Lucca, Prato della Cavallerizza
Tuesday, July 23, 9 p.m.
Historical introduction by Ave Marchi, President of the Paolo Cresci Foundation for the History of Italian Emigration
Thanks to the collaboration of Estate Cinema Lucca and Cineforum Ezekiel 25,17, the ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ช๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐, ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐ถ๐น ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ, as well as in Bolognana, Zeffirino's hometown, will be held in Lucca.
The first screening, Tuesday, July 23, Me captain, film directed by Matteo Garrone in 2023.
The film, which deals with the theme of emigration from Africa, won the Silver Lion for Directing at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, as well as the Marcello Mastroianni Award to the lead actor Seydou Sarr.
Nominated in the final five for the Academy Awards, it won seven awards at the David di Donatello 2024, including Best Picture and Best Director.
The festival is organized by the Paolo Cresci Foundation for the History of Italian Emigration of Lucca, as part of "I Musei del Sorriso," an initiative of the Territorial Museum System of the Province of Lucca, in collaboration with the Province of Lucca, the Union of Municipalities of the Garfagnana, the Municipality of Gallicano, the Lucca Film Festival, the Paesana Association of Bolognana and with the contribution of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca.
