All screenings will be held in Space2435 North Quad. Movies will be shown in Italian with English subtitles. Free and open to the public.
Tuesday September 29th @ 7:00 PM
Il Sorpasso
On a deserted Ferragosto in Rome, a shy young law student is drawn into a spontaneous road trip by a brash, fast-talking stranger with a sports car. As the two men speed along the coast, their comic misadventures reveal the pleasures and anxieties of Italy’s economic boom. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Dino Risi,1962.
Tuesday October 27th @ 7:00 PM
La Signora senza camelie
It’s the story of a shopclerk named Clara who finds a chance casting in a small movie role develop into a full-blown career as screen-siren. Tension erupts when her husband can no longer tolerate watching her frivolous cinema escapades, and pushes her into a “serious, artistic” production of the life of Joan of Arc… whereupon she is castigated by the critical establishment. Featuring Lucia Bose, Gino Cervi, Alain Cuny. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, 1953.
Tuesday November 17th @ 7:00 PM
Catene
In the first of a series of meladramas directed by Matarazzo, a husband kills his wife's ex-boyfriend, who was blackmailing her. He flees to America, but is sent back to Italy to stand trial. The only way he can be set free is if his wife confesses to adultery—so the murder can be considered a crime of passion—but this estranges her from her family. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo, 1949.
Tuesday September 29th @ 7:00 PM
Il Sorpasso
On a deserted Ferragosto in Rome, a shy young law student is drawn into a spontaneous road trip by a brash, fast-talking stranger with a sports car. As the two men speed along the coast, their comic misadventures reveal the pleasures and anxieties of Italy’s economic boom. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Dino Risi,1962.
Tuesday October 27th @ 7:00 PM
La Signora senza camelie
It’s the story of a shopclerk named Clara who finds a chance casting in a small movie role develop into a full-blown career as screen-siren. Tension erupts when her husband can no longer tolerate watching her frivolous cinema escapades, and pushes her into a “serious, artistic” production of the life of Joan of Arc… whereupon she is castigated by the critical establishment. Featuring Lucia Bose, Gino Cervi, Alain Cuny. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, 1953.
Tuesday November 17th @ 7:00 PM
Catene
In the first of a series of meladramas directed by Matarazzo, a husband kills his wife's ex-boyfriend, who was blackmailing her. He flees to America, but is sent back to Italy to stand trial. The only way he can be set free is if his wife confesses to adultery—so the murder can be considered a crime of passion—but this estranges her from her family. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo, 1949.
| Building: | North Quad |
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| Event Type: | Film Screening |
| Tags: | Film, Italian Studies, Romance Language |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Romance Languages & Literatures RLL, Comparative Literature, Department of Film, Television, and Media, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, Language Resource Center |
| Upcoming Dates: |
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 7:00-9:00 PM
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