Enjoy a selection of films, each from an Italian director! Films will be presented with English subtitles. 

Presented by the Ottawa Chapter of the Dante Alighieri Society in collaboration with the OPL presents a monthly Italian movie night. The Dante Alighieri Society is a volunteer not for profit organization registered in Ontario, dedicated to the promotion of Italian culture.

November pick: Nostalgia (1hr57min) (2022)

The film follows Felice, a man who returns to his hometown of Naples to visit his ill mother after spending 40 years living in Egypt,where he also converted to Islam, and married an Egyptian woman. Most of the film is set in the impoverished Rione Sanità area of Naples, where Felice first visits his mother and later meets local priest Don Luigi. Felice eventually tells Luigi in a sort of confession that in one of the petty thefts carried out by him and his childhood friend Oreste, the latter killed the owner of a local carpentry shop. Don Luigi throws him out of the church, telling him that Oreste had in the meantime risen to become a dangerous boss of the Camorra, the local organized crime syndicate.

A friend of Felice's mother warns him of danger and urges him to escape from Naples. Don Luigi then introduces Felice to a Camorra family, and during dinner he drinks wine for the very first time, becomes uninhibited, and talks about his childhood spent with Oreste, making everyone speechless. At this point Felice goes to visit the aged Oreste. Oreste, angry because of his friend's abandonment four decades earlier, follows him into an alley, kills him and steals his wallet – and finds inside an old photo of the two of them on a motorbike.

December pick: The Goddess of Fortune (1hr58min) (2019)

Alessandro and Arturo have been a couple for more than fifteen years. Although passion and love have turned into an important affection, their relationship has been in crisis for some time. The sudden arrival in their lives of two children left in custody for a few days by Alessandro's best friend, however, could give an unexpected turn to their tired routine. The solution will be a crazy gesture. But on the other hand, love is a state of pleasant madness.

Join us for lighthearted love and laughs every third Wednesday of the month as we play a romantic comedy movie  This month's pick is 13 Going on 30.

The film was directed by Gary Winick and was released in 2004. The screening will take place in our auditorium, starts at 6:00PM and is free to attend.

Note: The film is intended for a mature audience. 98 minutes. In English with subtitles.

Two very different women, a workaholic from Los Angeles and a society columnist from Surrey, experience a heartbreak and decide to swap places. This adventure will help them to move on and find the right direction in life. 

Join us for a screening of Disney's "Frozen" (2013). Rated G, 102 minutes.