU
Director - Ken Loach
(English/2019/100 min)
Mired in a debt trap, Ricky, an uneducated man, heaves a sigh of relief when he is hired as a self-employed driver. However, soon his prejudiced fate leads to a major upheaval in his life.
El Conde
Director - Pablo Larrain
(Chile/2023/110 mins)
The film is set amidst 250 years’ of european history starting during the French Revolution through the armed takeover of General Pinochet in 1973 Chile. Pinochet was in power for over two decades, never punished, died a millionaire. The film is a vampire horror comic framing of the dictator Pinochet in his later life, having turned a vampire, squabbling children and a voiceover of Margaret Thatcher ends on a surprising twist. It takes the viewer through the modern historic period of Chile and contemporary events pushing us to pay attention to the day-to-day developments.
JANUARY 2024 SCREENINGS
ADULTS IN THE ROOM
Director - Costa - Gavras
(2019/124 min/English/Colour)
"Adults in the Room" is a French-Greek political film directed by Costa-Gavras. It is based on the book "Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment" by Yanis Varoufakis about the 2015 Greek bailout. It is Gavras' first feature film that was shot in Greece.
Alexis Tsipras, the former prime minister of Greece, assigns Yanis Varoufakis to strike a new deal with the European troika to avoid a debt crisis.
PRIDE
DIRECTOR - Matthew Warchus
(2014/120 min/English/color)
Based on a true story, the film depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners' strike in 1984, at the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign.
DECEMBER 2023 SCREENINGS
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDERETTE
Director - Stephen Frears(1985/98 min/English, Urdu/Colour)
During a street fight, Omar bumps into his former lover Johnny. The two rekindle the romance between them and manage Omar's uncle's laundrette, but various social issues stand in their
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Director - - Ari Folman
(2008/90 min/Hebrew)
Ari Folman is encountered with brief visions about the 1982 Lebanon War in which he served as an infantry soldier. When he is not able to recollect his experiences, he interviews his fellow
DIVINE INTERVENTION
Director - Elia Suleiman
(2002/92 min/English, Arabic, Hebrew)
Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and the West Bank arrange clandestine meetings in this acclaimed satire on life on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli border.
NOVEMBER 2023 SCREENINGS
THE TIME THAT REMAINS
Director - Elia Suleiman
(2009/119 min/English, Arabic, Italian, Hebrew)
Fuad, a gunsmith, witnesses the destruction in Nazareth after the Israeli takeover in 1948. Years later, his son Elia grows up defiant of the Israeli occupation and has trouble accepting the change.
IT MUST BE HEAVEN
Director - Elia Suleiman(2019/97 min/English, French, Arabic)
Elia Suleiman escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him. The promise of a new life turns into a comedy of errors: however far he travels, from Paris to New York.
OCTOBER 2023 SCREENINGS
JAI BHIM COMRADE
Director - Anand Patwardhan
(2011/200 min/Hindi, English, Marathi)
The film begins with a description of police violence in the 1997 Ramabai killings. It goes on to explore various aspects of the lives and politics of Dalit people in Mumbai. The film took 14 years to produce, and was released in 2011 after the conclusion of the court trials that followed the Ramabai incident.
AFTERSHOCKS : THE ROUGH GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY
.Director - Rakesh Sharma.(68 min/2002/Hindi, English, Gujrati).
Aftershocks is about the transformation of the Welfare State into an ally of the Corporation. It examines the acquisition and displacement of two earthquake-affected villages for lignite mining and power generation. It probes the microcosm in the nature of a study “from below” of globalisation of Economy and corporatisation of Democracy.
SEPTEMBER 2023 SCREENINGS
Father, Son and Holy War
Director : Anand Patwardhan
120 min/1995/English, Hindi
In a politically polarized world, universal ideals are rare. In India, as elsewhere, the vacuum is filled by religious zeal. Minorities are made scapegoats of every calamity as nations subdivide into religious and ethnic zones, each seemingly eager to annihilate the other or extinguish itself on the altar of martyrdom. FATHER, SON AND HOLY WAR explores in two parts the possibility that the psychology of violence against “the other” may lie in male insecurity, itself an inevitable product of the very construction of “manhood.”
AUGUST 2023 SCREENINGS
The Battle of Chile : Part 3 : The power of the People
1979/80 min/Spanish
THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE deals with the creation by ordinary workers and peasants of thousands of local groups of 'popular power' to distribute food, occupy, guard and run factories and farms, oppose black market profiteering, and link together neighborhood social service organizations. First these local groups of 'popular power' acted as a defense against strikes and lock-outs by factory owners, tradesmen and professional bodies opposed to the Allende government, then increasingly as Soviet-type bodies demanding more resolute action by the government against the right.
JULY 2023 SCREENINGS
The Battle of Algiers
Director : Gillo Pontecorvo
1966/English, French, Italian, Arabic
The Battle of Algiers (1966, Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo) dramatizes the Algerian War’s fight against French colonial rule, focusing on the titular battle. Shot in a gritty, documentary-like style with non-professional actors, the film embodies Italian neorealism. Acclaimed worldwide, it won the Golden Lion at Venice and ranks among the greatest films in Sight and Sound's 2022 poll.
The Laundromat
Director: Steven Soderbergh
2019/ English / 96'
The Laundromat” is a star-powered drama about a very complex issue: how the modern systems to protect wealth have left the meek farther from inheriting Earth than ever before. The issue of the Panama Papers never quite got enough attention in the press. It’s not quite sexy to point out how the 1% damages everyone else in the world as they avoid the law and taxes. It also doesn’t help that it’s an incredibly complicated issue, the kind that doesn’t lend itself to packages on the nightly news or feature films.
