Commedia all’italiana goes to war: an irresistible antidote

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	Tuesday, October 3, 2023
6:30 PM	*We All Loved Each Other So Much* – Ettore SCOLA – 20:35 (Italy)	Commedia all’italiana goes to war: an irresistible antidote	Lycée Bayen
	In 1945, three friends who took part in the Italian resistance celebrate the fall of fascism and the end of the war. The monarchy is replaced by a republic and all three continue their lives separately, free of all fascist propaganda… Get tickets Detailed information Add to your calendar
	Wednesday, October 4, 2023
10:00 AM	*Two Women* – Vittorio DE SICA – 11:50 (Italy)	Commedia all’italiana goes to war: an irresistible antidote	Lycée Bayen
	It is 1943 and Rome is being bombed. Cesira, a young widow, flees the capital with her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta. She returns to her native village of Santa Eufemia in the mountainous region of Ciociaria. She entrusts her grocery store to Giovanni, her coal-mining neighbour. The journey is dangerous, under a hail of bullets. Life is hard for the refugees. Michele, a young idealist, falls in love with Cesira and turns the head of Rosetta. *Get tickets* Detailed information Add to your calendar
3:30 PM	*Madman at War* – Dino RISI – 17:20 (Italy)	Commedia all’italiana goes to war: an irresistible antidote	Cinéma La Comète
	1940 in Libya. Lupi, a young sub lieutenant specialised in psychiatry, works in the medical service of the Italian army. There he meets Oscar Pilli, a medical officer with odd behaviour who is particularly disliked by his colleagues. Soon Lupi will find out why Oscar Pilli is being kept in the medical service… *Get tickets* Detailed information Add to your calendar
	Thursday, October 5, 2023
9:30 AM	*A Difficult Life* – Dino RISI – 11:40 (Italy)	Commedia all’italiana goes to war: an irresistible antidote	Lycée Bayen
	Former resistance fighter Silvio Magnozzi struggles to hold on to his fervent left-wing political beliefs. Working as a politically committed journalist, he finds it increasingly hard to provide for his family. His wife, Elena, who reproaches him for his idealism and for not taking advantage of the Italian economic miracle, leaves him. Silvio then attempts to win her back by accepting to compromise himself with a rich industrialist. Get tickets Detailed information Add to your calendar
	Saturday, October 7, 2023
10:30 AM	*Everybody Go Home!* – Luigi COMENCINI – 12:25 (Italy)	Commedia all’italiana goes to war: an irresistible antidote	Médiathèque Pompidou
	September 8, 1943. Mussolini is deposed and Italy signs the armistice with the Allies. Sublieutenant Innocenzi and two of his men attempt to return home. The journey will be long and eventful, comical and heartrending… *Get tickets* Detailed information Add to your calendar