Italian documentary series “The Hour of the Lizard (L’ora della lucertola)” in North Beach
| Tuesday, July 22 | ||
| 6:30 pm |
Part of the Mimmo Calopresti Film Series, The Hour of the Lizard (L’ora della lucertola)(Italy, 2004, 60’) This documentary is a lengthy confession by the Italian artist Mimmo Rotella about his life, with an emphasis on the ironic and existential. The film’s title comes from a popular Southern expression used by Rotella’s mother in the 1920’s to warn against the heat of the midday sun. In Italian with subtitles in English.












