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2021 Ballarat Italian Film Festival
13/08/2021 at 6:30 pm - 14/08/2021 at 6:30 pm
Aspromonte
Friday 13th August, 6.30pm
In 1951 in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with other villages. In the wake of this tragedy, all of Africo’s including children – abandon their usual occupations and unite to build their own road.
Odio L’estate
Saturday 14th August, 2pm
Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Marten Eden
Saturday 14th August, 6.30pm
Bold and dazzling, acclaimed writer/director Pietro Marcello’s multi award-winning drama MARTIN EDEN provocatively transposes Jack London’s 1909 novel about a self-taught and outspoken writer out of the American West and into a pivotal moment in Italy’s pre-war history.
Tickets $12 per film.