"Piccolo Mondo Antico (Old-Fashioned World)" Italian Film Screening with English Subtitles at Italian Centre, Chanakyapuri > 6:30pm & 8:30pm on 5th October & 2pm on 8th October 2011

Time :

5th October : 6:30 pm & 8:30 pm

8th October : 2:00 pm

Entry : 

5th October : Annual Membership Required ( Around Rs. 1000, 2 colour photographs and Photocopy of any Identity Card )
Form is available at the Centre or Click here to Download the form

8th October : Open for language students mainly

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

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Event Details : Screening of the film 'Piccolo Mondo Antico (Old-Fashioned World)'. 

During the Italian Risorgimento, in the Austrian occupied Lombardy, Franco Maironi a young man of noble descent marries Luisa, a humble clerk's daughter, against the wishes of Marquess Orsola Maironi, his grandmother, who makes their lives miserable. Soon, little Maria is born to the couple. Due to financial constraints Franco is forced to go to Turin in search of a job. During his absence, little Maria drowns in Lake Como and Luisa is driven to the brink of madness. Franco returns home for a short time only to find Luisa cold towards him. During the Second Italian War of Independence Franco becomes a volunteer soldier and again meets his wife by Lake Maggiore, sure that she still loves him and well aware that he might die... 
Based on the 1895 novel by Antonio Fogazzaro, the film was one of the first colossal and highly successful films of Italian cinema.

Cast : Massimo Serato, Alida Valli, Ada Dondini, Mariù Pascoli, Anna Carena etc.

Year : 1941

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