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  Themes and Motifs in the Cinema of Francesca Archibugi
Archibugi does not presume to bring stylistic innovations, but her cinema is reliable in the narrative – a sort of fresco of urban middle-class family life, painted with the strokes of her heart. 
Archibugi’s cinema can be viewed as a critical reading of her experience as a political activist in both the feminist movement and the communist party.
In 1989 Archibugi in Verso sera observes the cross-gender and cross-generational interplay in the disintegration of the family nucleus, especially when the Bruschi family’s life is animated by the mother’s escapes and returns, abandonment and re-appropriation of her parenting role.
www.kinema.uwaterloo.ca /lavi1-032.htm   (3838 words)

  
 Flavia Laviosa
Furthermore, she has been active as an internationally certified Italian Oral Proficiency Trainer and Tester for the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), and Test Developer for the Italian SAT II.
Flavia Laviosa is active in presenting and publishing on various pedagogical aspects of foreign language teaching, on the history of the Italian feminist movement, the cinema of Liliana Cavani, Cristina Comencini, Francesca Archibugi, Roberto Benigni, and film directors from the region Puglia.
She was awarded the 1998 Gold Medal by the Federation of Abruzzi Association in the USA for her commitment in academic research and her contribution to the development of Italian culture.
www.wellesley.edu /PublicAffairs/Profile/gl/flaviosa.html   (360 words)

  
  Cinema of Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the same year Guazzoni directed an appreciated Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
Actresses Lyda Borelli and Francesca Bertini were the first "dive" (stars), specialised in passionate tragedies.
The last one, in reality, was the first "star" of cinema, and also the first actress to be filmed partly naked.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Film_history/Italy   (1416 words)

  
 Filmfestivals . com - Cannes 2001
Archibugi was inspired to write the script for Domani after reading a collection of essays written by a group of schoolchildren whose lives were turned upside-down by the disaster.
Archibugi says: "I wanted a 'choral' film, where the all the characters have the same value ­ if you put any of them under a magnifying glass they are worthy of a novel."
Francesca Archibugi was born in Rome in 1960.
www.filmfestivals.com /cgi-bin/cannes/film.pl?id=3005&site=us   (272 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Movies / MoMA film festival hails Italy's Archibugi
At 28, Francesca Archibugi was directing her second feature film.
The psyche of Archibugi's characters is mirrored in the surroundings she creates.
Archibugi, who lives just outside Rome with her jazz musician husband and their three children, is already working on her next project, a film about two teenagers -- one adopted from India -- who travel to that country and encounter love as a life-changing experience.
www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2003/11/14/moma_film_festival_hails_italys_archibugi   (609 words)

  
 Open Zone
It is Francesca Archi-bugi's fourth film and is based on a novel by the writer, and compatriot, Federigo Tozzi (1883-1920).
Archibugi pays tribute to her literary original and often makes references to film favorites.
Francesca Archibugi has succeeded in preserving his prose - old-fashioned, unadorned and simple, with an interest for the pathological aspects of man. JR
www.filmfestivalen.se /1995/katalog/openzone/conglien.html   (474 words)

  
 Variety.com - Tomorrow
Director Francesca Archibugi tackles the aftermath of Italy's devastating earthquakes in "Tomorrow," as the townsfolk adapt to being homeless and try to resume a semblance of normal life.
After dealing with young people's reactions to parents who abuse drugs in "The Pear Tree," director Francesca Archibugi is the first to tackle the aftermath of Italy's devastating earthquakes, specifically one that knocked down a small medieval town in Umbria.
Archibugi's playful direction of these closely observed kids contrasts with her sensitive but poker-faced view of the adult world, where nary a laugh or joke lightens the discomfort of life.
www.variety.com /article/ve1117797442?categoryid=31&cs=1   (517 words)

  
 Utusan Malaysia Online - Entertainment
A producer asked her to direct her first movie, ``Mignon e Partita,'' which attracted audiences around Europe with the story of a 13-year-old boy whose coming-of-age crisis is a mother suffering a nervous breakdown.
The psyche of Archibugi's characters is mirrored in the surroundings she creates.
Archibugi, who lives in Rome with her jazz musician husband and their three children, is working on her next project, a film about two teenagers - one adopted from India - who travel to that country and encounter love as a life-changing experience.
www.utusan.com.my /utusan/content.asp?y=2003&dt=1116&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Entertainment&pg=en_03.htm   (635 words)

