Italian Film Night: Organized Crime in ’70s Rome | SF

Escape the heat (or give in to the eery fog) with summer chills, Italian style. They will be showing three films from a more disconcerting, though no less accomplished, side of the Italian psyche.

“Tragedy, Italian Style” Film Schedule
Free, but an RSVP is required for each.

• Fiorile (1993, 105 min) – August 20, 2014 >RSVP
  While travelling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted two hundred years. The children’s grandfather Massimo is the last man to be directly affected by the curse, but will he pass it onto them?
  
• Romanzo criminale (2005, 154 min) – August 27, 2014 >RSVP
  Set in the 1970s, it’s the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome.
  
• Girl by the Lake (2007, 95 min) – September 3, 2014 >RSVP
  The body of a young woman is found in a small and quiet town in North Italy. A detective from the nearby main city is called to solve the mystery.
  

These are free events, but you need to register through the events section of Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco website.