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Celebrating 16 years in San Francisco, New Italian Cinema 2012 offers a four-film tribute to actress Valeria Golino, who will tantalize audiences with a brief look at her upcoming directorial debut. Seven terrific features by up-and-coming directors are featured in the City of Florence Award competition; the films in this year’s program include delightful coming-of-age stories, an intense war drama and one very memorable road trip. For the first time in many years, the festival is also presenting a documentary, the delightfully personal Hit the Road, Nonna. Closing out the program is Laura Morante’s directorial debut, the romantic comedy The Cherry on the Cake, followed by a festive closing night reception at a nearby locale.

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An Evening with Valeria Golino
OPENING NIGHT EVENT Internationally recognized actress Valeria Golino will present a brief selection from her upcoming feature-length directorial debut Vi Perdono and screen her earlier short film Armandino and the Madre. Following a brief Q&A will be the feature presentation Kryptonite!. Read more...
Sunday November 11, 5:30 pm
Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema
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Fausto Paravidino (Italy 2005)
In a small town in northern Italy, a group of twentysomething friends pass their time partying. Scandal erupts when the handsome Gianluca betrays his girlfriend with a married schoolteacher named Maria (Valeria Golino). Read more...
Sunday November 11, 9:00 pm
Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema
A Tale of Love
Francesco Maselli (Storia d’amore, Italy 1986)
In one of her early roles, Valeria Golino plays the struggling, hard-working Bruna, whose love affair with one particular man begins to draw her away from the overbearing demands of work and family. Read more...
Monday November 12, 6:15 pm
Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema
Respiro
Emanuele Crialese (Italy/France 2002)
On the impoverished Italian island of Lampedusa, a free-spirited woman (Valeria Golino) is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics. Read more...
Monday November 12, 9:00 pm
Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema
The Greatest of Them All
Carlo Virzì (I più grandi di tutti, Italy 2011)
Raucous but with a melancholy air, this is the story of the exceedingly mediocre rock group Pluto and the wheelchair-bound young man who begs the four members of the band to reunite. Read more...
Tuesday November 13, 6:15 pm
Friday November 16, 9:15 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Kryptonite!
Ivan Cotroneo (La kryptonite nella borsa, Italy 2011)
Set in 1964 Naples, a myopic boy watches his family members react to the turbulent 1960s—his older siblings donning hippie attire, his mom collapsing when she discovers her husband’s affair, and a possibly gay cousin who thinks he is Superman. Read more...
Sunday November 11, 5:30 pm
Tuesday November 13, 9:00 pm
Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema
Shun Li and the Poet
Andrea Segre (Io sono li, Italy/France 2011)
The friendship between two immigrants amid the xenophobia of a Venetian fishing community is detailed in subtle and visually dramatic fashion in Andrea Segre's first narrative feature. Read more...
Wednesday November 14, 6:15 pm
Sunday November 18, 3:30 pm
Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema
The First on the List
Roan Johnson (I primi della lista, Italy/France 2011)
Set against Italy’s political upheaval in the late ‘60s, this lighthearted comedy follows three young potential revolutionaries who become convinced that there’s going to be a military coup and set off for the border. Read more...
Wednesday November 14, 9:00 pm
Saturday November 17, 6:45 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Apartment in Athens
Ruggero Dipaola (Appartamento ad Atene, Italy 2011)
Based on a book by Glenway Wescott, this film tells the story of a Greek family forced to take a Nazi captain into their home during WWII and the effect of his presence on each of them. Read more...
Thursday November 15, 6:15 pm
Saturday November 17, 9:15 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Easy!
Francesco Bruni (Scialla!, Italy 2011)
An underachieving writer, currently ghostwriting the story of an Italian porn star, finds out that the similarly underachieving boy he’s been tutoring is his son. Read more...
Thursday November 15, 9:00 pm
Saturday November 17, 4:00 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Hit the Road, Nonna
Duccio Chiarini (Italy 2011)
In this playful family portrait, director Duccio Chiarini investigates the life and history of his somewhat belligerent, defiantly unrepentant 87-year-old grandmother Delia, and explores the reasons why she has become a persona non grata in his household. Read more...
Friday November 16, 4:30 pm
Sunday November 18, 1:30 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
100 Meters to Heaven
Raffaele Verzillo (100 metri dal paradiso, Italy 2012)
A creative-thinking monsignor has an idea to expand the image of the Church—getting the Vatican to compete in the London Olympics—and assisted by his childhood friend, they round up a team of athletes from around the globe. Read more...
Friday November 16, 6:30 pm
Saturday November 17, 1:15 pm
Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema
The Cherry on the Cake
Laura Morante (La cerise sur le gâteau/Ciliegine, France 2012)
A woman, recently separated from her long-term boyfriend, finds the perfect match but is convinced that he’s gay. Surprise—he’s not! Read more...
Sunday November 18, 6:30 pm and 9:15 pm
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Closing Night Party
Celebrate Closing Night of New Italian Cinema after the first screening of Laura Morante’s film, The Cherry on the Cake. Read more...
Sunday November 18, 9:00–11:00 pm
Osha Thai Restaurant & Lounge
4 Embarcadero Center
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