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• IL CIRCOLO LETTERARIO: Rediscovering Goliarda Sapienza after the Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul

  • When
    29 Mar 2026
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    The Italian Cultural Center, 250 Third Ave N., Suite 625, Minneapolis, MN 55401
  • Spaces left
    17

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  Following the recent screening of Fuori at the 17th Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul, many attendees shared that they wished they had been able to participate in our earlier Circolo dedicated to Goliarda Sapienza. In response to this renewed interest, we are pleased to offer this Circolo Letterario again on March 29.

  

  Presented in English by Pieranna Garavaso, professor emerita at the University of Minnesota Morris, this Circolo will focus on the life and work of writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924–1996), author of the now celebrated novel L’arte della gioia (The Art of Joy, 1998). Sapienza’s writing, long overlooked in her lifetime, has come to be recognized for its daring exploration of personal freedom, female autonomy, and the quest for authenticity in 20th-century Italy. The first section of L’arte della gioia has also recently been brought to the screen in a successful four-part television series of the same name, directed by Valeria Golino, further renewing interest in Sapienza’s work.
  
  At the festival, audiences were deeply moved by Fuori, directed by Mario Martone, which brings to life a pivotal chapter of Sapienza’s story described in her book L'università di Rebibbia, recounting her time in Rome’s Rebibbia prison.

  Through both her literature and this cinematic portrait, we will discuss the social, cultural, and political context that shaped Sapienza’s life and her fearless, uncompromising voice.

  
  

  Pieranna Garavaso is native Italian and came to the US to earn a PhD in Philosophy (at the U of Nebraska Lincoln). She taught Philosophy at the University of Minnesota Morris for 34 years. She was awarded the UMN Morris Alumni Association Teaching Award (2003), the Horace T. Morse Alumni Association Undergraduate Teaching Award (2004) and the UMN Morris Faculty Research Award (2017). Her areas of research include History of Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, and Feminist Philosophies.  She has published articles in Italian and English and authored, co-authored or edited several books; the last collection she has edited is the Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Feminism (2018).  As Emerita/retired she plans to devote more time to reading and discussing Italian literature.

  
  

  In 2021, ICC was appointed Presidio Letterario of the Società Dante Alighieri (DA), one of the most important Italian institutions for the promotion and appreciation of Italian language and culture since 1889. ICC is now part of a network of cultural centers in Italy and abroad promoting events and initiatives related to Italian literature. Since 2009 DA has officially been part of the jury of Premio Strega, the most prestigious Italian literary award.

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• CINEFORUM

  • When
    10 Apr 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    FilmNorth, 2441 University Ave W, Suite 100 Saint Paul, MN 55114
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    46

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  FOLLEMENTE (MADLY)

  Year: 2025

  Directed by: Paolo Genovese 

  Cast: Edoardo Leo, Pilar Fogliati, Emanuela Fanelli, Maria Chiara Giannetta, Claudia Pandolfi, Vittoria Puccini, Marco Giallini, Maurizio Lastrico, Rocco Papaleo, Claudio Santamaria. 

  
  

  How well do we really know ourselves when making a decision? What if there were multiple versions of us, each with its own opinion?

  FolleMente is a delightful romantic comedy that goes beyond appearances, diving into the minds of its two main characters, Piero and Lara, and revealing their hidden thoughts and inner conflicts.

  Featuring an outstanding cast, Paolo Genovese returns to the big screen after the phenomenal success of Perfetti Sconosciuti, delivering another box office hit and the highest-grossing film in Italy in 2025.

  
  

  Cineforum is now in a new location with a screening room!

  The movie is in Italian with English subtitles

  Event Details
  6:00 p.m. – Aperitivo
  6:30 p.m. – Movie Screening

  FilmNorth, 2441 University Ave W, Suite 100, Saint Paul, MN 55114

  For parking information click here.

  Space is limited to just 50 seats; once they’re gone, they’re gone.

  Reserve yours today!

  Curated and presented by Ileana Tamberlani, Programming and Administrative Manager of the Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul.

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