Her Whole Life Ahead; 2008, Paolo Virzi
Humble, curious and a little naïve 24 year old Philosophy student, Marta (Isabella Ragonese), finishes her degree with the highest accolades, expects to be showered with offers from research institutions, only to find rejection in academia.
She realizes that her classmates, less idealistic, have taken the lowly road to gold. After four years of quiet reflection and essay writing, they've taken jobs as copy writers for gossip mags, Big Brother script writers and marketers. What can Marta do? She accepts the fact that she's unlikely to progress in academia, so she takes a job at a promotional call center, selling a rather complicated, expensive appliance to meekly acquiescing housewives.
From here Marta begins her journey in an alien world, like many young and "precariously employed" Italians. The place is located in a Rome suburb frighteningly futuristic, deserted, isolated from the rest of the world. A plastic world smiling and scary, in which victims (young hopeful precarious as the fragile Lucio) and executioners are united by a common anxiety for the future. A film of wonderful, oddball Italian comedy, strewn with contemplation and a critical eye at the lives of young adults in the corporate world.
The monthly CineForum runs annually from January through June and is organized by the Italian Cultural Center in conjunction with the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. This year's screenings are held on January 27, February 24, April 27, May 25 and June 29, 2012 at 7:00pm at MCAD. All movies are in Italian with English sub-titles.
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Cost: Free and open to the public; your donation at the door enables the ICC to organize quality programming such as the free monthly CineForum.