  
 MoMA.org | Film Exhibitions | 2003 | Francesca Archibugi: In the Middle of Life
Five films by the Italian director Francesca Archibugi present a fresh and incisive perspective on such classic themes as familial and generational relationships and the sins of fathers visited on their children.
Archibugi’s canny eye for the telling detail and the minutiae of daily life imbues her work with symbolism and cinematic flair.
All her other works deal with contemporary problems of the family in a changing society.
www.moma.org /exhibitions/film/2003/archibugi_2003.html   (467 words)

  
 27ª Mostra BR de cinema   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
She also tries to show the extent and magnitude of his thought, in most instances polemic, that meant he was rejected both by part of the public and by the intellectuals, especially by his own country.
There are statements by some who co-existed with Pasolini, amongst these film maker Bernardo Bertolucci and poet Paolo Volponi and directors Mimmo Calopresti and Francesca Archibugi.
FRANCESCA ARCHIBUGI, BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, MIMMO CALOPRESTI, PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
www2.uol.com.br /mostra/p_exib_filme_arquivo_4620_en.htm   (191 words)

  
 Eye - Italian renaissance - 06.20.02
Whether this move squelches creativity or spurs it remains to be seen, but judging from this year's Toronto Italian Film Festival (June 19-23), there are at least a couple filmmakers who should prevail.
The story shuffles from the well-meaning deputy mayor and his family to the sausage factory boss, his preteen daughter, her intense best friend, their lovelorn schoolteacher and an art restorer from England, pausing to observe old relationships unravel and new ones develop in the temporary quarters the villagers share while bracing for the next aftershock.
Archibugi sneaks in some wry social commentary between subplots, such as when a truckload of Barbie dolls arrives as a misguided corporate donation.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_06.20.02/film/italian.html   (514 words)

  
 23 ª Mostra - "L'Albero delle Pere" , by Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
Siddharta confronts the situation, the fear of death, and life without involving grown-ups, all the while trying to protect his mother.
Valeria Golino, Sergio Rubini, Stefano Dionisi, Niccolò Senni, Francesca di Giovanni
Archibugi received other David di Donatello awards, including one for Best Film, for her subsequent films Verso Sera and Il Grande Cocomero.
www.mostra.org /23/english/filmes/145.htm   (300 words)

  
 January - March 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Italian Cultural Institute present the cinematography of Francesca Archibugi, one of the most talented young Italian directors.
Mignon è partita (Mignon is here to stay,1997) was Archibugi’s debut as film director; it won six David di Donatello Awards (the most prestigious Italian cinema award), and the Best First Film Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Italian Cultural Institute present the third movie by Italian director Francesca Archibugi: The Strange Story of Banda Sonora.
www.italcultusa.org /home/january/page1.htm   (3267 words)

  
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He is currently teaching at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Bergamo, and coordinating the Video Department of the Post Graduate Course in Digital Arts at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
She is one of the most interesting film directors of the "new" Italian cinema.
On the occasion Archibugi's lecture a selection of her films will be screened: Verso Sera (1990, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Sandrine Bonnaire), Il Grande Cocomero (1992, starring Anna Galiena and Sergio Castellitto) and L’Albero delle Pere (1997, starring Valeria Golino, Sergio Rubini and Stefano Dionisi).
www.undo.net /Ratti_VisualArts/Corso/homestein/testi/Steinbach-ingl.doc   (553 words)

  
 Haim Steinbach:Steinbach, Haim; Archibugi, Francesca; Di Pietrantonio, Giacinto; Kozaris, Dimitris; Senaldi, Marco; ...
Haim Steinbach:Steinbach, Haim; Archibugi, Francesca; Di Pietrantonio, Giacinto; Kozaris, Dimitris; Senaldi, Marco; Vettese, Angela:8881582635:eCampus.com
Author(s): Steinbach, Haim; Archibugi, Francesca; Di Pietrantonio, Giacinto; Kozaris, Dimitris; Senaldi, Marco; Vettese, Angela
Probing the juxtaposition between found objects and photography from different locales, this book documents two projects, one conceived by him and one created by his students while he was a visiting professor in Italy.
www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=8881582635   (130 words)

