In December the Italia Mia Festival, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong, presents two Italian films and two operas filmed in Hong Kong.
The films are Tre Piani (Three Floors) directed by Nanni Moretti; Pinocchio by director Matteo Garrone. And the opera films Rita composed by Gaetano Donizettia, filmed at Haw Par Mansion; Waitress on Top – composed by Gennaro Antonio Federico shot at The Peninsula hotel in Hong Kong.
The films will be screened from 2-5 December at Premiere Elements Cinema, West Kowloon.
Three Floors (120 minutes)
2 December | 7:30 pm
4 December | 3:30 pm
Pinocchio (125 minutes)
3 December | 7:20 pm
5 December | 3:20 pm
Rita (60 minutes) – an Italian opera comique in one act co-written by composer Gaetano Donizetti and playwright Gustave Vaëz.
4 December | 1:00 pm
Waitress on Top (60 minutes) – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s celebrated farce “La Serva Padrona” is re-imagined as a battle of the sexes and matching of wits in contemporary Hong Kong.
4 December | 2:15 pm
