In preparation for the film series dedicated to Italian icon Ugo Tognazzi at the Castro Theatre, the Italian Cultural Institute is screening Portrait of My Father (2010). Directed by Tognazzi’s daughter Maria Sole, the film is an affectionate tribute revealing the complicated brilliance of Ugo Tognazzi, both as a famous actor and as a family man, through rare home movies, film clips and on-set footage, and warm and witty remembrances by his children Ricky, Gianmarco, Thomas, and his close collaborators Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola, Michel Piccoli, Laura Morante, Valeria Golino, among others.
Directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi
Screenplay: Manuela Tempesta, Maria Sole Tognazzi
Length: 85min.
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Free Admission | RSVP Required
Thursday, April 25, 2019 | 6:30pm
Italian Cultural Institute, 601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F
Ugo Tognazzi: A Film Series at the Castro Theatre
Saturday, April 27, 2019
The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St.