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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Movie Night in the theatre of the Italian Cultural Center in Zamalek

The Italian Cultural Center will present the drama "IL PASSATO È UNA TERRA STRANIERA" (THE PAST IS A FOREIGN LAND) (Italy 2008) directed by Daniele Vicari  on Sunday May 16, 2010 at 6.00 PM and 8.00 PM.

Based on a best-selling novel by Gianrico Carofiglio, this is a compulsive thriller about the dangerous relationship that begins between a young law student, Giorgio and an unscrupulous card shark, Francesco. Initially, the pair team up to play poker and make extra money but gradually they move into deeper criminality, rigging all their games and, as the money gets bigger, their lifestyle becomes more outlandish and the opportunity for bigger scams appears. As the prospect of drug dealing opens up, Giorgio becomes more and more estranged from his comfortable middle-class family and Francesco begins to reveal a darker, much more disturbed, violent side to his personality.

Italian with English subtitles. Free entry.

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