Giuseppe Tornatore Film Festival Catalog
Giuseppe Tornatore Film Festival
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DIRECTOR DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY FILMGRAPHY AWARDS
FILMS CINEMA PARADISO EVERYBODY’S FINE THE LEGEND OF 1990 MALÈNA BAARIA
NAVIGATION INTRODUCTION LOCATION SCHEDULE EVENTS
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DIRECTOR
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GIUSEPPE TORNATORE
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
GiuseppeTornatore is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born on 27 May 1956. He is considered as one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema. Also considered as one of the directors to bring back critical acclaim Italian films once had, the director has had a career stretching over 30 years writing scripts and directing films.
RAI before releasing his first full-length film, Il Camorrista, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audiences and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the Silver Ribbon for best new director. During his more than 30 years of professional career, he has been directed and written many good films, such as Everybody’s Fine, The Legend of 1900, Malèna, Baarìa and The Best Offer.
Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for
Rural life is the hallmark of Tornatore’s “Sicilian” film. In his films, he is good at confronting difficult historical and social issues that most Sicilians rarely discuss themselves-including fascism and the Second World War through the perspective of personal roles and situations.
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FILMOGRAPHY 1986 The Professor
1988 Cinema Paradiso
1990 Everybody’s Fine
1991 Especially on Sunday
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A Pure Formality
Ritratti d’autore: seconda serie
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1998
The Star Maker
The Legend of 1990
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Lo schermo a tre punte
Malèna 2006 The Unknown Woman 2009 Baaria 2013 The Best Offer 2016 The Correspondence
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AWARDS Cinema Paradiso
1989
ACADEMY AWARD
Best Foreign Language Film
EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Special Prize of the Jury
1991
BAFTA AWARD
Best Original Screenplay
BAFTA AWARD
Best Foreign Language Film
The Star Maker
1996
The Legend of 1900
1999
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Best Director
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Best Director
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Scholars Jury Award
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The Unknown Woman
2007
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Best Director
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Best Film
EUROPEAN FILM AUDIENCE AWARD
Best Film
PEOPLE´S CHOICE AWARD
Best European Film
Baaria
2010
The Best Offer
2013
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Youth Award
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Youth Award
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Best Director
DAVID DI DONATELLO
Best Film
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“The bigger the man, the deeper the footprint. And if he loves, he suffers, knowing it’s a dead-end street.”
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FILM
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CINEMA PARADISO
DRAMA |2H35M | 17 NOVEMBER 1988 | ITALY
Directed by | Giuseppe Tornatore Written by | Giuseppe Tornatore Music by | Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone Edited by | Mario Morra Cinematography | Blasco Giurato Producted by | Franco Cristaldi and Giovanna Romagnoli
CAST
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Philippe Noiret Salvatore Cascio Jacques Perrin Agnese Nano Antonella Attili Enzo Cannavale Isa Danieli
Cinema Paradiso tells the story of Salvatore, a successful film director, returning home for the funeral of Alfredo, his old friend who was the projectionist at the local cinema throughout his childhood. Soon memories of his first love affair with the beautiful Elena and all the high and lows that shaped his life come flooding back, as Salvatore reconnects with the community he left 30 years earlier.
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“Whatever you end up doing, love it. The way you loved the projection booth when you were a little squirt.”
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EVERYBODY’S FINE
DRAMA |2H5M | 18 OCTOBER 1990 | ITALY
Directed by | Giuseppe Tornatore Written by | Massimo De Rita, Tonino Guerra and Giuseppe Tornatore Music by | Ennio Morricone Edited by | Mario Morra Cinematography | Blasco Giurato Producted by | Angelo Rizzoli Jr. and Mario Cotone
CAST
PLOT
Marcello Mastroianni Michèle Morgan Valeria Cavalli Marino Cenna Norma Martelli Roberto Nobile Salvatore Cascio
Matteo Scuro, a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, decides to surprise each of his five adult children with a visit, and finds none of them as he imagined. Before his arrival at each of their homes, each of his grown children scramble to put on a facade to cover up their personal failings. After his trip, he goes to his wife’s grave and tell her that their children are all fine.
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“Life is not what you see in films. Life is much harder.“
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THE LEGEND OF 1990
DRAMA |2H49M | 28 OCTOBER 1998| ITALY
Directed by | Giuseppe Tornatore Written by | Giuseppe Tornatore Music by | Ennio Morricone Edited by | Massimo Quaglia Cinematography | Lajos Koltai Producted by | Francesco Tornatore
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Tim Roth Pruitt Taylor Vince Mélanie Thierry Bill Nunn Heathcote Williams Clarence Williams III Peter Vaughan
On New Year’s Day 1900, Danny (Bill Nunn), a crew member on an ocean liner, finds a deserted infant and decides to adopt him, nicknaming him “1900.” As an adult, the eccentric 1900 grows into a remarkable musician aboard the boat. Rumors of his brilliant piano playing eventually reach the shore, and his pal Max believes that success surely awaits 1900 on land. The only problem, however, is that the enigmatic pianist is loath to embrace life away from the ship.
