Shang
Cineplex, Shangri-La Plaza
Mandaluyong
Moviemov’s absence back in 2013 was deeply
felt by film aficionados but this year, the much awaited Italian film festival
makes a comeback this July 24-27, 2014
at its new home, the Shang Cineplex at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall.
In
this year’s Moviemov, the Academy
Award winning La Grande Belleza/The
Great Beauty leads the selection of contemporary Italian films. Famed Italian
film maker Ettore Scola’s works will be screened in the retrospective showcase
of the festival. And probably the most awaited highlight of Moviemov is the appearance of Italian
actors like the returning Andrea Bosca who will present the world premiere of
his short film A tutto Tondo.
Aside
from La Grande Belleza/The Great Beauty,
the other contemporary films to be screened are Il Sud è Niente/South Is Nothing, Anni felici/Those Happy Years, Allacciate
le cinture/Fasten Your Seatbelts, Il
capitale umano/Human Capital, Smetto
quando voglio/I Can Quit Whenever I Want, and Benur - Un Gladiatore in Affitto. The films to be shown as part of
the Ettore Scola retrospective are the classics Dramma della gelosia/The Pizza Triangle, C’eravamo tanto amati/We All Loved Each Other So Much, and La Cena/The Dinner. There will still be
special screenings for students, which comprises the educational component of Moviemov.
Joining
Andrea Bosca are actresses Eleonora Sergio and Paola Minaccioni. Andrea Bosca
will present the world premiere screening of his short film A tutto Tondo, also his directorial
debut, at the festival. This special charity project born out of Bosca’s visit
to Smokey Mountain
and Tondo back in 2012 also stars Paolo Minaccioni and 2012 Moviemov guests Davide Iacopini and
Salvatore Striano.
La Grande Belleza/The Great Beauty
During
the press conference for Moviemov held at the Premiere Theatre of the Shang
Cineplex, La Grande Belleza/The Great
Beauty was screened. This award winning film directed by Paolo Sorrentino
stars Toni Servillo as Jep Gambardella, a flash in the pan novelist, now
cultural writer who indulges in the seemingly carefree and decadent life of a
socialite in Rome . Earlier on in
the movie, a scene during Jep’s 65th birthday made for a very
striking visual with all his fellow socialites partying like there’s no
tomorrow. But this birthday spurs Jep to reassess his life and where it is
headed. Somehow, the film seemed to head nowhere as Jep wanders through his
empty life. He meets eccentric personalities like a performance artist who
slams herself on the wall, a spoiled girl whose tantrum paintings sell by the
millions, an elderly nun with a sleazy agent, among many others. As the film
went on, I felt that Jep wanted to get a sense of his life but just couldn’t get
a break: a brief fling ended abruptly, a search for closure involving a past
love went unresolved, and the attempt to write the follow up novel was only
hinted out.
Dr.
Alfonso Tagliaferri, First Secretary and Deputy Head of Mission
of the Embassy of Italy, mentioned that the film had mixed reactions in Italy
although it practically swept all major awards abroad. I think that the film’s
digs about life in Rome , politics,
the art scene and even religion made this film hard to swallow by the Italians.
But regardless of what the Italians felt about this, the film is still visually
striking, like a love letter to Rome
and it might have been Rome itself
that is meant to be as the grande belleza.
Here
is the screening schedule of Moviemov 2014 at the Shang Cineplex:
11:00 AM Premiere Theatre: Il Sud è niente/South is Nothing*
6:00 PM Cinema 2: Allacciate le cinture/Fasten Your Seatbelts
7:00 PM Premiere Theatre: Dramma della gelosia/The Pizza Triangle
8:00 PM Cinema 2: La Grande Belleza/The Great Beauty
July 25, 2014
11:00 AM Premiere Theatre: Anni felici /Those Happy Years*
4:00 PM Premiere Theatre: La Grande Belleza/The Great Beauty
6:30 PM Cinema 2: Il Sud è niente/South is Nothing
8:00 PM Premiere Theatre: C’eravamo tanto amati/We all loved each other so much
8:30 PM Cinema 2: A tutto Tondo (short film) to be followed by Anni felici/Those Happy Years
6:00 PM Cinema 2: Allacciate le cinture/Fasten Your Seatbelts
7:00 PM Premiere Theatre: Dramma della gelosia/The Pizza Triangle
8:00 PM Cinema 2: La Grande Belleza/The Great Beauty
July 25, 2014
11:00 AM Premiere Theatre: Anni felici /Those Happy Years*
4:00 PM Premiere Theatre: La Grande Belleza/The Great Beauty
6:30 PM Cinema 2: Il Sud è niente/South is Nothing
8:00 PM Premiere Theatre: C’eravamo tanto amati/We all loved each other so much
8:30 PM Cinema 2: A tutto Tondo (short film) to be followed by Anni felici/Those Happy Years
July 26, 2014
11:00 AM Cinema 2: Anni felici /Those Happy Years*
12:00 PM Premiere Theatre: La cena /The Dinner
4:00 PM Cinema 2: Il Sud è niente/South is Nothing
5:00 PM Premiere Theatre: Benur - Un gladiatore in affitto
6:30 PM Cinema 2: Smetto quando voglio/I Can Quit Whenever I Want
8:30 PM Cinema 2: Il capitale umano/Human Capital
July 27, 2014
11:00 AM Cinema 2: Anni felici /Those Happy Years*
12:00 PM Premiere Theatre: La cena /The Dinner
4:00 PM Cinema 2: Il Sud è niente/South is Nothing
5:00 PM Premiere Theatre: Benur - Un gladiatore in affitto
6:30 PM Cinema 2: Smetto quando voglio/I Can Quit Whenever I Want
8:30 PM Cinema 2: Il capitale umano/Human Capital
July 27, 2014
* Limited seats due to educational block screening
Tickets:
Free
admission. First-come, first-served basis.
For
inquiries:
Shangri-La
Plaza 370-2597
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