Newsletter - March 2023CINEDANTE Wednesday 15th MarchFilm Title: Momenti di trascurabile felicità” (Ordinary Happiness) by Daniele Luchetti 2019 Comedy/Drama - 93 min - Rated M Synopsis: After an accident, Paolo has 92 minutes to come to terms with the most important moments of his life. Come along to the Aperitivo Dante on Wednesday 15th March 2023 and enjoy a glass of wine and a chat in Italian (or English) before the film. The movie starts at 7.30pm. Aperitivo Dante begins at 7pm. There is no charge for CineDante but a gold koha is requested for the evening. This viewing is reserved to financial members of Dante Society. Annual subscriptions can be paid on the night. THE ITALIAN BOOK CLUB 2023 The Italian Book Club in English is back! If you dream of Italy and are passionate about its culture, come and join us. Starting in May, we will read and discuss in English 3 books written by Italian authors. The Italian Book Club is a ‘taste of Italy’ under all points of view: writers, stories, locations, characters, cultures including, of course, the food: at every meeting you will have the chance to try a traditional recipe inspired by the book. Cost: $45 for three meetings of one and a half hours or $17 for each individual meeting. Where: Kohinga - St. Albans Community Centre, 1049 Colombo Street (Edgeware Road end) Time: 7pm-8.30pm Facilitator: Roberto Dazzaro Payment can be made online to the following bank account - 11 7800 0054463 11. Copies of the books can be obtained at CCC Libraries. Just click on the book titles below and you will be redirected to the library links. Wednesday, TBC end of May - Trust by Domenico Starnone Pietro and Teresa’s love affair is tempestuous and passionate. After yet another terrible argument, she gets an idea: they should tell each other something they’ve never told another person, something they’re too ashamed to tell anyone. In this way, Teresa thinks, they will remain intimately connected forever. A few days after sharing their shameful secrets, they break up. Not long after, Pietro meets Nadia, falls in love, and proposes. But the shadow of the secret he confessed to Teresa haunts him, and Teresa herself periodically reappears, standing at the crossroads of every major moment in his life. Or is it he who seeks her out? Trust asks how much we are willing to bend to show the world our best side, knowing full well that when we are at our most vulnerable we are also at our most dangerous. Wednesday, TBC end of August Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg (also published as Family Sayings)