February’s CULT! evening will focus on Elisabetta Sgarbi with a screening of her film Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra. Un viaggio nella cultura in Italia. After the film, there will be a talk by Sgarbi and Alberto Pezzotta.

The National Cinema Museum dedicates February’s CULT! evening to Elisabetta Sgarbi with a screening of her film Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra: Un viaggio nella cultura in Italia (If you’ve got a mountain of snow, keep it in the shade: A voyage across Italy’s culture). After the film, there will be a talk by the director herself and Alberto Pezzotta. The event will take place on Friday, 18 February 2011 at 8.30 p.m. in Cinema Massimo’s Screen Three.

Presented at the last Venice Film Festival in the "Controcampo Italiano" section, Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra: Un viaggio nella cultura in Italia is based on a collection of poems by Tito Balestra of the same name. It is a voyage along the entire peninsula, undertaken by the film director with the help of Edoardo Nesi and Eugenio Lio, in order to complete an inquiry on the situation and the state of culture in Italy. A long list of interviewees – names familiar to the world of culture (from Franco Battiato to Umberto Eco, from Manlio Sgalambro to Laura Morante) as well as members of the general public – were asked important questions.

After the screening, there will be a talk by Elisabetta Sgarbi and Alberto Pezzotta.