Remembering MARIO GROMO. A day of screenings dedicated to Mario Gromo and a conference with Giovanni Gromo, Sergio Toffetti, Lorenzo Ventavoli and Gianni Rondolino.

On this, the 50th anniversary of the death of Mario Gromo, the National Museum of Cinema, in partnership with the University of Turin’s DAMS college for the performing arts and with contributions from the National Archive of Industrial Cinema and the Experimental Cinematography Centre – National Film Archive, has organised a tribute to La Stampa’s legendary film critic with a day of screenings at Cinema Massimo (19 May 2010) and a roundtable discussion  (20 May 2010) at the Bibliomediateca dedicated to Mario Gromo.

The screenings will begin at 4.45 p.m. with John Cromwell’s The Goddess, followed by Billy Wilder’s Witness for the Prosecution at 6.45 p.m. The evening’s screenings will continue with Ugo Gregoretti’s film I nuovi angeli (The New Angels) at 9 p.m. and will conclude with Carlo Lizzani’s Achtung! Banditi! (Attention! Bandits!) at 10.30 p.m.

Before the 9 p.m. screening, there will be a conference with Giovanni Gromo, Sergio Toffetti and Lorenzo Ventavoli, chaired by Gianni Rondolino. Admission: 4.45 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. screenings – 5.50/4.00/3.00 euros. Other screenings are free.