NEW ITALIAN CINEMA in San Francisco, Nov. 22-24-Dec. 2, 2019 (Forum thread)

[Chris Knipp]

THE INVISIBLE WITNESS/IL TESTIMONE INVISIBLE (Giuseppe Mordini 2018)

In this twisty crime thriller, a man accused of killing his mistress spills the beans to an ace woman defense attorney. With Ricardo Scarmarcio. Remake of a 2017 Spanish film.

Nov 22 at Cinema Italian Style, San Francisco.

Also opening night:

THE TRAITOR/ILTRADITORE (Marco Bellocchio 2019)

The important new film about the first important mafia witness, Tomaso Buscetta, by the legendary director of Fists in the Pocket, China Is Near, and Good Morning, Night.

[Chris Knipp]

VIVERE (Francesca Archibugi 2019)

The doings of a dysfunctional family on the outskirts of Rome when an Isish au pair girl comes.

Vogue Theater 3 pm Sat. Nov. 23.

[Chris Knipp]

VOLARE/TUTTO IL MIO FOLLE AMORE (Gabriele Salvatores 2019)

From the director of I'M NOT AFRAID, a road/buddy picture about the surprise bonding of a wild but sweet 16-year-old autistic boy and his disreputable absentee dad, a singer who who works in the Balkans. A pleasing fantasy.

Cinema Italian Style 2019, Vogue Theater, San Francisco Saturday, November 23, 6:00 pm

[Chris Knipp]

THE VICE OF HOPE/ IL VIZIO DELLA SPERANZA (Edoardo De Angelis 2018)

A woman involved in trafficking surrogate mothers, now pregnant herself, decides to run away.

Cinema Italian Style 2019, Vogue Theater, San Francisco Sunday, November 24, 5:00 pm

[Chris Knipp]

ORDINARY HAPPINESS/MOMENTI DI TRASCURABILE FELICITA (Daniele Luchetti 2019)

A dead man gets a short reprieve from heaven, and in the film's run time revisits and appreciates his life as a Palermo architect with a wife and two children.

Cinema Italian Style 2019, Vogue Theater, San Francisco Sunday, November 24, 2019 7:30 pm (Closing Night Film)