(April 26, 2017) The best contemporary Italian director in Australia thanks to “Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema”, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute, after the success of the previous movie cycles Masters of Neorealism: Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica in 2015 and Marcello Mastroianni: Lover and Legend. The kermesse will open on May 4 at 6PM at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (1 Powerhouse Road, Casula) by the Mayor of Liverpool, Wendy Waller, the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Donatella Cannova, the Italian Consul General, Arturo Arcano, and the Director of the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Craig Donarski. For the opening night the IIC selected “La vera leggenda di Tony Vilar”, a “fake documentary”, or mockumentary, where some real facts are intertwined with other, fictitious moments, directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi. The series will offer viewers a historical perspective, , as well as a selection of the best films depicting the genius, the irony and the intensely emotional nature which characterize Italian dramatic comedy, through some of the most recent works by the great Italian directors as Mario Martone, Daniele Ciprì, Giuseppe Gagliardi, Gianni Amelio and Carlo Mazzacurati. (Red)
