Hanoi to welcome screening of seven Italian movies

The Italian Film Festival 2022 will get underway from October 3 to October 9 at the National Cinema Center at 87 Lang Ha Street in Hanoi.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The Italian Film Festival 2022 will get underwayfrom October 3 to October 9 at the National Cinema Center at 87 Lang Ha Streetin Hanoi.

The event is being organised in collaboration with the Asian Film Festival ofRome and aims to offer the Vietnamese public a glimpse at contemporary Italiancinema, reported Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

Through drama and comedy, intimate stories and urban city life, these sevenmovies perfectly depict Italian contemporary society which faces new challengesamid efforts to maintain its deep roots in its past.

The movies to be screened include “Everything’s gonna be alright” (Cosa Sara),“The great silence” (Il Silenzio Grande), “Doctor on call” (Una note dadottore), “A girl returned” (L’arminuta), “Breaking up in Rome” (Lasciarsi unGiorno a Roma), “The inner cage” (Aria Ferma), and “The King of Laugh” (Quirido io).

On the opening night, audiences will have the chance to talk with the renownedVietnamese journalist and film critic Le Hong Lam, along with the AntonioTermenini, director of the Asian Film Festival of Rome.

Free tickets are available at the National Cinema Center in Hanoi fromSeptember 30.

The festival organised by the Embassy of Italy in Vietnam will also take placeat the DCINE Ben Thanh at 6 Mac Dinh Chi street in District 1 of Ho Chi MinhCity from October 10 to October 16./.
VNA

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