Finally, the day that all lovers of summer are waiting for: Mid August. After a tiring day away from home, I repeat that for tonight, Tuesday, August 15, 2023Italian television has decided to offer all viewers a variety of films to watch in order to relax and resume daily life and other TV shows.
What to watch on TV on the evening of August 15
Rai, in particular, has decided to dedicate the first evening of August 15 of its three channels to Italian cinema, broadcasting three completely different films that are part of the history of cinema in our country. Luchino Visconti’s masterpiece will be broadcast on Rai 1, Leopardbased on the novel of the same name by Giacomo Tomasi di Lampedusa. The story, set in Italy in the second half of the 19th century, shows how an aristocratic family struggles to adapt to the social changes in Sicily and Italy at that time, albeit with great difficulty. In the process of the unification of Italy, Garibaldi, Prince Don Fabrizio Salina, allows his nephew Tancredi to marry the beautiful Angelica, daughter of the bourgeois Don Calogero.
Paradise 3, right after Women’s European Volleyball Championshipwhere Italy will challenge Romania, starting at 22:00, it will pay tribute to the greatest figures of the Italian entertainment industry by broadcasting a film starring Renzo Arbore, FF.SS”. – That is: “… what did you take me to do above Posillipo, if you no longer love me?” which begins with the director himself and Luciano De Crescenzo asking San Gennaro for a miracle for the plot of the next film to be made. So, suddenly, sheets of paper with a new Fellini film descend from above, carried away by the wind from the master’s house, and they begin to shoot a film in the center of which is Lucia Canaria, a girl who works as a cleaner in the public toilets of Naples and has great singing talent, with which he tries to break into world of entertainment, performing on the stages of many shows and television programs. In the film, we see Pietra Montecorvino as the protagonist, surrounded by Gigi Proietti, Isabella Biagini, Roberto Benigni, Andy Luotto and other characters who play themselves, such as Raffaella Carra, Pippo Baudo, Bobby Solo, Gianni Morandi, Maria Giovanna Elmi. , Gianni Boncompagni and many others.
However, on Rai2, Marco Bocci will be the protagonist of the 2020 film titled 9 gaugewhich is a sequel to the movie Milan Caliber 9. The protagonist of Tony D’Angelo’s film is Fernando Piazza, the son of ex-criminal Hugo Piazza, played in the first film of the trilogy by Gastone Moschin, raised by his mother Nelli differently from her and her parent, in fact he became a criminal defense lawyer. But when a scam occurs, Fernando’s client becomes one of the prime suspects, and police commissioner Valerio Di Leo is on his trail. In addition to starring Marco Bocci, the cast included Barbara Bouchet (in the same role as Nelly as in the 1972 film), Alessio Boni, Michele Placido and Xenia Rappaport.
Rai 4 continues its Dark Thriller series with a supernatural-themed film titled Mara, in which actress Olga Kurylenko plays Kate, a renowned forensic psychologist called upon to solve a murder case in which the victim’s wife pleads not guilty. As the investigation progresses, Kate begins to suspect that the suspect is the victim of a malignant entity that strikes her while she is in a state between sleep and wakefulness. As the murders begin to multiply, the psychologist begins to convince himself of this theory, believing that she, too, has come under attack. The name “Mara” refers to the term Marawhich later became mother in Old English, from which the term “nightmare” or “nightmare” is derived.
Paradise 5, on the other hand, is streaming a movie Remember Starring Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow and Heinz Lieven. Introduced at the Venice Film Festival in 2015 and directed by Atom Egoyan, the film follows Zev, an elderly man who searches for the Nazi torturer who killed his family, but another terrible nightmare is brewing around the corner.
Canale 5 offers a feature film directed and interpreted by Robert Redforth. Horse Whisperer, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Nicholas Evans. In the cast outside of Redfort, we find Scarlett Johansson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ty Hillman, Sam Neil, Dianne Wiest, Kate Bosworth, Chris Cooper, Cherry Jones, Dustin Schwartz, Steve Fry, Jeanette Nolan, Jessalyn Gilsig, Don Edwards. The story follows 14-year-old Grace McLean, who is injured after an accident with her horse. The Pilgrim leaves her deeply wounded and is advised to lay her down. Her mother Ann, realizing the connection between her daughter and the animal, despite her husband’s opposition, decides to leave for Montana, taking her daughter and horse with her, to try to repair the relationship between Grace and Pilgrim by contacting horse expert Tom Booker. . The path of recovery, however, takes longer than expected, and only after a long time Grace is able to ride the Pilgrim again, and Robert arrives at the place, who, looking at his wife’s relationship with Tom, decides to leave her there. But the latter will understand what her place is and decide to leave Montana to fulfill her duties as a wife and mother.
