2023 Events Calendar
JANUARY 25: FILM SERIES RESUMES
DON’T TELL
(LA BESTIA NEL CUORE)
Sabina has a regular life, satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. But lately nightmares start disturbing her, just as she discovers she is pregnant. Her childhood, spent with an older brother, has a dark secret hidden within her heart. She goes to visit her brother in America to try to understand what happened in their past. What is the secret?
She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life, and finally manages to free herself from her 'beast in the heart'.
(Watch for the Lynchburg surprise!)
Italian with English subtitles / Running Time 112’
Film begins promptly at 5:30 pm at Riverviews.
DON’T TELL
(LA BESTIA NEL CUORE)
Sabina has a regular life, satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. But lately nightmares start disturbing her, just as she discovers she is pregnant. Her childhood, spent with an older brother, has a dark secret hidden within her heart. She goes to visit her brother in America to try to understand what happened in their past. What is the secret?
She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life, and finally manages to free herself from her 'beast in the heart'.
(Watch for the Lynchburg surprise!)
Italian with English subtitles / Running Time 112’
Film begins promptly at 5:30 pm at Riverviews.
CHIARA LUBICH
L’AMORE VINCE TUTTO (Love Conquers All)
This powerful movie tells the dramatic story of the spiritual and human adventure of a young teacher from Trento, Italy, who, amidst the devastation and despair from the bombings of World War II, was called to build a better, more united world, becoming a strong witness and advocate of universal brotherhood as a prerequisite for dialogue and peace among men.
Directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Giacomo Campiotti, it reveals a charismatic figure who chose love as the compass of life, and found her mission and purpose through the passage from the Gospel, "May they all be one." Her mission had the full support of all the Popes in her lifetime, and she had particular close collaboration with Pope John Paull II. Her cause for sainthood has been opened in Rome. Italian with English subtitles / Running Time 1hr 47minutes
MARCH 1: Lecture
“Operation Demeter: What Italy’s largest antiquities bust reveals about archeological looting today.”
By Fiona Greenland, Assoc. Prof of Sociology at UVA. Leggett Building 537 on the RC campus at 6pm. A 5pm reception in Leggett Lobby precedes the lecture. Dante members (and friends) are welcome.
“Operation Demeter: What Italy’s largest antiquities bust reveals about archeological looting today.”
By Fiona Greenland, Assoc. Prof of Sociology at UVA. Leggett Building 537 on the RC campus at 6pm. A 5pm reception in Leggett Lobby precedes the lecture. Dante members (and friends) are welcome.
DANTE FILM SERIES RESUMES
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
Please arrive at 5:15. Movie begins at 5:30 at Riverviews, 901 Jefferson Street. Wine and nibbles provided ($5 donation appreciated).
American tycoon Robert Talbot (Rock Hudson) usually spends the month of September in his villa on the Italian Riviera with his Italian girlfriend, Lisa Fellini (Gina Lollobrigida), but this year he decides to arrive early. Once there, he discovers that his butler has transformed the villa into a hotel
and that Lisa has decided to marry another man. Hijinks ensue! This is a frothy romantic comedy with wonderful performances by Hudson, Lollobrigida,and Walter Slezak (as the butler, Maurice). Nostalgia fans will also appreciate Bobby Darin (in his first film role) and Sandra Dee. Though not strictly an Italian film, it is, as Lollobrigida described it, “a comedy that could only be made in Italy.”
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
Please arrive at 5:15. Movie begins at 5:30 at Riverviews, 901 Jefferson Street. Wine and nibbles provided ($5 donation appreciated).
American tycoon Robert Talbot (Rock Hudson) usually spends the month of September in his villa on the Italian Riviera with his Italian girlfriend, Lisa Fellini (Gina Lollobrigida), but this year he decides to arrive early. Once there, he discovers that his butler has transformed the villa into a hotel
and that Lisa has decided to marry another man. Hijinks ensue! This is a frothy romantic comedy with wonderful performances by Hudson, Lollobrigida,and Walter Slezak (as the butler, Maurice). Nostalgia fans will also appreciate Bobby Darin (in his first film role) and Sandra Dee. Though not strictly an Italian film, it is, as Lollobrigida described it, “a comedy that could only be made in Italy.”
DANTE FILM SERIES RESUMES
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26
Please arrive at 5:15. Movie begins at 5:30 at Riverviews,
901 Jefferson Street, Lynchburg.
Wine and nibbles provided ($5 donation appreciated).Whether you own dozens of pairs of Ferragamo shoes, or you’re someonewho only knows names like Salvatore Ferragamo and Manolo Blahnik from when they were mentioned on Sex and the City, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams is a fascinating documentary about Ferragamo, his shoe empire and his sojourn to Hollywood.
