Cinema – 2024 Film Series

 

October 18, 2024

“Orlando”

When Orlando’s son unexpectedly dies after moving to Brussels from their farming village in Italy, Orlando learns he has a 13-year-old granddaughter. She’s as personable and sophisticated as he is rustic and stubborn, and he places her for adoption when — well, you know what they say about Italians and the bonds of family.

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October 25, 2024

“L’Arminuta” (A Girl Returned)

A 13-year-old girl living a nice middle-class life with her mom in Rome is unexpectedly taken to a farming family in the country and told she will now be living with her “real” mom. She navigates shock, rural life and new brothers and sisters as she unravels her family’s saga.

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November 8, 2024

“Santo cielo” (For Heaven’s Sake)

In this rollicking comedy shot in Sicily, God wants a baby to be born on Earth and become a new messiah, but the angel assigned to the task goofs up badly and suddenly a man becomes pregnant — and at the same time as his wife. The plot twists get crazier from there. 

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November 15, 2024

“Una Femmina: The Code of Silence”

In this searing, must-see film, a woman with a young daughter is killed by her family for betraying the camorra. The daughter grows into such a beauty that a mob boss kills her boyfriend, by whom she is pregnant, to aggressively pursue her. But like her mom, she has a mind of her own.

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