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“Take piano: keys begin, keys end. You know there are 88 of them. Nobody can tell you any different. They are not infinite. You're infinite... And on those keys, the music that you can make... is infinite.“
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MALÈNA
ROMANCE | DRAMA |1H32M | 27 OCTOBER 2000 | ITALY
Directed by | Giuseppe Tornatore Written by | Giuseppe Tornatore Music by | Ennio Morricone Edited by | Massimo Quaglia Cinematography | Lajos Koltai Producted by | Harvey Weinstein and Carlo Bernasconi
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Monica Bellucci Giuseppe Sulfaro Elisa Morucci Luciano Federico Matilde Piana Pietro Notarianni Gaetano Aronica
In 1941, Renato was 13 years old and although the world was at war, nothing ever happened in this sleepy village in Sicily. Until the day he discovered something that would change his life. He met Malna, the beautiful young war widow who was the obsession of every man and the envy of every woman. Because of her, Renato will come to learn all of life’s lessons and find himself in places he never could have imagined.
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“From now on, I'll be at your side. Forever, I promise. Just give me time to grow up.“
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BAARIVA
DRAMA | HISTORY | 2H43M | 25 SEPTEMBER 2009 | ITALY
Directed by | Giuseppe Tornatore Written by | Giuseppe Tornatore Music by | Ennio Morricone Edited by | Massimo Quaglia Cinematography | Enrico Lucidi Producted by | Tarak Ben Ammar
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Francesco Scianna Margareth Madè Raoul Bova Ángela Molina Salvatore Ficarra Valentino Picone Enrico Lo Verso
From the 1920s through to the 80s, follow the story of Peppino, who comes from a poor shepherding family. The film tracks both Peppino’s romance with local beauty Mannina and his political awakening, which will take him to the upper reaches of the Communist Party, as well as the social changes within the town: life under the Fascists, the influence of the Mafia, and the dominance of the Catholic Church and Christian Democrats.
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“That's probably how it was meant to be. Each of us has his own destiny."
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NAVIGATION
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FILM FESTIVAL NAVIGATION
INTRODUCTION | LOCATION
Giuseppe Tornatore is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered as one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema. Precious Memories Film Festival has carefully selected iconic films by Giuseppe Tonatore. We hope that the audience can experience delicate and complicated feelings and emotions behind films. The film festival will be held from May 25th to 29th because May 27th is Giuseppe Tornatore’s birthday. And In 2026, Giuseppe Tornatore is 70 years old, while it is 40th anniversary of his first film, The Professor (1986). In his films, he showed the local customs, history and culture of his hometown, so as to evoke unforgettable memories of the past. The film festival will be held at Italian American Museum in New York. It serves as a cultural hub and community nexus for Italian Americans and the Little Italy neighborhood. People can feel the charm of Giuseppe Tornatore’s films and story more immersively. 37
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SCHEDULE May 25 th
May 28 th
10:00
Cinema Paradiso | Film
10:00
Baaria | Film
12:00
Malèna | Film
12:00
Cinema Paradiso | Film
18:00
Everybody’s Fine | Film
18:00
Everybody’s Fine | Film
20:00
Bei Vecchi Tempi | Concert
May 25 th
May 29 th
10:00
Bei Vecchi Tempi | Concert
10:00
Malèna | Film
12:00
Everybody’s Fine | Film
12:00
The Legend of 1990 | Film
18:00
The Legend of 1990 | Film
18:00
Baaria | Film
20:00
Baaria | Film
20:00
Cinema Paradiso | Film
May 27 th 10:00
The Legend of 1990 | Film
12:00
Bei Vecchi Tempi | Concert
18:00
Malèna | Film
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FILM FESTIVAL NAVIGATION
BEI VECCHI TEMPI | CONCERT
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Ennio Moriccone is an Italian Composer and Orchestrator. His repertoire consists of music for over five hundred movies and songs. His sensational and emphatic pieces, together with his ability to write music for almost any kind of genre, are the reasons he is regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time. Giuseppe Tornatore is also known for his long-term collaboration with composer Enio
Morricone, who has composed 13 Tornatore feature films since 1988. Precious Memories Film Festival will hold concert named Bei Vecchi Tempi. Songs composed by Ennio Morricone in Giuseppe Tornatore’s films will appear in the concert. We hope our audiences can recall the plot in the movie and evoke their unforgettable memories through music. It is also nostalgia for Ennio Moriccone.
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