The best films of Italy will be shown at the Russian-Italian film festival in Kazan

The audience will see artistic, documentary, and short films of recent years.

(KZN.RU, May 29). At the end of May, a large-scale Russian-Italian film event will start in Kazan. From May 29 to June 3, there will be the IV Russian-Italian festival of art, documentary, and short film (Russia-Italia Film Festival, RIFF). The cinema “Karo 6 Ring” will host the Italian-language festival, reports the press service of the organizers. The best Italian films of recent years will be presented to the audience within the framework of the event, supported by the Italian Embassy. The program of the event includes comedies, romantic melodramas, classical short films, including laureates of the world's largest film awards.

The film festival will open on May 29 with the premiere of the comic Italian duo of modern Italy “No place for the law”. The organizers focused on new comedies that continue the tradition of classical comedies in Italian. The audience will see the movie “The Great Seduction in a Small Town”, the version of the comedy “The Great Seduction” by Don McKellar. It is a new comedic masterpiece by Massimo Gaudioso, permanent screenwriter of the Italian director Matteo Garrone. Starring - Silvio Orlando, Paolo Sorrentino, and Fabio Wola.

The work of director Gianluca Ancianelli “From Naples with Love” with a portion of true Neapolitan humor will be presented in the genre of the feature film. In addition, one of the main premieres of the melodramatic program of the festival will be a new film by the classic Italian filmmaker Michele Placido “7 minutes”, the owner of the “Silver Ribbon”, the participant of the Moscow International Film Festival and another 45 film festivals. The adaptation of the eponymous world bestseller “Family crimes” by Alex Infashelli, staged on the play of the same name by the French writer Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, will also be shown. This is a psychological duel on the brink of cinema and theater, played out by actors Margherita Bui and Sergio Castelllito.

The best Italian short comedies and melodramas of the year from the collection of short films “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” will be shown the guests in the framework of the film show. In the program of the Day of Rome, the audience will see two films that received the RIFF People Choice Award: the family film “A Walk in Rome” by Karin Proia about the children who went on a trip to the Eternal City and the story of “Ameli” in Italian, “Maria and Rome”.

On June 3, the event will be closed with the premiere of the film-triumph of the 73rd Venice Film Festival, the movie “Undivided” by Edoardo De Angelis. According to the idea of the director, the audience will see the life story of young Siamese singers.

The program of the festival:

On May 29 at 7 pm, the opening of the film festival with a comedy show “No place for the law” (L'ora legale).

On May 30 at 7 pm, the short comedies and melodramas from the collection of shorts “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” (Rassegna dei corti "Ieri, oggi, domani").

Om May 31 at 7 pm, the melodrama “Small family crimes” (Piccoli crimini coniugali).

On June 1 at 7 pm, the drama “7 minutes” (7 minuti).

On June 2, Rome Day at 3 pm, the adventure “A Walk in Rome” (Una gita per Roma); at 5 pm, a romantic comedy “Maria per Roma”.

On June 3 at 3 pm, the romantic comedy “From Naples with Love” (Troppo napoletano); at 5 pm, the closing of the film festival with the melodrama “Indivisible” (Indivisibili).

All films will be shown in the original language with Russian subtitles. You can get additional information on the official website of the organizer or by phone: +7 (843) 238-20-20.