Now, this is one of those stories that combines my membership of the Dante Society, with my passion for films and where I live.*
And along the way highlights the work of our own Chorlton Film Institute.**
So that just leaves me to announce that on December 19th, here in Chorlton is a showing of that powerful Italian film Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves.
“This landmark 1948 Italian film is widely regarded as among the best films of all time. Ricci, an unemployed man in post-WWII Italy, finally gets a good job - for which he needs a bicycle. But soon his bicycle is stolen…...
In 1950 it won a special Academy Honorary Award as ‘most outstanding foreign language film’ six years before the category was added to the Awards.
The film is presented in association with Societa’ Dante Alighieri, with a short introduction in English by Dr Silvana Serra, PhD in Cinema, Event Organiser for Societa' Dante Alighieri, and Member of the Selection Committee for International Short Film Festivals.
Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves is in Italian with English subtitles and has a running time of time 1 hour and 35 minutes approx.”.*
So that is it.
Venue: St Clement's Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, M21 9AE
Date; Thursday December 19
Tickets are £5 - on the door only, no pre-booking or reservations.
Refreshments available including Panettone.
Doors open at 20:10 – Introduction and Film starts at 20:30; film certificate is U
Location; Chorlton
Pictures; Scenes from the film, 1947, and the Dante Society in the Square, 2017, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
*SOCIETA' DANTE ALIGHIERI – MANCHESTER
Il mondo in italiano – Promoting Italian Culture in the world since 1889
Email: dante@newfuture.org
Website: www.dantemanchester.org.uk
**Chorlton Film Institute www.chorltonfilminstitute.co.uk
So that just leaves me to announce that on December 19th, here in Chorlton is a showing of that powerful Italian film Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves.
“This landmark 1948 Italian film is widely regarded as among the best films of all time. Ricci, an unemployed man in post-WWII Italy, finally gets a good job - for which he needs a bicycle. But soon his bicycle is stolen…...
The film is presented in association with Societa’ Dante Alighieri, with a short introduction in English by Dr Silvana Serra, PhD in Cinema, Event Organiser for Societa' Dante Alighieri, and Member of the Selection Committee for International Short Film Festivals.
Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves is in Italian with English subtitles and has a running time of time 1 hour and 35 minutes approx.”.*
Venue: St Clement's Church, Edge Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, M21 9AE
Date; Thursday December 19
Tickets are £5 - on the door only, no pre-booking or reservations.
Doors open at 20:10 – Introduction and Film starts at 20:30; film certificate is U
Location; Chorlton
Pictures; Scenes from the film, 1947, and the Dante Society in the Square, 2017, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
*SOCIETA' DANTE ALIGHIERI – MANCHESTER
Il mondo in italiano – Promoting Italian Culture in the world since 1889
Email: dante@newfuture.org
Website: www.dantemanchester.org.uk
**Chorlton Film Institute www.chorltonfilminstitute.co.uk
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