Directed by Luca Guadagnino, Salvatore is an extensive history of the life of the designer, who was born in Bonito, Italy in 1898, and died at age 60 in 1960. His widow, the mother of his six children who took over the fashion house after his death, lived until 2018 and was interviewed for the film. The most compelling part of the film is when Ferragamo arrives in Hollywood during its formative years. There, over a period of several decades, he made shoes for the movies, as well as for starlets to wear. He started in the silent era, went bust during the Depression, emerging as the shoe provider of choice for thelikes of Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26
Please arrive at 5:15. Movie begins at 5:30 at Riverviews,
901 Jefferson Street, Lynchburg.
Wine and nibbles provided ($5 donation appreciated).Whether you own dozens of pairs of Ferragamo shoes, or you’re someonewho only knows names like Salvatore Ferragamo and Manolo Blahnik from when they were mentioned on Sex and the City, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams is a fascinating documentary about Ferragamo, his shoe empire and his sojourn to Hollywood.
Directed by Luca Guadagnino, Salvatore is an extensive history of the life of the designer, who was born in Bonito, Italy in 1898, and died at age 60 in 1960. His widow, the mother of his six children who took over the fashion house after his death, lived until 2018 and was interviewed for the film. The most compelling part of the film is when Ferragamo arrives in Hollywood during its formative years. There, over a period of several decades, he made shoes for the movies, as well as for starlets to wear. He started in the silent era, went bust during the Depression, emerging as the shoe provider of choice for thelikes of Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe.
DANTE FILM SERIES
WEDNESDAY, May 24
Please arrive at 5:15. Movie begins at 5:30 at Riverviews, 901 Jefferson Street, Lynchburg.
The Life Ahead is a 2020 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Ponti, from a screenplay by Ponti and Ugo Chiti. It is the third screen adaptation of the 1975 novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary. It stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora, and is set in Bari, Italy.
The film was preceded by Madame Rosa a 1977 film based on the Gary novel, directed by Moshé Mizrahi and featuring Simone Signoret. Like the book, the first film version is set in Paris.
Reservations for group dinner immediately following film at:
Greys, 512 5th Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504
WEDNESDAY, May 24
Please arrive at 5:15. Movie begins at 5:30 at Riverviews, 901 Jefferson Street, Lynchburg.
The Life Ahead is a 2020 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Ponti, from a screenplay by Ponti and Ugo Chiti. It is the third screen adaptation of the 1975 novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary. It stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora, and is set in Bari, Italy.
The film was preceded by Madame Rosa a 1977 film based on the Gary novel, directed by Moshé Mizrahi and featuring Simone Signoret. Like the book, the first film version is set in Paris.
Reservations for group dinner immediately following film at:
Greys, 512 5th Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504
DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY, Please join us for a "Welcome Back" Cocktail gathering announcing our Fall & Winter schedule, Wednesday – September 20, 2023, 5:00 – 6:30 pm, Dish Restaurant, 1120 Main Street – Downtown Lynchburg
Enjoy Small Plates w/ Italian Focus & Wine offered by Chef & Owner Dave Ellis,
RSVP by Saturday, Sept. 16 to Fran Briley, email fdbriley@gmail.com or text/call 434-238-8788.
Thursday, Oct. 19, 5:30pm - 7:30pm, "The Dolomites" a lecture presented by Cham Light, accompanied by an Italian wine tasting with Gerry Carney. St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Undercroft), Clay Street, Lynchburg.
Nov. (TBA) Opera on the James, Pre-Opera Concert, A special event for Dante members and guests.
Tuesday, December 12, 5:30pm, Holiday Party Celebration and Annual Meeting, 2820 Sedgewick Drive, Lynchburg, VA, Hosted by Genevieve Whittemore
Enjoy Small Plates w/ Italian Focus & Wine offered by Chef & Owner Dave Ellis,
RSVP by Saturday, Sept. 16 to Fran Briley, email fdbriley@gmail.com or text/call 434-238-8788.
Thursday, Oct. 19, 5:30pm - 7:30pm, "The Dolomites" a lecture presented by Cham Light, accompanied by an Italian wine tasting with Gerry Carney. St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Undercroft), Clay Street, Lynchburg.
Nov. (TBA) Opera on the James, Pre-Opera Concert, A special event for Dante members and guests.
Tuesday, December 12, 5:30pm, Holiday Party Celebration and Annual Meeting, 2820 Sedgewick Drive, Lynchburg, VA, Hosted by Genevieve Whittemore