Schedule:

April 16, 2024

7:00 pm: Zamora

Walter, an accountant at heart and on the job, is forced to transfer from his small town and take a position in a Milan company. The owner, who is passionate about soccer, makes his employees engage in weekly soccer games. Walter, who doesn’t like soccer, offers to be the goalie. But he allows too many goals and his colleagues rename him “Zamora”, sarcastically comparing him to the great Spanish goalkeeper of the 1930s. Feeling betrayed and embarrassed in front of a love interest, Walter devises an original plan to take revenge! Can he succeed?

Based on the book by Roberto Perrone

April 18, 2024

7:00 pm: I FRATELLI DE FILIPPO

It is the beginning of the twentieth century, the three siblings Peppino, Titina and Eduardo, live with their beautiful young mother, Luisa De Filippo. There is no father in the family, or rather he hides in the role of "uncle" Eduardo Scarpetta, the most famous, richest and acclaimed actor and playwright of his time. Scarpetta, although not recognizing his three natural children, introduced them to the world of theater from an early age. Upon the death of the great actor, his legitimate children divide his inheritance, while Titina, Eduardo and Peppino receive nothing. To the three young people, however, "uncle" Scarpetta passed on a special gift, his great talent, which however did not fall to his legitimate son Vincenzo, also an actor and playwright, who became the owner of his father's company. The redemption from the painful family history passes through the formation of the De Filippo trio, a dream cherished for years by Eduardo and his brothers and finally realized, overcoming difficulties and conflicts. The De Filippo story is that of a family wound that is transformed into art. And of three young people, who, by joining forces, give life to a completely new way of telling reality with a gaze that reaches into the future.

April 22, 2024

7:00 pm: Palazzina LAF

1997. Caterino is one of the many workers in the Ilva steel mill in Taranto. Company management decides to eliminate problem employees and asks Caterino to spy on co-workers. Soon, not understanding the situation, he, too, asks to be placed in the LAF building, where employees, as punishment, are forced to report to work but have no other activity than to pass the time.

Caterino will discover first hand that what seems like a paradise is in reality nothing but a perverse strategy to psychologically break the unwanted workers, pushing them to resign or be demoted, in what has since been termed as “mobbing”. And there is no way out for Caterino from that hell.

Based on a true story that culminated in the first Italian trial for mobbing of workers.

April 24, 2024

7:00 pm: Short Film Program

Eternal Rest
Chiara, a 10-year-old girl, throws a stone at her little brother. Frightened, she runs away and hides at grandma Enza's house; to distract her, the woman will tell her a ghost story revealing an important truth.

The Sea That Moves Things   
Massimo is the owner of a beach resort where he lives with his wife and two daughters. Everything has changed since he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The encounter with an African boy will give him the opportunity to understand that he is still able to care for others.   

Lost Traces   
An old inspector and a clumsy assistant investigate the mysterious missing of an elderly man. There aren’t traces of his family and a kidnapping is suspected. To solve the mystery they’ll need to go further through their family history, missing loved ones and illnesses that nurture memories.   

Sky(pe)   
From heaven, a father manages to video-call his son.   

Just As Well   
Peppe, a nurse from Naples, helps his girlfriend Anna to move to the town where she is going to work as a teacher. On a warm September afternoon, the couple will try to figure out what will become of their young love story..   

Ignoti
Zena and her son Maurizio never miss an evening TV show where participants have to guess family relationships based on common traits. When she mentions her wish to take part in the show, her son tries to dissuade her, but only because he has a secret he can’t confess.   

The Snow Will Cover All Things   
In a whirlwind of conflicting emotions, a couple struggles to find balance while waiting for an outcome that could change their lives.   

Lisianthus
Teo and his grandmother Alda start accepting online orders to restore the business of their flower shop. When they have to handle the correspondence of two lovers, Teo will feel very involved in the fate of this love story.

Date:
April 16-24, 2024

Location:
Strosacker Auditorium at Case Western Reserve University
2125 Adelbert Road,
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106

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