The Lavazza Italian Film Festival will once again showcase the very best of new Italian cinema.
In the Opening Night film Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti), seven friends at a dinner party decide to share the content of every message, email and phone call they receive over the night during which more secrets than expected are revealed. Director Paolo Genovese's cunningly crafted drama hosts an all star cast including Alba Rohrwacher, Kasia Smutniak, Edoardo Leo, Giuseppe Battiston, Valerio Mastandrea and Marco Giallini.
The festival will also host the world premiere of The Space Between by Melbourne filmmaker Ruth Borgobello. The first Australian-Italian feature co-production is a cross-cultural romantic drama starring Flavio Parenti and Maeve Dermody and a true celebration of "la dolce vita". The filmmaker and cast members will be present at Q&A screenings nationally.
Other festival highlights include:
- Sweet Dreams (Fai bei sogni) by Marco Bellocchio, the film adaptation of Massimo Gramellini's best seller "Sweet Dreams, Little One".
- Solo (Assolo), in which veteran Italian actress Laura Morante firmly cements herself as part of the new wave of Italian Cinema with her Woody Allen style comedy which she writes, directs and stars in.
- Daddy's Girl (Belli di papà) stars Diego Abatantuono in the hilarious role of a wealthy father who decides to reach his over privileged children a lesson by pretending his company has gone bankrupt.
- Arianna, the story of a 19-year-old girl's belated coming-of-age in which gender and identity are explored.
- Italian Race (Veloce come il vento), which is set in the world of motor racing and stars Stefano Accorsi. A young motor racing championess (played by new face Matilda De Angelis) and her disgraced brother (Accorsi), the adrenaline of high-speed races and a broken family are the ingredients of this film.
- Fiore, the story of a teenager discovering herself and finding love at a juvenile detention centre. Directed by Claudio Giovannesi, the movie showcases the luminous presence of newcomer Daphne Scoccia.
The full program will be announced on 16th of August.
Presented by Palace Cinemas, the festival will screen exclusively at the following locations nationally:
Sydney - from September 13 to October 9, Palace Norton St, Palace Verona, Chauvel Cinema.
Melbourne - from September 15 to October 9, Palace Cinema Como, Palace Balwyn, Palace
Brighton Bay, Palace Westgarth and The Astor.
Hobart - from September 15 to September 25, State Cinema.
Canberra - from September 20 to October 12, Palace Electric.
Adelaide - from September 21 to October 12, Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas.
Perth - from September 22 to October 12, Cinema Paradiso, Luna on SX.
Brisbane - from September 28 to October 19, Palace Barracks.
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