This story is one of passion in which pain meets irony; a voyage in the south of Italy during the ‘50s and ‘80s where the rediscovery of one’s origins and the reconciliation with the past meets the liberating powers of revenge. Anna arrives from Canada in the heel of Italy with the aim of bringing […]
In this Japanese remake of the South Korean film Always (2011), Rui — an ex-kickboxer and mob debt collector — is a perpetual loner. While at work, he meets a bright young woman named Akari, who had lost both her parents and eyesight in an accident years earlier. With each subsequent visit, Akari’s optimism begins […]
New York 1943. Arturo, a Sicilian emigrant, is in love with Flora who is already engaged to the son of a well known New York boss. She loves Arturo though and they would like to get married, but to do so he needs her father’s blessing. The man lives in Sicily and the only way […]
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The story follows the incredible adventures of four long-time best friends, Giulio, Gemma, Paolo and Riccardo from their cheerful and carefree childhood days to their complex and troublesome adult years. Taking place between the early 1980s and modern times, the film takes a deep dive into the theme of friendship and adulthood, while recounting the […]
With very little money and no experience, Jan Vokes (Toni Collette) — a small town Welsh bartender — convinces her working-class neighbours to help raise a race horse named Dream. As they chip in with their meagre earnings, Dream competes against the racing elites — rising through the ranks with grit and determination. When the […]
Based on a true story, Gabriel — a young boy born to a French father and Rwandan mother — grows up in the small African country of Burundi. Despite some tension in his family life, Gabriel lives a carefree life — until civil unrest in Rwanda spills over into Burundi. Set in the 1990s, Gabriel […]
Champak Bansal (Irrfan Khan) leads a comfortable life as a small-town owner of a sweet shop. When his teenage daughter Tarika (Radhika Madan) expresses her ambition to graduate from a recognized London university, Champak is desperate to fulfill her aspirations. In hopes of Tarika escaping their simple world, Champak’s world quickly spirals out of control […]
To view complete roster of the 12 films screening during the Lavazza Drive-In Film Festival please check out the Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) Website.
The Cuban is the story of a naive pre-med student named Mina who gets her first job in a nursing home and meets an elderly Cuban jazz musician named Luis. When Mina realizes music triggers Luis’ memories, she uses it to break him out of his dementia and to create moments of lucidity and joy. […]
