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1860. Giuseppe Garibaldi sets out from Quarto on the adventure of the Thousand (i Mille), surrounded by the enthusiasm of young idealists who have come from every region of Italy, along with his loyal group of officers, among whom a new figure stands out: the Palermitan colonel Vincenzo Giordano Orsini. Among the many soldiers recruited are two Sicilians: Domenico Tricò, a farmer who emigrated to the North, and Rosario Spitale, an illusionist. After landing in Marsala, Sicily, the Thousand begin to fight against the Bourbon army, whose numerical superiority is immediately evident. Under these conditions, it seems almost impossible for the general to break through the enemy defenses and penetrate Palermo. But when he is nearly forced to retreat, Garibaldi devises a clever plan. He entrusts a diversionary maneuver to Colonel Orsini, who organizes a column of wounded soldiers with a small group of militiamen, tasked with the extremely delicate mission of convincing Jean-Luc Von Mechel, the Swiss commander of the royal army, that the general is retreating inland. Thus begins a chess-like game played on the edge of the unpredictable, with a final outcome that will be paradoxical and surprising. Year: 2025Duration: 131′Language: Italian with English subtitlesCountry: ItalyGenre: historical drama The screening is part of the series Moto Continuo Film Showcase, inspired by the theme leading the 2026 programming of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. The selected titles explore the concept of movement through recent works by Italian film directors: epic journeys, emotional tensions, and cultural currents intertwine to convey the complexity of the historical and social processes that have contributed to shaping the Italian cultural identity. Free event with registration.

Moto Continuo Film Showcase / “L’Abbaglio” by Roberto Andò

After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war. His beloved wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) is now a prisoner in her own home, hounded by her many ambitious suitors to choose a new husband, a new king. Their son Telemachus, who has grown up fatherless, is facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle in their relentless pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom. Odysseus has changed too. Scarred by his experience of war, he is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember. But he is forced to face his past in order to rediscover the strength needed to save his family and win back the love he has lost. An Odyssey of the spirit, without journeys, without monsters, without gods. Only an exhausted man returning home after years away, a steadfast wife struggling to keep faith in his unexpected return, and a son’s journey into adulthood, torn between his love for his mother and the weight of his father’s legend. A family separated by time and war, reunited by love, guilt, and violence. Year: 2024 Duration: 116′ Language: English Country: Italy/Greece/UK/France Genre: adventure, historical drama T he screening is part of the series Moto Continuo Film Showcase, inspired by the theme leading the 2026 programming of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. The selected titles explore the concept of movement through recent works by Italian film directors: epic journeys, emotional tensions, and cultural currents intertwine to convey the complexity of the historical and social processes that have contributed to shaping the Italian cultural identity. Free with registration

Moto Continuo Film Showcase / “Itaca. Il Ritorno” by Uberto Pasolini

A visionary journey into the history of clubbing in Italy that starts with a look at its ruins spread across Italy. Its rise and fall, as told by the history’s key players; a tale that lasted 40 years, between nights on the highway and days consumed in after hours clubs. It was a seemingly unstoppable rise, like house music coming out of New York. It’s a story of four generations yearning to be added to a list to get into places of gathering and perdition, where what counts is not what you do during the day, but only who you turn into at night. Forty years of “planet disco” producing culture, art, music and style, among plenty of contradictions and aberrations. Year: 2021Duration: 115′Language: Italian with English subtitlesCountry: ItalyGenre: documentary The screening is part of the series Moto Continuo Film Showcase, inspired by the theme leading the 2026 programming of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. The selected titles explore the concept of movement through recent works by Italian film directors: epic journeys, emotional tensions, and cultural currents intertwine to convey the complexity of the historical and social processes that have contributed to shaping the Italian cultural identity. Free with registration

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