Join us for the free screening of the Swiss movie ATLAS as part of the Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo at Emory University!About this Event
In the context of the yearly Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo, the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta, in cooperation with the Department of French and Italian of the Emory College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University, organizes a screening of the Swiss movie ATLAS. The drama movie, which premiered in January 2021, will be shown in Italian with English subtitles. The event is free and open to the public.
The Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo (Italian Language Week in the World) is an international cultural event held since 2001 every year in October. Over time, it has become one of the most important initiatives dedicated to the celebration of the Italian language and creativity at the international level. The aim is to foster the Italian language in its various facets around the world. This year's edition takes place from October 17 to 23 and is devoted to the theme Italian and young people (l'italiano e i giovani). As Italian is one of the four official languages of Switzerland, the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta is eager to contribute to the promotion of the Italian language by screening ATLAS, a movie produced by the Swiss filmmaker Niccolò Castelli in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.
About the film: Allegra is a lively young woman with a passion for high mountain climbing. She decides to travel to Morocco to reach the top of the Atlas, but her trip ends abruptly when a man explodes a bomb in a coffee shop and her three friends die in the attack. Unable to overcome the trauma months later she returns to her city, where the encounter with Arad, a young Muslim refugee, forces her to confront her perception of reality, her fears and heal her profound interior wounds.
We would be delighted if you join us for this touching adventure on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at 6:30 PM at Emory University (Goodrich C. White Hall building, lecture hall #207).
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Event Venue
Goodrich C. White Hall (lecture hall #207) – Emory University, 301 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, United States
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