This programme of films celebrating London's Italian community launched in March 2015 with a sell-out screening of critically acclaimed Brit...
This programme of films celebrating London's Italian community launched in March 2015 with a sell-out screening of critically acclaimed British comedy QUEEN OF HEARTS + Q&A with screenwriter Tony Grisoni at the Barbican, plus archive shorts about the Italian Quarter in Clerkenwell and Soho. Curated by Arrivederci Films. www.arrivedercifilms.co.uknnCOMING SOON: Double Bill: QUEEN OF HEARTS + A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS, Regent Street Cinema, 9 July 6.30pm nhttp://www.regentstreetcinema.com/programme/?showing_date=2015-07-09nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YROACiOylEnnQUEEN OF HEARTS UK 1989 Dir Jon Amiel 112 minn"An epic tale of romance, revenge and cappuccino" An Italian couple defy both their families and marry for love. Four children later, they are running a cafe in London's Italian Quarter (a mythologised Clerkenwell). Funny, moving and heart-warming British comedy from the 1980s that had huge critical success on release but is now rarely shown.nnNotable for being Tony Grisoni's first screenplay and Jon Amiel's first feature after TV hit The Singing Detective, Queen of Hearts featured a wonderful cast of veterans (Eileen Way, Vittorio Duse) and newcomers Joseph Long, Anita Zagaria and Ian Hawkes as little Eddie Luca. It also featured many extras from London's Italian community.nn"A magnificent film about a boy’s childhood, and in my opinion one of the most magical movies ever made" Sunday Telegraph (http://www.movie-film-review.com/devFilm.asp?ID=8978)nn''Queen of Hearts'' relies on Eddie's deliciously funny and disarming perspective, which suggests the way family stories become larger, more legendary and more emotionally powerful with each telling" New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DE4D81530F933A1575AC0A96F948260)nn"By the end, you feel good...and when you think back over the movie you realize that under the fantasy and the humor there also was a fairly substantial story - a story about what it means to belong to a family" Roger Ebert (http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/queen-of-hearts-1989)nnprevious screenings:nWeds 13th May, 7.30pm - JW3 Finchley RoadnFri 17th April, 6.30pm - Movie and a Meal at the Italian Social Club, Clerkenwellnbilletto.co.uk/queen-of-hearts-at-the-italian-social-club-clerkenwellnSat 28 March 2015, 3pm - Barbican SOLD OUTnbarbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?id=17729nnProgramme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery Less