Lido Cantarutti presents the 2024 Italian Film Festival of Marin County
Originally started as an informal, one-time only presentation of Italian movies in a college lecture hall, the Italian Film Festival of Marin County has grown over its 47 years into a perennial favorite in the San Francisco Bay Area. From the beginning it has been a labor of love for its longtime director, Lido Cantarutti. Under his direction the program has included appearances from Italian film directors and composers, dignitaries of the Italian and Italian-American communities, and an authentically Italian atmosphere at every presentation. The centerpiece, however, is always top-quality Italian cinema.
All shows take place at the Angelico Concert Hall on the Dominican University campus in San Raphael, California, at 5:30 PM and 8 PM.
All films are in Italian or original language with English subtitles.
All films are suggested for mature audiences.
With the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.
Under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco.
PROGRAM
SATURDAY, SEP 28, 2024 • 5:30 PM & 8:00 PM
A HUNDRED SUNDAYS (Cento domeniche)
Dir: Antonio Albanese
Italy, Drama, 2023, 94 min
Cast: Antonio Albanese, Sandra Ceccarelli, Maurizio Donadio, Liliana Bottone
Synopsis: Antonio, a former shipyard worker, leads a quiet life: he takes care of his elderly mother, he has an ex-wife with whom he maintains an excellent relationship and Emilia, his beloved daughter. When she announces that she is getting married, Antonio believes he can give her the wedding they have always dreamed of, by using his life savings. Too bad that his bank seems to be hiding something.
SATURDAY, OCT 5, 2024 • 5:30 PM & 8:00 PM
PERFECT STRANGERS (Perfetti sconosciuti)
Dir: Paolo Genovese
Italy, Comedy/drama, 2016, 97 min
Cast: Giuseppe Battiston, Marco Giallini, Anna Foglietta, Edoardo Leo, Kasia Smutniak, Valerio Mastandrea, Alba Rohrwacher, and Benedetta Porcaroli
Synopsis: During a dinner party, seven friends decide to play a dangerous game. Each attendee places their cell phone on the table and agrees to make all texts and calls public to show that they have nothing to hide. What at first seems like a playful distraction between friends quickly turns into something much more toxic as the messages begin to reveal how little they may know about their partners and acquaintances.
SATURDAY, OCT 12, 2024 • 5:30 PM & 8:00 PM
THE WAR MACHINE (Comandante)
Dir: Edoardo De Angelis
Italy/France, Biography/drama/history, 2023, 122 min
Synopsis: Ath the beginning of WW2, Salvatore Todaro is in command of the submarine Cappellini of the Italian Royal Navy. While navigating in the Atlantic in 1940, the outline of a merchant ship comes into view, sailing without lights through the darkness of the night. She is the Kabalo, which later turns out to be a Belgian vessel, and suddenly opens fire on the submarine.
SATURDAY, OCT 19, 2024 • 5:30 PM & 8:00 PM
THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW (Primadonna)
Dir: Marta Savina
Cast: Claudia Gusmano, Fabrizio Ferracane, Francesco Colella
Italy/France, Drama, 2022, 102 min
Synopsis: Lia is independent and doesn’t fit in with the rigid culture of 1960’s Sicily. What starts off like a fairytale romance with Lorenzo soon turns into a nightmare when he takes her with brute force. Lia is forced to marry the man who raped her to save her honor. But for one of the first times in Italian history, Lia will defy all social expectations and engage in a personal legal battle for self-determination. Based on the true story by Viola Ardone, The Unbreakable Heart.
SATURDAY, OCT 26, 2024 • 5:30 PM & 8:00 PM
ZAMORA
Dir: Neri Marcorè
Cast: Alberto Paradossi, Marta Gastini, Neri Marcorè, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
Italy, Comedy, 2023, 100 min
Synopsis: Walter, an accountant at heart and on the job, is forced to transfer from his small town and take a position in a company in Milan. The owner, who is [passionate about soccer, makes his employees engage in weekly soccer games – singles against married couples. Walter, who doesn’t like soccer, offers to be the goalie. But he allows too many goals, and his colleagues rename him “Zamora,” sarcastically comparing him to the great Spanish goalkeeper on the 1930’s. Feeling betrayed and embarrassed in front of a love interest, Walter devises an original plan to take revenge. Based on the book by Roberto Perrone>
SATURDAY, NOV 2, 2024 • 5:30 PM & 8:00 PM
WINTER LEMONS (I limoni d’inverno)
Dir: Caterina Carone
Cast: Christian De Sica, Teresa Saponangelo, Franceso Bruni
Italy/Poland, Drama, 2023, 110 min
Synopsis: Pietro is a refined 70-year-old retired literature professor who leads a solitary life. The plants on his terrace are his sole concern, especially the lemon tree, even though it has not been bearing fruit since his wife’s death. Eleonora, 40, has recently moved with her husband Luca into the apartment facing Antonio’s. On a hot summer night, when Luca is away, Eleonora and Pietro meet while they water their plants, It is a magical, seductive encounter that, night after night, will turn into a silent appointment and bring them even closer.