The National Cinema Museum and the French Embassy present the festival entitled Je viens d’Italie celebrating French-Italian actors.

In conjunction with the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the French Embassy and the National Cinema Museum have organised the festival Je viens d’Italie at Cinema Massimo, from 1 to 4 October 2011, celebrating French actors of Italian origin who magnificently acted lead roles in films which have become European film classics.

This tribute will be a wonderful opportunity to see actors and films from cinema history on the silver screen, in their original language with Italian electronic subtitles: Jean-Paul Belmondo in François Truffaut’s film Mississippi Mermaid, Fabrice Luchini in Éric Rohmer’s Claire’s Knee, Michel Piccoli in Claude Chabrol’s Wedding in Blood, Chiara Mastroianni in Arnaud Desplechin’s film A Christmas Tale, Yves Montand and Serge Reggiani in Marcel Carné’s film Gates of the Night and Lino Ventura in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows.

The retrospective has been organised in partnership with the Consulate General of France, the Alliance française di Torino and the Institut français.