It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s 17th-century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend... Read more
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Doc Shorts: The Unexpected
Friday, November 10 at 5:00pm
Unusual dispatches from around the globe. 
The Leisure Seeker
Saturday, November 4 at 6:45pm
The first film in English by Italian director Paolo Virzi (“Human Capital”), "The Leisure Seeker" — which debuted at the Venice film fest — tells the story of a runaway couple going on an unforgettable cross-country journey in their vintage camper. Seriously ill... Read more
Let Yourself Go
Saturday, November 11 at 6:30pm
Sunday, November 12 at 5:20pm
In this Italian variant on the screwball comedy, an uptight psychologist gets more than just a physical workout when he signs up for personal-training sessions with an attractive young instructor. Toni Sevillo (“The Great Beauty”) is outstanding as Elia, a... Read more
Narrative Shorts: Animation 1
Friday, November 3 at 9:30pm
An animated program that encompasses space, cats, and divorce. 
Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream
Sunday, November 12 at 2:45pm
What is an immigrant’s typical experience in America? What does he sacrifice, and what does he gain? “Pizza Shop” provides one family’s answer to those questions, lovingly illustrating what it means for Charlie and Fred Osso, immigrant brothers from Calabria,... Read more
Saving Brinton
Saturday, November 4 at 5:00pm
The tale of a gregarious Midwestern folk hero, “Saving Brinton” — a film by Tommy Haines, John Richard, and Andrew Sherburne — is at once a meditation on living small and a celebration of dreaming big. In a farmhouse basement in the Iowa countryside, eccentric... Read more