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.”
THE MAGIC OF ITALIAN FILM MUSIC
Presented by Dr. Domenico Luca Trombetta
Principal violist, Opera on the James Orchestra
Assistant Professor of Music Liberty University School of Music In collaboration with Pianist Emily Yap Chua Chair, Department of Performing Arts, Randolph College
DATE: Sunday, May 21 - 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Opera on the James Building, 701 Main Street
PROGRAM: This afternoon’s delightful program features music by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, and Nicola Piovani and movies that incorporate this music. Refreshments served, compliments of the Dante Society.
Presented by Dr. Domenico Luca Trombetta
Principal violist, Opera on the James Orchestra
Assistant Professor of Music Liberty University School of Music In collaboration with Pianist Emily Yap Chua Chair, Department of Performing Arts, Randolph College
DATE: Sunday, May 21 - 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Opera on the James Building, 701 Main Street
PROGRAM: This afternoon’s delightful program features music by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, and Nicola Piovani and movies that incorporate this music. Refreshments served, compliments of the Dante Society.