Name: Italian Film Series 9/14/24
Uploaded: 2024-08-07T19:03:00Z
Description: Come join us for our first Italian Film Series screening of the semester! Dinner to be served after the move in Casa Italiana.

Italian Film Series 9/14/24

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Come join us for our first Italian Film Series screening of the semester! Dinner to be served after the move in Casa Italiana.

Frank DiMino Casa Italiana

Presenting: Comandante We'd be happy to see you at Casa Italiana after the screening for dinner! Synopsis: COMMANDERAt the beginning of the Second World War, Salvatore Todaro (PIER FRANCESCO FAVINO) is, the Commander of the submarine Cappellini of the Italian Royal Navy: a steel-reinforced bow for improbable attempts at ramming, cannon fire while surfacing to confront the enemy face to face, and a crew armed with daggers for impossible hand-to-hand combat, sent to support the German U-boats in the battle of the Atlantic. In October 1940, while sailing in the Atlantic, the silhouette of a merchant ship with its lights off looms in the dark of night. This is the Belgian ship Kabalo, which suddenly opened fire on the submarine and its Italian crew. A brief but violent battle ensues which ends when Todaro sinks the merchant ship with cannon fire. And it is at this point that the commander reaches a decision that is destined to make history. He would disobey the orders from German command to kill all enemies and rescues the 26 Belgian survivors who tried, and still would try, to sink him, saving them from drowning in the middle of the ocean. He would take the responsibility to disembark them at the nearest safe harbour in the Azores. “Yes, we are soldiers, and in battle we will sink your steel without mercy. But the men we save according to the laws of the sea.” To take them all on board, he is forced to sail on the surface for three days, making himself visible to the enemy, living in cramped quarters and sharing limited food, risking his own life and those of his men. When the captain of the Kabalo asks him why he exposed himself and his crew to such a risk, disobey the instructions of his own command, in order to save an enemy Salvatore Todaro replies with the words that made him a legend: “We are Italians!’ Commander is not a war movie. It is a movie about humanity in a time of war. A Film by Edoardo De Angelis – Writer/Director of Indivisibili Pierfrancesco Favino – Of international fame with the movies World War Z, Angels andDemons, Rush, The Traitor, Miracle at Santa Anna, Night at the Museum, the Netflixseries Marco Polo, also seen in the past Italian Film Series presentations ofMoschettieri del Re, A Casa Tutti Bene.Massimiliano Rossi – also starred in Indivisibli, Suburra, Diabolik, Romulous,Silvia D’Amico – also seen in The Last Prosecco, and The Place.Comandante earned 22 nominations at International film festivals in 2024, with ten forthe David di Donatello prestigious awards.

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