Sunday October 13, 2007 Cinemasud continues its path. It’s late, I have to hurry. They won’t wait for me. I push my lazy legs pedaling as fast as I can. I finally arrive after 10 infinite panting minutes. I am breathless, but at the reception everybody is there. Pasquale, Clarissa, Serena, and sweet Victor. Grazie [...]

Cinemasud is now performing at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, San Diego. A bit about the festival and its goals (description is from the Italian Cinema Sud site). Cinema Sud, starting its worldwide tour with the screening of the documentary Détour De Seta at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, has [...]

Friday October 11, 2007 Cinemasud discretely opens the doors. At the Museum of Photographic Arts of Balboa Park, we find all the organizers calm yet excited personally welcoming the guests. Victor and his big smile impossible to miss. Black-dressed, he lost some weight I guess, maybe due to some insomnia and certainly a lot of [...]

The latest film by director Emanuele Crialese (who also did 2002 Respiro) is a fine example of modern Italian cinema at its best – amazing photography, supported by clever screenplay and pounding soundtrack that will keep you relishing the experience days after watching. The film vividly tells the story of Italian emigration to America through [...]