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY
Directed by Michael Moore
English, 2009, Documentary,127'
An examination of the social costs of corporations pursuing profits at the expense of the public good, Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story comes home to the issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans.
JUNE 2023 SCREENINGS
Happy Together
BY Wong Kar Wai
1997,96',
ChineseLai and his boyfriend, Ho, arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong, seeking a better life. Their highly contentious relationship turns abusive and results in numerous break-ups and reconciliations. When Lai befriends another man, Chang, he sees the futility of continuing with the promiscuous Ho. Chang, however, is on his own personal journey and, ultimately, both Lai and Ho find themselves far from home and desperately lonely.
MAY 2023 SCREENINGS
MINARI
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung
English, 2020, 115'
David, a 7-year-old Korean-American boy, gets his life turned upside down when his father decides to move their family to rural Arkansas and start a farm in the mid-1980s.
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES
HOTARU NO HAKA
Directed by Isao Takahata
Japan, 1988, 89'
After their mother dies following an air raid, a young brother and sister in Japan at the height of World War II struggle to survive and protect one another in an abandoned shelter.
OLDBOY
Directed by Park Chan-wookKorean
/2003/120
'Imprisoned by a sadistic captor for 15 years, Oh Dae-su survives only because of his will to get even with the villain who has made his life a living hell. But when he’s suddenly released without explanation, he embarks on a quest for revenge and finds himself plunged into a Kafkaesque conspiracy.
APRIL 2023 SCREENINGS
The Menu
by Mark Mylod
2022/English/106min
A young couple visit an exclusive restaurant on a remote island to indulge in a lavish tasting menu, prepared by a famed chef. Yet their appetites are satisfied with some unusual ingredients and shocking surprises.
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore
2002/120mins
Bowling for Columbine (Dir. Michael Moore) explores America’s gun culture and the fear driving it in the aftermath of the 1999 Columbine massacre. Through interviews with survivors, NRA figures, and others, Moore traces the impact of firearms on society. An Oscar-winning documentary, it remains a powerful and relevant critique of America’s relationship with guns.
MARCH 2023 SCREENINGS
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Directed by Ruben ÖstlundSweden, United Kingdom, 2022Comedy149'
Carl and Yaya are influencer fashion models whose relationship is increasingly soured by money. Offered free places on a luxury cruise, they find themselves sharing a superyacht with arms dealers and an oligarch, while a cynical Marxist alcoholic captains the ship as things quickly turn upside-down.
FEBRUARY 2023 SCREENINGS
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Directed by Ruben ÖstlundSweden, United Kingdom, 2022
Comedy149
'Carl and Yaya are influencer fashion models whose relationship is increasingly soured by money. Offered free places on a luxury cruise, they find themselves sharing a superyacht with arms dealers and an oligarch, while a cynical Marxist alcoholic captains the ship as things quickly turn upside-down.
JANUARY 2023 SCREENINGS
DON'T LOOK UP
Directed by Adam McKayUnited States, 2021Comedy, Drama138'
Two mid-level astronomers discover that a meteorite will destroy Earth in six months, prompting them to go on a media tour to warn mankind. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
DECEMBER 2022 SCREENINGS
THE SQUARE
Directed by Ruben ÖstlundSweden, Germany, 2017Comedy, Drama151'SwedishEnglish & 4 more
MATUREChristian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum. While preparing his new exhibit—a four-by-four-meter zone designated as a “sanctuary of trust and caring”—Christian falls prey to a pickpocketing scam, which triggers an overzealous response and then a crisis of conscience.
NOVEMBER 2022 SCREENINGS
BACURAU
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles, 2019
Drama, Thriller, Western 131'
Portuguese, English & 5 more
ADULT
Bacurau, a settlement in rural Brazil, is shaken by its matriarch’s death. But something strange is happening, the water supply has been cut off, and the village has disappeared from satellite maps completely. Under threat from an unknown enemy, Bacurau braces itself for a brutal fight for survival.
A FANTASTIC WOMAN
UNA MUJER FANTÁSTICA
Directed by Sebastián Lelio
Chile, Germany, 2017
Drama, LGBTQ+, 104'
Marina, a transgender nightclub singer, comes under suspicion when her much older lover Orlando suddenly dies. After being harassed and threatened by her late boyfriend’s vengeful relatives and the police, she must defend her rights as both Orlando’s partner and as a human being.
120 BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)
120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE
Directed by Robin Campillo
France, 2017
Drama, LGBTQ+, 143'
Early 1990s. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, Act Up-Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indifference. Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up by Sean, a radical militant.
OCTOBER 2022 SCREENINGS
GREAT FREEDOMGROSSE FREIHEIDirected by Sebastian Meise
Austria, Germany, 2021Drama,
LGBTQ+117'GermanIn post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is imprisoned again and again under Paragraph 175, a law criminalizing homosexuality. Over the course of decades, he develops an unlikely yet tender bond with his cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer.
SEPTEMBER 2022 SCREENINGS
CINEMA PARADISO
NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Italy, France, 1988
Drama, Romance, Comedy
124'
Salvatore, a successful filmmaker, remembers his childhood in his war-torn Sicilian village—where the perfect place to escape from life was the Cinema Paradiso. His deep love of films all started there, instilled by Alfredo, the theatre’s projectionist
