In the organizer's words:

The Italian Cultural Institute Cologne presents the third edition of In Sala. Cineclub italiano with four additional screenings moderatedby Eugenio Riversi.

After the screening of the film by Andrea Segre, Berlinguer. La grande ambizione (2024), Filmclub In Sala will show Greta Scarano's La vita da grandi (2025), which tells the story of an autistic man's longings. In April, the program continues with Napoli New York (2024) by Gabriele Salvatores, based on a script by Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli, featuring two Neapolitan orphans who emigrate to the United States at the end of the 1940s. In Cento domeniche (2023), director Antonio Albanese himself plays the leading role of a skilled worker who unexpectedly finds himself strugglingwith severe financial difficulties . In other words, a cinema series that uses four different stories to inspire reflection and show the desire of its protagonists to assert themselves and fight for their own goals despite adverse circumstances.

Calendar:

Thursday, January 15, 6:30 p.m.

Berlinguer. La grande ambizione - Andrea Segre, 2024

Italian with English subtitles

In the presence of the screenwriter Marco Pettenello

Thursday, March 12, 6.30 pm

La vita da grandi - Greta Scarano, 2025

Italian with English subtitles

Thursday, April 23, 6.30 pm

Napoli-New York - Gabriele Salvatores, 2024

Italian with English subtitles

Thursday, May 21, 6.30 pm

Cento domeniche - Antonio Albanese, 2023

Italian with English subtitles

The screenings will take place in the theater hall of the IIC Cologne. Before the movie there will be a short introduction in Italian. Afterwards there will be a small drink in the foyer.

Attendance is free of charge.

The historian Eugenio Riversi has been working at the Institute of History at the University of Bonn since 2011. Since 2013, he has also been involved in the programming and presentation of the "Italian Film Series" at the Institute of Romance Studies there. He has also been a member of staff at the Bonn Cinematheque since 2018.