Italian Movie Night: "Respiro"­

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Respiro is set in Lampedusa, the southernmost Sicilian island. The kids play ancient games, the fishermen fish, everyone goes to church on Sunday, the women gossip. Thirteen-year-old Pasquale is the head of a small band of children who hunt birds in their spare time, and defend "their" territory from rival gangs. Like most of his fellow Lampedusans, Pasquale spends his evenings on Via Roma, the main street that he and his mates use as a racetrack for performing acrobatic stunts with their Vespas. Pasquale's one acknowledged boss is his father, Pietro, and his mother, Grazia, is considered to be extravagant by the rest of her family. Pasquale is ashamed of his mother being different from the other mothers, but defends and protects her from the growing pressure from her peers and her husband, as everyone wants to take her to a mental hospital in Milan, where they think she can get cured...

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A small, sensual and unforgettable Italian drama that transports us to a place wonderfully exotic yet strangely familiar. - Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Calls into question the conventional definition of 'normal.' - Peter Howell, Toronto Star.

The screening will be followed by a short discussion in English.

Movie in Italian with English subtitles

Filme em Italiano, legendado em Inglês

Free entry - donations welcome to support the Association.

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