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Friday, June 10, 2011

Cinema Updates

Sunday June 12, 2011 Italian Movie Night: Ovosodo (Hardboiled Egg) at 6.00 PM (rerun at 8.00 PM). Comedy. Italian with Italian subtitles at the IIC Theatre in Zamalek.

Directed by Paolo Virzì.
Starring Nicoletta Braschi, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Malcolm Lunghi, Matteo Campus, Claudia Pandolfi.
Comedy, running time 103 min. – Italy 1997

The story of the young and shy guy Piero, growing up in a popular area of Livorno (Leghorn) that has the same name as Piero's nickname ("Ovosodo" - "Boiled egg") from his childhood until marriage and coming of age. Mostly a story about all the people that changed his life: Giovanna, the teacher that pushes him to study, his best friend Tommaso, his great love Lisa who will definitively sail away. It's also a story about all the disillusions and compromises in finding one's place in life.


Tuesday June 14, 2011– Swan Lake (Germany) at Cairo Opera House open air theater (update) (Runtime: 112 min) (Arabic subtitles)
Synopsis: No other ballet partnership is as legendary, the fiery Russian defector and the graceful, aging English ballerina formed a bond on and off the stage that for several years practically defined romantic ballet
Choreography Rudolf Nureyev .
Featuring Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Vienna State Opera Ballet

2 comments:

  1. Am very interested in "Swan Lake", but ... where is it going to be screened? Also at IIC in Zamalek? Thanks, Tom

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  2. Dear Tom,
    I hope you get this reply in time. The movie "Swan Lake" will be screened at the Cairo Opera House's open air theater. There is a link to the COH montly movie events on the top right, here it is again. COH Cinema Club Program June 2011

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