Event

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I, the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, in collaboration with the Center for Italian Studies and the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, presents

torneranno i prati (2014)
A film by Italian Director Ermanno Olmi
(in Italian w/ English subtitles)

Italy, North-East front, WWI, 1917 after the recent bloody clashes on the plateaus. It’s a real story the one narrated in the film that takes place in one night. Long waits fearing you can be the next one to go while living the peace of the mountains where you die.

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This free and open to all event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Italian Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, RAI Cinema, Cinemaundici, and Ipotesi Cinema.