Tag: italy
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Antonio’s Road Film Review Napoli nel Cinema
English Translation Napoli nel Cinema Film Review “Antonio’s Road”: a melodrama on emigration told with delicacy and sensitivity Paco De Renzis July 15, 2026 Presented in Italian premiere at the sixteenth edition of the Social World Film Festival in Vico Equense, in the independent OFF Festivalsection, Antonio’s Road by director Donna Di Giuseppe addresses one of the most universal themes…
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400 Years Ago, She Painted for 80 Years
c. 1556 Sofonisba Anguissola Self-Portrait in miniature, Boston Museum of Fine Arts Look into her young eyes. You can see her imagination racing. She’s studying you as you study her. She sees you. Do you see her? Do you know how fascinating her story is? I will tell you this: you do not know a…
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How The Godfather Movies Changed My Life: A Proud Granddaughter of Abruzzo
Adapted from Il Cenacolo San Francisco lecture, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club March 17, 2022 My paternal grandfather was born in Atri Abruzzo in 1894 and emigrated to America at the age of 18. My paternal grandmother was born in Casoli di Atri Abruzzo in 1906. Both of her parents died in the Spanish flu…
Lady In Ermine: The Story of A Woman Who Painted The Renaissance 