Rome Film Festival, the review of pre-openings

Auditorium Parco della Musica (Ansa)

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10 October 2021 The pre-openings of the Rome Film Fest 2021 will take place from tomorrow, Monday 11 October, until Wednesday 13, with a review of five films that will anticipate the program of the sixteenth edition.

The evening before the start of the Festival (Wednesday 13 October at 9 pm), the Petrassi Room of the Parco della Musica Auditorium will host the public preview of

by Edoardo Falcone who in the film directs Marco Giallini and Gigi Proietti, in his latest precious interpretation. Ettore (Giallini) is a former convict with a turbulent and ramshackle life. He has no great prospects other than continuing his career as a robber. This is how he finds himself at the home of Nicola (Proietti), a nice gentleman who has no valuables but has an incredible revelation to make: "I'm Santa Claus!" But will it really be him? Free admission with reservation through the website http://boxol.romacinemafest.it (active from Monday 11 October at 9 am).

The pre-openings program will begin on Monday 11 October at 9 pm at the Quattro Fontane Cinema with the screening of the documentary

by Giulia Minoli and Emanuela Giordano: a trip from Vienna to Copenhagen, from Malta to Amsterdam, from Southern Italy to London to understand what can be done to react to organized crime, and in particular to the 'Ndrangheta. An itinerary to get to know the entrepreneurs who denounce, the magistrates who investigate, the teachers who are personally involved, the relatives of the victims who do not throw in the towel, the journalists who, despite the threats, do not hold back. Entrance by invitation only. Reruns for the public: October 15 at 9pm, October 20 at 5pm. Tuesday 12 October at 6pm at the Casa del Cinema will be presented

by Paolo Magris. A Calabrian girl who has just returned from Gorizia tells a friend about her journey: the dazzling encounter with the poetry and literature of a certain Carlo Michelstaedter, a philosopher and writer who died very young in 1910, guided her to Friuli-Venezia Giulia. was the reason for his tragic end? And who does that strange but familiar figure, glimpsed on the beach at the end of the travel story, belong to? Entrance by invitation only. Reruns for the public: October 15 at 5pm, October 16 at 8pm. 

On the same day at 9pm, again at the Casa del Cinema,

will be screened.

by Francesco Mandelli, a family comedy that tells the story of authorship in an original and ironic key. Matteo and Paola are a couple of young parents: they have three daughters, three dogs and two careers to carry on. Torn between trying to be good parents and pursuing their own professional aspirations, the two protagonists represent Italy today. Entrance by invitation only. Rerun for the public: October 20th at 9pm. Tuesday 12 at 9pm at the MAXXI, it will be the turn of

by Nico Vascellari.

From 26 March to 14 April 2021, on the days when the Italian lockdown imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic became more severe, the Ninos Du Brasil band was on tour, stopping every day in a different house.

The performances took place within domestic contexts, in compliance with national directives, and had for public only the people who lived in those houses: 20 shows, 20 days, 20 different houses in the 20 regions of Italy.

Entrance by invitation only.

Rerun for the public: 19 October at 5 pm.