Athens International Film Festival is happy to present some of the best Italian films of the year, worthy representatives of this new movement of change, as part of the section "Italian Film Days" of the 22nd edition.
“Italy has arguably been a leading force in European cinema, having introduced major filmmakers and masterpieces we all know and love. After a sudden step back in the early ‘90s, these last few years something seems to be stirring again in the country next door. New filmmakers step forward, festivals and distributors show greater interest in Italian productions, and the Italian cinema again seems ready to conquer the world”, declare the organizers.
Three years after the dynamite that was Human Capital, Paolo Virzì follows two women on their way to freedom in Like Crazy. In The Wait, Piero Messina captures the experience of mourning and transforms Juliette Binoche into a Mediterranean mother figure. A love affair is born in jail in Claudio Giovannesi's Fiore. Two conjoined twins are asked to make a difficult decision in Edoardo De Angelis' Indivisibles. Roberto Andò mixes mystery and metaphysics in The Confessions and in Suburra Stefano Sollima tells an exciting story of corruption in a Rome where it never stops raining.
Talents attending include Valeria Bruni tedeschi, Piero Messina and Daphne Scoccia.
The section “Italian Film Days” is realized in partnership with Strada Films and is supported by the Embassy of Italy in Athens, the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens and Istituto Luce Cinecittà.

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

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Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Piero Messina

Daphne Scoccia

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