July 11 – Starting August 6 and running until October 31, the film festival dedicated to Italian comedy, “Italian Happiness,” will take over Moscow. The movies, screened at the cinema “Formula Kino Gorizont” in the Museon park and in other Russian cities, were selected by “CoolConnections,” organized of the event in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow. “”Italian Happiness” is a traditional summer festival of Italian film, now in its 4th edition. The Italian comedy genre is loved and appreciated abroad, remaining young and modern in any period of history. Satire, criticism, humor, laughter, comedy, realism and reflections are just some of its main ingredients. In Russia, the best Italian comedies produced in recent years will be presented, starting from “L’arbitro” (a 2013 film written and directed by Paolo Zucca with Geppi Cucciari, Stefano Accorsi, Francis and James Cullin Pannofino) and “Passione sinistra” (directed by Marco Ponti starring Valentina Lodovini, Alessandro Preziosi and Vinicio Marchioni). More recent movies are: “La sedia della felicità” and “Song’e Napule.” The first by Carlo Mazzacurati (starring Valerio Mastandrea, Isabella Ragonese and Giuseppe Battiston) and tells the incredible adventures of a beautician and a tattoo artist who fall in love while searching for a long lost treasure hidden inside a chair. “Song’e Napule” by Marco and Antonio Manetti stars Alessandro Roja, Giampaolo Morelli, Serena Rossi, Paolo Sassanelli and Carlo Buccirosso. The Manetti Brothers film, which registered a surprising result at the box office, tells the story of Paco, a fine but unemployed pianist who lives in contemporary Naples. The comedies will be screened in Italian with Russian subtitles.
