Latest Past Events
Leonardo Sciascia: The Man and the Writer
219 Aaron Burr HallLeonardo Sciascia remains best known outside Italy as novelist and writer of idiosyncratic detective stories which aim not so much to identify individual criminals as to dissect the society in which such crimes occur and to unveil the powerful forces which benefit by them. He was also produced non-fiction books in a genre of his […]
From Jessica to Jack: story of a transition — Film Screening of Un uomo deve essere forte (A man must be strong), and Q&A with the directors
• The film will be open to the Campus Community and available from October 13th until October 27th, in Italian with English subtitles. • Follow the Q&A (in English) with the film directors Ilaria Ciavattini and Elsi Perino, on Thursday, October 28th at 4pm via Zoom. • Screening and Zoom Links: Please email Kelly Eggers: […]
SOLE (SUN) by Carlo Sironi, and Q&A with the Director
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN in collaboration with New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) PRESENTS: SOLE (SUN) by the emergent Italian director, Carlo Sironi OPEN TO THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY SOLE, focusing on the teenage and youth years experienced in a context of marginalization, loneliness, and cynicism. The director accurately describes the feeling of claustrophobia, the […]