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Matakana Cinemas will host Cinema Italiano – a festival of Italian films including comedies, documentaries and dramas – which kicks off this weekend.
Organisers say this fourth festival is the best yet, combining traditional masterpieces with modern Italian cinema.
The line-up includes There’s No Place Like Home, which depicts the breakdown of a raucous 50th wedding anniversary into a tangle of tension, when an unexpected turn of bad weather strands a large extended family on an island.
For lovers of old movies, renowned Italian classic 8 ½ will retell the beloved story of fictional director Guido Anselmi.
Fans of comedy should carve out time for My Big Gay Italian Wedding, a humorous adaptation of the hit off-Broadway play of the same name.
The festival starts this Friday, September 6, with a special opening night event for the screening of
There’s No Place Like Home. Tickets are $20 and include drinks and nibbles from The Vintry. Doors open at 7.30pm and the film screens at 8pm.
The festival runs until September 14.
Info: For dates and bookings visit cinemaitalianonz.com
