TIFF Details 'Summer in Italy' Series, Vittorio De Sica Retrospective

BY Josiah HughesPublished Jun 18, 2015

Stuck in Toronto but craving a trip to Europe? The TIFF Cinematheque has got you covered with the announcement of their Summer in Italy series.

The series runs from June 27 to September 5, and is jam-packed with Italian cinema spanning from the 1940s to the 1970s

Titles include Rome, Open CityAmarcordIl SorpassoDivorce Italian StyleSandraThe FiancesStory of a Love AffairRed DesertThe Passionate ThiefThe AssassinSeduced and AbandonedLa Dolce VitaIl BidoneThe LeopardChina is NearMafiosoBig Deal on Madonna StreetFellini SatyriconHands Over the CityThe OrganizerCabiriaThe ConformistStromboliFearThe Chicken a.k.a. Ingrid BergmanEuropa '51 and Voyage in Italy.

As if that weren't enough, the series will also include an immersive retrospective of Italian filmmaker and actor Vittorio De Sica. Called More Than Life Itself, the retrospective will include 22 of De Sica's films. The retrospective will start one day before Summer in Italy, running from June 26 to September 6.

For more information on Summer in Italy, go here. For more information on the Vittorio De Sica's retrospective, go here.

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