  
 Cineuropa - Interviews - Gaetano Blandini • Head of the Italian Film Board
Gianni Amelio's new film The Missing Star (L'étoille manquante) was shot in China, Lina Wertmüller is said to be heading east to shoot her new work and Italian director Francesca Archibugi is currently on set in India.
The idea is to illustrate the benefits of the Italy-India co-production deal and to verify concrete possibilities for co-productions.
One example already up and running is the film Lezioni di volo (Flying Lessons) by Francesca Archibugi.
www.cineuropa.org /interview.aspx?lang=en&documentID=56710   (962 words)

  
 Francesca Archibugi su Kataweb Multimedia
In fila per tre - 'Lezioni di volo' di Francesca Archibugi
L'intervista di Chiara Ugolini a Giovanna Mezzogiorno, protagonista di 'Lezioni di volo', il nuovo film di Francesca Archibugi
E ancora: Platini, Francesca Archibugi, Dj Jad e Dj Fish, la regina Elisabetta II e nonna Isetta
www.kataweb.it /multimedia/tag/francesca+archibugi   (295 words)

  
 San Francisco Film Society
New films by first-time directors with filmmakers, actors and others in attendance, the newest releases from renowned directors Pupi Avati and the late Tonino Cervi and a tribute to up-and-coming filmmaker Francesca Archibugi make up San Francisco’s best opportunity to see Italian film this year.
Archibugi’s knack for working with child actors was never used more effectively than in this drama of a 14-year-old boy, Siddhartha (Niccolò Senni), who steps into an adult’s role to save his five-year-old half-sister, Domitilla (Francesca di Giovanni).
When they fall in love and marry, the fiery, dark-haired beauty becomes his most ardent fan, a position difficult to sustain when adversity strikes and it is revealed that her famous recipe book is actually a piece of creative writing itself, full of family secrets and other forbidden treasures.
www.sffs.org /pt/articles/new_italian_03.html   (1248 words)

  
 miaminewtimes.com | News & Features | Feature | The Reel Deal (Page 7) | 1994-02-02
Partly in English, partly in Spanish, this Mexican delight is that country's entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 1993 Academy Awards.
Written and directed by Francesca Archibugi; with Alessia Fugardi and Sergio Castellitto.
Italy's official entry in the 1993 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film is this poignant drama about a young girl named Pippi who suffers from epileptic seizures.
www.miaminewtimes.com /issues/1994-02-02/news/feature2_7.html   (635 words)

  
 Variety.com - Fine Line buys Italo film at script stage
Produced by Guido De Laurentiis and Archibugi under their recently established Cinemello banner and scripted by Archibugi, the $4.5 million drama tells a fictional story of relationships formed between three family groups during the period surrounding the 1997 earthquake that devastated the Umbria region.
"We felt that Francesca Archibugi has the talent, creativity and drive to make a film that speaks to audiences all over the world."
Archibugi's previous features include "Towards Evening," "The Great Pumpkin," "With Closed Eyes" and "Shooting the Moon." Her 1988 debut, "Mignon Has Gone Away," won six David di Donatello Awards including best first featurefeature.
www.variety.com /article/VR1117758250?categoryid=13&cs=1   (356 words)

  
 CANNES 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The story of a 17-year-old boy living with his sister's dysfuncitonal family.
To enable a couple to visit their son in Africa, Pierpaolo and Francesca agree to look after their elderly parents which proves to be a difficult task.
Summer 1994 — Edoardo, a sea captain, is persuaded by Franois to get a shipment of arms to Bosnia.
www.filmfestivals.com /cannes98/best/best209.htm   (115 words)

  
 TAM TAM IL DAILY DI ITALIA CINEMA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The prestige of the Festival has increased with the passing of years thanks also to the relations established with the most important producers and distributors (Miramax, United Artists, Touchstone Pictures, MGM etc.) and the interest they have shown for the event.
Special Event 2003: Tribute to Francesca Archibugi in collaboration with MoMA : New York, November 1/2 - 21/23.
TOMORROW by Francesca Archibugi: Special Event: Tribute to Francesca Archibugi
www.tamtamcinema.it /festival.asp?lang=eng&id=266   (244 words)

