The summer season of SuperCinema in Modena ends with a month of discounted tickets for all films: Italian, European and international. From August 10 to September 3, we are waiting for the cinematic phenomenon “Barbie” by Greta Gerwig, the highest-grossing film ever made by a woman director, two premieres of “The Blue Kaftan” by Maryam Tuzani and “The Last Moon of September” by Amarsaikhan Baljinnayam and the presentation of the film “I ( I say manu fatti” by Fabrizio Trigari, shot for the fiftieth anniversary of Anche Emilia-Romagna, and “Ciao Gabian” by Fabio Fasulo and Vincenzo Malara. There will be the most interesting films such as Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light and Todd Field’s Tar. In addition to joining the “Film Revolution, what a summer show” campaign until September 3rd with a rich selection of Italian and European films with a single entry ticket for 3.50 euros, there is also the possibility to offer other films, a ticket with a discount of 5.50 euros to make access to the nearly 800-seat summer arena even more convenient and inclusive.
Italian cinema in the review “Accadde Domani”
The Italian Cinema Space with the “Accadde Domani: Year of Italian Cinema” review, in collaboration with Fice Emilia Romagna and the Emilia-Romagna region, presenting the most interesting films and documentaries of the season just ended. Returning on Saturday 12 August is Riccardo Milani’s Thank You Guys, the adaptation of the French film Triumph by Emmanuel Curcola, which tells the story of Antonio Cerami, an unemployed theater actor who agrees to run a theater workshop in prison and enthusiastically stages “In waiting for Godot” Beckett with a group of prisoners. With Antonio Albanese, Vinicio Marchioni and Giacomo Ferrara. Filmed in Modena last summer, Marco Bellocchio’s Rapito arrives (August 13), which tells the story of a Jewish child, Edgardo Mortara, who, in 1858, at the age of seven, was taken by the papal state and delivered to his family. for being raised a Catholic. With Fabrizio Gifuni, Fabrizio Timi and Enea Sala.
Mid-August under the banner of an Italian comedy with Fabio De Luigi “Three Too Many”, who plays her along with Virginia Raffaele: the film tells the story of a family and parent-child relationships in the format of an Anglo-Saxon comedy in which a supernatural event radically changes the everyday reality of the main heroes. An evening dedicated to crime, August 18, with “L’ultima notte di Amore” by Andrea Di Stefano, which tells the story of Franco Amore, a police lieutenant who, on the night before his retirement, is called to investigate a crime scene. a crime that will forever change the course of his life. With Pierfrancesco Favino. Mario Martone’s “Someone Out There Loves Me” returns on August 23, commemorating Massimo Troisi’s seventieth birthday, with a documentary that celebrates his genius through unpublished footage. Thursday, 24 years old, the return of Nanni Moretti’s “The Sun of Abner” after the successful Cannes Film Festival, a film within a film in which the director touches on topics that have always been dear to him, such as politics, couples and psychotherapy. and cinema. Star cast with Margarita Bui, Silvio Orlando, Barbora Bubolova and, of course, Moretti himself. Friendship, love, music, irony and melancholy for Pupi Avati’s La 14a Domenica che tempo ordinario (25 August) set in Bologna. the same adults. One of the most beloved Italian films by audiences and critics is back: Eight Mountains by Felix van Gröningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch (August 26), awarded at Cannes, is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Paolo Cognetti, winner of the Strega Prize. An award that tells the story of Pietro and Bruno, played by Luca Marinelli and Alessandro Borghi, about their friendship and the attraction of the mountain. Stranezza by Roberto Ando (August 27) is a hymn to the love of the theatre, set in 1920, when Luigi Pirandello returns to Sicily in honor of Verga’s eightieth birthday. Starring Tony Servillo and the duo Ficarra and Picone in a new guise. On September 2nd, Francesca Archibugi’s Hummingbird, based on the Strega Award winner Sandro Veronesi’s novel of the same name, stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Benedetta Porcaroli and Casia Smutniak in the lead roles. The film takes us into a story of fatal coincidences, losses and absolute love that from the 1970s reaches a future we don’t yet know.
European and foreign films among prizes and major productions
Like every year, there is no shortage of last season’s great success and international productions that have received public and critical acclaim, won awards at the most important festivals, as well as two premieres: Maryam Touzani’s The Blue Kaftan (August 22), a film about housekeeping, attentive to the nuances of the soul, where manual work and the time devoted to it become a metaphor for life, and the balance and secrets of the family are called into question by the arrival of a young student; The Last Moon of September by Amarsaikhan Baljinnayam (August 29), the director’s first feature reflects on parenthood and offers an opportunity to experience a world rarely seen on screen: Mongolia.
Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” returns on August 10 in the original language with subtitles, a journey between the Bible and “Moby Dick” through the work of playwright Hunter (who signs the script), where the director brings up the subject. drifting of the physical as a means of ascension and spiritual redemption. For this performance, Brendan Fraser won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Double Encounter with the Movie Phenomenon of Summer: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (August 11 and 19), with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, live action on the most famous doll in the world, which is also a contemporary feminist parable. François Ozon returns to the big screen with Mine Crime I Guilty (August 14), bringing to the screen a yellow comedy that is a dazzling feminist manifesto where emancipation meets a taste of social satire. With Isabelle Huppert and Fabrice Luchini. On August 16 comes Mark Forest’s Not So Close, where a man’s life is turned upside down by an unexpected friendship with his neighbors, and his memory is revived through objects, details, broken dreams and lost illusions. On Thursday 17 August, Frances O’Connor’s Emily, a delicate and deliberately unconventional biopic about the youth of British poet and author Emily Bronte, will hit the screens. With Emma McKee.
Luca Guadagnino’s latest masterpiece, Bones and All, presented in Venice, interpreted by Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell, arrives on 20 August. The film, directed by the director for the first time in America, is an author’s teen drama in which violence meets absolute love, and the search for one’s identity collides with social rules and acceptance. Also returning is James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Doom (August 21), the fifth chapter of the saga, starring Harrison Ford as the world’s most famous archaeologist, accompanied on this adventure by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. . On August 28, Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light is released in the original language with subtitles performed by Olivia Colman, telling the story of England in 1981 and the power of cinema as a place of passion, imagination and even happiness. Cate Blanchett stars in Todd Fields’ Tàr (August 30), which tells the story of a great female musician and conductor as she explores the fluid nature of power, its persistence and impact on the modern world. A new rendezvous with Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Death Wage Part One, the seventh chapter of the Tom Cruise saga, which in this first part of the story is both more comical and dramatic than the previous chapters, confirming itself as one of the films of the most important action . We return to the French comedy Lucky Man by Tristan Seguela (September 1), which touches with wit and irony on some of the central themes of modern society, such as gender identity. With Fabrice Luchini. The season will close on Sunday, September 3 with Tariq Selekh’s Cairo Conspiracy, which won an award at Cannes. A work between a political thriller and a spy film that, starting with the death of the Imam and the ensuing battle for his succession, offers reflections on the complex relationship between secularism and religion.
Shared screens and presentations
The Shared Screens project returns again this year, a selection of short films selected by the film festivals of the province of Modena that will precede the screening, with an appointment for 20:30: August 16 Ribalta Experimental Festival; Cinedanza August 17; August 18 DIG; August 19 Better crazy than short and Modena Viaemili@docfest; August 22 Nonantola Film Festival and August 24 Ennesimo Film Festival. In addition, two documentaries will be screened in anticipation of the scheduled screenings: on Thursday, August 31 at 20:30, the premiere of Fabrizio Trigari’s “I manu(fatti) parla” (16 min.), a film made for the fiftieth anniversary of Anche Emilia – Romagna, and which will be represented by the representative of Reeds. And on September 3rd, to welcome the summer of cinema under the stars, at 20:30 there will be a screening of “Ciao Gabian” by Fabio Fasulo and Vincenzo Malara (36 min.), a film dedicated to Ermes Rinaldi, the famous Modena innkeeper. . The film will be presented in cinemas by both authors.
How to access the arena, tickets and season tickets
In August and September, sessions are held at 21:15. Until September 3rd, thanks to the “Film Revolution, What a Summer Show” campaign, Italian and European cinema with a single entry ticket for 3.50 euros. For films not participating in the promotion, the ticket price will be 5.50 euros. The box office opens 1 hour before the start of the performance according to the schedule. Online box office at www.webtic.it (90 minutes before the show) with direct access to the theatre. The seats in the kiosks are numbered, the spectators will have to sit in the designated seats. Possible payment pos. Purchased and unused tickets are non-refundable. In the event of bad weather, a decision to suspend the show will be made closer to the scheduled start time and pre-sold tickets will be replaced with other tickets. The organization is not responsible for any changes in the participation of films in the promotion with discounts on the entrance ticket. The SuperCinema Estivo food service is run by Juta snc and opens together with the box office, one hour before the start of the show, with a rich offer of soft and alcoholic drinks, pizza, rolls, coffee, ice cream, snacks. , candies. Information: www.arcimodena.org, SuperCinema Estivo Modena Facebook page or email modenasupercinemaestivo@gmail.com.