November 30 - December
10, 2000
An Exhibition of International
Cinema
| OPENING NIGHT FILM |
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The
Sky Falls |
Festival
Schedule
Film
Index by Title
Film
Index by Director
Print
Sources
Italy, 2000, 35mm,
95 minutes
Italian with English subtitles
Directors: Andrea
Frazzi and Antonio
Frazzi
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Thursday,
November 30
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7:00 pm
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$20.00
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Ticket includes Wine Reception
following screening No
credit cards are accepted at the box office of The Lincoln Theatre.
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Based on Lorenza Mazzetti's autobiographical novel, The Sky Falls is a touching and poetic family saga set against the stunning backdrop of Tuscany, Italy. In the summer of 1943, two young orphaned girls are taken to Tuscany to stay with their aunt (Isabella Rossellini) and uncle (Jeroen Krabbé). After the initial moments of awkwardness, the girls, Penny (played by award-winning actress Veronica Niccolai) and Baby, find a safe place in the arms and the lives of their new guardians. That is, until the violence of the war, up till that moment just a remote echo, falls on this family with all its cruelty and pointless ferocity. Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbé shines in his role as a German Jewish intellectual, and cousin to Albert Einstein. With measured sensitivity, Isabella Rossellini brings grace and warmth to her role.
Winner, Golden
Gryphon 2000, Giffoni Film
Festival
(Best Director,
Andrea & Antonio Frazzi)
Winner, Bronze Gryphon 2000, Giffoni
Film Festival
(Best Actress, Veronica Niccolai)
Nominated, David
di Donatello Awards 2000 (Italy's National Film Awards)
(Best Director,
Andrea & Antonio Frazzi)
Welcoming Remarks
Martha Gross, President, DCJCC
Mayor Anthony
A. Williams, Washington, DC
Aviva
Raz-Shechter, Counselor, Public and Cultural Affairs, Embassy
of Israel
Luigi Maccotta, First Counselor and Cultural Counselor, Embassy
of Italy
Special Guests
Andrea Frazzi,
Director
Antonio
Frazzi, Director
Lorenza
Mazzetti, author, The Sky Falls
Co-sponsored by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura and The Embassy of Italy
| Related Web Links |
| Film Information from Amazon.com's Internet Movie Database |
| Directors Andrea Frazzi's and Antonio Frazzi's Filmographies (from IMDB) |
| Cineteca Nazionale, Italy |
| Italian Cultural Institute Programs Calendar |
| Some Web Links on the Jews of Italy/Ebrei di Italia |
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Distributor: Istituto Luce |
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