This year, Italy participates in the Toronto Jewish Film Festival with the feature drama The Shadow of the Day.
TORONTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2023
The Shadow of the Day
L’ombra del giorno
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IN-PERSON SCREENING
Saturday, June 10 | 9:15PM
Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk
Empress Walk
5095 Yonge St | 3rd Floor,
North York ON
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ONLINE STREAMING
June 12 | June 13
TJFF Virtual Cinema
Closed captioning available for online screening
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Giuseppe Piccioni’s thoughtful melodrama is set against the backdrop of the rise of Italian fascism in the 1930s and the increasing oppression of its Jewish community. Luciano, a WWI veteran and non-committal member of the fascist party, runs a local restaurant in the picturesque provincial town of Ascoli Piceno. Complications arise when he falls in love with Esther, a woman who works in the restaurant, secretly hiding her Jewish identity. A love triangle, a striking murder, and stellar performances by an ensemble cast including Riccardo Scamarcio (Romanzo Criminale, To Rome with Love) and Vincenzo Nemolato (Gomorrah) combine to capture the era’s oppressive atmosphere and the cost of personal survival.
COUNTRY ITALY
YEAR 2022
RUN TIME 125 MIN
LANGUAGE ITALIAN
SUBTITLES ENGLISH
DIRECTOR GIUSEPPE PICCIONI
Presented by the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto and ICFF – Italian Contemporary Film Festival