There will be a broadcast on La-7 Little Nicholas and his parents2009 film based on children’s books Le Petit Nicolas René Goscinny and Sempe, which is about an 8-year-old French boy who learns that his friend, who has a younger brother, is getting less attention from his parents. One day, Nicolas, having overheard a conversation between his mother and father, misunderstands the speech and imagines that he will soon have a brother, and for this he decides to earn 500 francs in order to be able to hire a killer to kill a newborn. However, his idea is shattered when another friend of his tells him how good it is to have a brother. So, back home, his parents let him know that there is no new baby on the way, but a conversation with Nicholas makes him want to have another one. But when this is born, Nicolas becomes disillusioned with the fact that she is a child, and all his ideas of teaching him to play football and ride a bicycle evaporate, and when her relatives come to visit, he decides to mock her. From that moment on, Nicolas decides what his future will be – to be a comedian. The film also had a sequel called “Little Nicolas’ Vacation” released in 2014.
Tv8 will show one of the most beloved cult films of the 2000s. It’s about Revenge of the Blondes, 2001 film directed by Robert Luketic. Produced by Metro-Goldowyn-Mayer based on the book of the same name by Amanda Brown. The main character of the film is actress Reese Witherspoon, who plays Elle Woods, a very blonde and very spoiled girl who bases her life on following the rules read on cosmopolitan and spends all day shopping and walking with friends in the company of his faithful chihuahua Tyson. Due to her lifestyle, her boyfriend Warner leaves her in trouble, telling her that he thinks she is too frivolous and that he would like to start a career in politics and therefore she is not the right woman to be around him. Initially in crisis, Elle doesn’t give up and decides to follow Warner to the university with her radiance that sets her apart. Due to the success of the film, a sequel was made in 2003 called career blonde and in 2007, a Broadway musical based on the film and book was created called Legally Blonde – Revenge of the Blondes which also made its debut in Italy in the last theatrical season 2022/2023 with Lucia Blanco as the main character.
On Nova it will be offered during prime time Never United States, a 2013 film directed by Carlo Vanzina that tells the stories of Antonio, a waiter who lost everything to gambling, Angela, a divorced waitress who lives in a constant state of anxiety and panic attacks, Nino, a former mechanic who is divorced without a job, Carmen, who suffers from compulsive shopping, and Michel, a young man who grew up in a zoo. These five characters come together to redeem a father’s legacy they never knew existed. However, in order to take possession of this inheritance, they must bring the ashes of the deceased to the United States and scatter them on a lake in Arizona, but soon they will discover something very unpleasant. It stars Ricky Memphis, Paolo Bessegato, Anna Folietta, Vincenzo Salemme, Andrea Pittorino, Maurizio Mattioli, Ambra Angiolini, Giovanni Vernia, Daniela Piperno and Cathy Laddy.
Rai Movie will be broadcast spy, a film starring Jude Law, Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham, which tells the story of the carefree Susan Cooper, who works very effectively for the CIA and helps her colleague Bradley Fine, with whom she is secretly in love. When the latter gets into trouble, the CIA will send Susan to save his skin, but there is only one problem: the woman has never left her desk.
Rai Premium will dedicate the evening to the young Santa Maria Goretti by re-proposing the film Maria Goretti since 2003, starring Martina Pinto, part of the History di Santi cycle, and tells the story of the young Maria Goretti and how the girl grows up following the precepts of the Catholic religion and sacrifices her life to not satisfy the desires of her young neighbor at home. A TV movie shown 20 years ago was a huge success until its share reached 35%.
The revelation continues in Rai Storia, where Giorgio Zanchini invites us to learn about the journey of Ulysses, written by Homer inOdyssey linking history with geography and how much reality there is in this story, which still influences literature, cinematography and has a strong influence on psychology, which has always studied the relationship between members of the Ithaca royal family. In the presence of the professor of prehistory and archeology of the Aegean at the University of Palermo Massimo Cultraro, starting at 21:15, the meeting will be with Odyssey and with 5000 years or more. Long history of mankind.
As for Rete 4, the episodes of the series continue to be broadcast East New York and on Italia 1 new release Hyena Presence: Inside. Instead, Real Time offers entertainment for the whole family thanks to the dating show. first date while the special title will be broadcast on Focus Killer streets is dedicated to the most dangerous roads in the world, and the Food Network will be able to learn new recipes thanks to the cooking show In the kitchen with Luca Pappagallo.
On the other hand, those who subscribe to a Sky subscription will be able to watch Alessandro Siani’s latest film in prime time on Sky Cinema Uno. Through friendshipfollowed by a film starring Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, Don’t worry dear also available for on-demand streaming at NOW.