  
 Filmfest DC - Film Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Tomorrow was inspired by recent natural catastrophes in Italy.
Writer-director Francesca Archibugi (With Closed Eyes, FFDC 1998) tells the larger story of an entire population pulling together, with Luca Bigazzi’s widescreen camera witnessing moments of unguarded intimacy and simple human dignity in the midst of uncertainty and fear.--Eddie Cockrell
Principal Cast: Marco Baliani, Ornella Muti, Valerio Mastrandrea, Ilaria Occhini, Patrizia Piccinini.
www.filmfestdc.org /series/filmSummary.asp?docID=820   (135 words)

  
 Books by author archibugi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Andrew Strauss / Daniele Archibugi / Mathias Koenig-Archibugi / Robin Blackburn / Timothy Brennan / Craig Calhoun / David Chandler / Richard Falk / Peter Gowan / Geoffrey Hawthorn
Haim Steinbach / Francesca Archibugi / Giacinto Di Pietrantonio / Dimitris Kozaris / Marco Senaldi / Angela Vettese
Stuart Holland / Franco Archibugi / Francis Cripps
www.abookbargain.com /Author/Archibugi/36   (186 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Style Live: Movies & Videos
Those places include "the National Archives, the Freer Gallery, the National Gallery of Art and a host of embassies, to name a handful," says Gittens.
Case in point: On Monday at 7, as part of its own film series "The Female Gaze," the National Museum of Women in the Arts will present "The Strange Story of Banda Sonora," with an appearance by acclaimed Italian director Francesca Archibugi.
Then, on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Cineplex Odeon Foundry, Archibugi will attend Filmfest screenings of her 1994 film "With Closed Eyes," in its U.S premiere.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/movies/filmfest/filmfestweekend1.htm   (240 words)

  
 Lezioni di volo, regia di Francesca Archibugi, con Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Andrea Miglio Risi, Angel Tom Karumathy, Anna ...
Lezioni di volo, regia di Francesca Archibugi, con Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Andrea Miglio Risi, Angel Tom Karumathy, Anna Galiena, Flavio Bucci, Roberto Citran, Liam Cunningham, Angela Finocchiaro; drammatico; Italia; 2006; C.; dur.
film della Archibugi sulla gioventù in formazione, qua libera ed alternativa: per l’occhio disincantato dei ragazzi dell’Europa occidentale Lezioni di volo offre peraltro una significativa (ed assai educativa) prospettiva su una delle realtà più sconvolgenti a livello internazionale.
Giovanna Mezzogiorno, brava come al solito, ma neppure i due giovanissimi protagonisti deludono grazie alla loro disincantata freschezza.
www.scanner.it /cinema/lezdivolo3815.php   (337 words)

  
 ITAL250 - Italian Cinema After 1968
We begin with several films of Pier Paolo Pasolini as well as other "political" filmmakers like Elio Petri, Gillo Pontecorvo, Francesco Rosi, and Lina Wertmuller.
We will examine the works of auteurs like Gianni Amelio, Francesca Archibugi, Marco Ferreri, Gabriele Salvatores as well as the work of "the master of horror," Dario Argento.
How do the works of these filmmakers both reflect social change and engender it?
www.wesleyan.edu /wesmaps/course0405/ital250s.htm   (416 words)

  
 From Italy, with love -- a film series with heart
The picture earned Avati the David di Donatello award -- the Donatellos are Italy's top film honors -- for best director.
The series continues Monday with a mini-tribute to Francesca Archibugi, an actor-turned-director who's been cited for her sensitive but not sentimental work with themes involving children and adolescents.
Some thoughts on a selection of festival offerings: Avati, who has directed comedies, musicals and horror films, also works in a more personal vein, creating nostalgia-tinged stories of life outside the capitals of Rome and Milan.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/11/15/DDE31I3O1.DTL   (915 words)

  
 MTV.com - Movies - L'Albero Delle Pere
Valeria Golino, Sergio Rubini, Stefano Dionisi, Niccolo Senni, Francesca di Giovanni
Francesca Archibugi directed this Italian drama set in Rome where 14-year-old Siddhartha (Niccolo Senni) is forced to deal with his...
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www.mtv.com /movies/movie/130220/moviemain.jhtml   (90 words)

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