Apr. 1 – The Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo pays tribute to Italian director and screenwriter Carlo Mazzacurati – who passed away at the age of 57 on January 22 2014 in Padua, after a serious illness. The Institute in Brazil will screen Mazzacurati’s last work “La sedia della felicità,” on Wednesday, April 15 at 7pm (Av. Higienópolis, 436) after a presentation by Italian Language and Culture professor Oscar L. Marzorati. The appointment is part of a series of meetings dedicated to Italian cinema. The film stars Valerio Mastandrea, Isabella Ragonese, Giuseppe Battiston and Katia Ricciarelli, as well as Raul Cremona, Marco Marzocca, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Silvio Orlando and Antonio Albanese. The Italian theatrical release, distributed by 01, began on April 24, 2014. “La sedia della felicità” is the last comedy by the Venetian director, produced by Angelo Barbagallo for Bibì film with Rai Cinema, in collaboration with the Trentino Film Commission, the Veneto Region and the City of Padua. “La sedia della felicità” premiered during the Torino Film Festival in 2013, when Mazzacurati also received the Grand Prize Torino. (Gil)
