Carlo Verdone is inaugurating the More Cinema For All showcase, a cycle of screenings open to everybody, with an audio description for the blind and subtitles for the deaf.

On upcoming 2 October in Turin, at 8.30 p.m. at Screen One in the Cinema Massimo, actor Carlo Verdone will inaugurate the More Cinema For All showcase, a cycle of screenings open to everyone, with an audio description for the blind and subtitles for the deaf, taking place at the Cinema Massimo from 2 to 11 October.

This initiative, developed by the National Cinema Museum Association with support from the Compagnia di San Paolo and coordinated by Rosa Canosa, will allow a theatrical cinema experience for the sensorially disabled (the blind and sight-impaired, the deaf, partially deaf and hearing-impaired persons) through accessible screenings which to not intend to be special and “dedicated” events, but an all-round part of normal programming in cinemas, addressing a mixed audience.

 

Carlo Verdone, together with Vittorio Sclaverani and Rosa Canosa, will meet the More Cinema For All public during the opening evening on Monday 2 October at the Cinema Massimo, presenting his film Borotalco, the first of the nine titles by this Roman filmmaker and actor in the programme, seven of which will also be accessible for persons with sensorial disabilities. Admission 5.00 euro (free for persons with hearing and visual disabilities).

 

I am very proud of the fact that the National Cinema Museum Association in Turin has selected some of my films - comments Carlo Verdone – for such a praiseworthy and greatly sensitive initiative. In my life I have always worked for the public, for people, and I am filled with joy and pride knowing that everybody, even persons who have a few small difficulties, will be able to watch some of my work. I thank the ‘More Cinema For All’ organisers with all my heart for the generosity and the commitment with which they have created this event.

 

More Cinema For All is a project developed by the National Cinema Museum Association with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo within the 2016 edition of OPEN - Innovative Projects of Audience Engagement, in collaboration with the National Cinema Museum, ANPVI Sight Devoid and Sight Impaired National Association, APIC Cochlear Implant Bearers Association, APRI Pro-Retinopathic and Sight Impaired Association, CPD Council for Persons with Disabilities, ENS National Body for the Deaf, FIADDA associated Italian Families for the defence of the Hearing-impaired, the Deaf Institute in Turin, LISten Association for the integration between the deaf and non-deaf, Turin + Accessible Culture, TVO Tactile Vision Onlus, UICI Italian Blind and Sight Impaired Union, Youth for Turin, Artis Project, MovieReading, Movieday.

 

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Screenings calendar

 

Borotalco (Talcum powder)

(Italy 1981, 127’, Hd, col.) *

Sergio, a stolid, wan household-salesman, pretends he is a charming viveur in order to impress Nadia. But gradually, the vortex of lies on which he has built up his relationship with Nadia leads him to the impossibility of freeing himself of the character he pretends to be. Written and directed by Verdone.

Mon 2, at 8.30 p.m. (Screen One, admission 5.00 euro)/Fri 6, at 4.00 p.m.

 

Perdiamoci di vista (Let’s not keep in touch)

(Italy 1994, 113’, video, col.) *

Gepy is the anchorman of a broadcast based on lachrymose human cases. However, during one episode he is publicly humiliated by a very young paraplegic girl named Arianna. The result is catastrophic: the TV network chairman shuts down the programme and fires poor Gepy, who must now rebuild his life completely.

Tue 3, at 4.00 p.m./Sun 8, at 6.15 p.m.

 

Il mio miglior nemico (My best enemy)

(Italy 2006, 110’, 35mm, col.)

Achille is the top manager of an important hotel chain owned by his wife. He seems to have everything a man desires. But every certainty in his life is overwhelmed by his clash with a youth named Orfeo. With Silvio Muccino.

Tue 3, at 6.00 p.m.

 

L'amore è eterno finché dura (Love is eternal while it lasts)

(Italy 2004, 108’, video, col.) *

She is a psychologist for couples at a local TV station. He is an eye specialist with an important optician shop in Rome. He plays at the computer in the evenings and listens to 1970s music through headphones, she is on a diet and does not sit down to dinner in the evening. He joins a speed-date service, and when his wife finds out, she kicks him out of home. A melancholic reflection on the fragility of sentimental relationships.

Wed 4, at 4.00 p.m./Sat 7, at 6.00 p.m.

 

Compagni di scuola (Schoolmates)

(Italy 1988, 118’, video, col.) *

Fifteen years after their high-school graduation, a group of ex schoolmates meets up in a luxurious villa along the Appia Antica road. An afternoon and an evening together, reaching the conclusion that almost nobody has managed to be successful. But the most stolid one in the group will find the strength to rebel against the stress which was destroying him.

Wed 4, at 8.30/Sun 8, at 4.00 p.m.

 

Sotto una buona stella (Under a lucky star)

(Italy 2013, 106’, Hd, col.)

Federico Picchioni separated from his wife when their children were still young. The sudden death of his wife and a financial scandal however force him to change his life, thus rediscovering the family values he had lost along the way. Verdone’s twenty-fourth film is a sensitive reflection on certain concerns in our times.

Fri 6, at 6.00 p.m./Sat 7, at 4.00 p.m.

 

Io e mia sorella (My sister and I)

(Italy 1987, 109’, video, col.) *

A musician from Spoleto has a restless and trouble-prone sister, while he is mild and quiet. Their mother’s death brings his sister back home after many years. With all her problems, she turns her poor brother’s life upside down. With Ornella Muti.

Fri 6, at 8.30/Wed 11, at 4.00 p.m.

 

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato (Damn the day I met you)

(Italy 1992, 115’, video, col.) *

Bernardo is a Roman journalist who works in Milan. He has decided to write a biography on Jimi Hendrix, being convinced he was murdered. He meets a problematic girl at the psychologist’s, who depends on  tranquillisers like him and a friendship springs up with her, which becomes love, after some ups and downs between London and Cornwall.

Sat 7, at 8.20/Tue 10, at 4.00 p.m.

 

Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (What fault is it of ours?)

(Italy 2002, 120’, video, col.) *

Bewildered by the death of the elderly psychiatrist who used to follow them, the eight members of a group therapy – each one affected by a different problem – search for a substitute. On ascertaining the uselessness of the alternatives, they decide to continue their experience by recurring to self-management.

Sat 7, at 10.30/Tue 10, at 6.10 p.m.

 

* Accessible screenings, with audio description and subtitles