The Museum of Photographic Arts and the San Diego Italian Film Festival presents this film series as a preview to their annual film festival, held at MoPA. Screenings of Italian films take place in the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater. All films are free and open to the public.
Synopsis:
"Italian director Michele Placido explores the legendary -- yet brief -- affair that occurred between writers Dino Campana and Sibilla Aleramo in the early part of the 20th century in his 2002 romantic drama, A Journey of Love. Early Italian feminist Sibilla Aleramo (played by Laura Morante) endured a forced marriage to an abusive husband due to an unexpected pregnancy at the age of 16. Eventually, she left her husband -- only to also lose all contact with her son due to her husband's spitefulness. These formative years enabled Sibilla to develop a literary voice, as she moved from city to city and began building a reputation not only as a fine writer, but also as a prodigious lover. At the age of 40, Sibilla met the somewhat younger and certainly more unconventional Dino Campana (Stefano Accorsi) and the duo embarked on a notoriously self-destructive and intense two year affair."
Admission: FREE; Suggested $5 donation
Location:
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
For more information, please visit: www.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com
Or call: (619) 238-7559
Synopsis:
"Italian director Michele Placido explores the legendary -- yet brief -- affair that occurred between writers Dino Campana and Sibilla Aleramo in the early part of the 20th century in his 2002 romantic drama, A Journey of Love. Early Italian feminist Sibilla Aleramo (played by Laura Morante) endured a forced marriage to an abusive husband due to an unexpected pregnancy at the age of 16. Eventually, she left her husband -- only to also lose all contact with her son due to her husband's spitefulness. These formative years enabled Sibilla to develop a literary voice, as she moved from city to city and began building a reputation not only as a fine writer, but also as a prodigious lover. At the age of 40, Sibilla met the somewhat younger and certainly more unconventional Dino Campana (Stefano Accorsi) and the duo embarked on a notoriously self-destructive and intense two year affair."
Admission: FREE; Suggested $5 donation
Location:
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
For more information, please visit: www.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com
Or call: (619) 238-7559
