| ITALIAN FILM SCREENING |Denti (Teeth) 2000, 96 min. - 24th January, 2007

Movie Info : In this bizarre and darkly comic fantasy, based on a novel by Domenico Starnone, Antonio (Sergio Rubini) is a man who was born with unusually large incisors; his freakishly huge teeth make him an outcast from his peers as a child, and he attempts more than once to break off the offending choppers. The emotionally fragile Antonio was further devastated at the age of 12 when his mother died, and as a man, he's become obsessive and controlling in his relationships with women. Antonio is convinced that his girlfriend Mara has been unfaithful to him -- with her dentist, of course. After Antonio confronts Mara in a moment of anger, she responds with rage, and strikes him in the face with a large ashtray, breaking off one of his teeth. Antonio now must travel across the land, going from dentist to dentist in search of someone who can make a crown that will suit his extra-large smile. Denti was shown in competition at the 2000 Venice Film Festival.

Place : Italian Embassy Cultural Institute, 50-E, Chandragupta Marg (entry from Nyaya Marg), Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 21, Phone : 011-26871901

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