Italian Film Festival USA of Milwaukee

Enjoy the local premieres of eight recent, critically acclaimed Italian films at the 2024 Italian Film Festival USA of Milwaukee. All films shown at the Union Cinema, Kenwood Boulevard and Maryland Avenue, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Schedule of Events:

5:00 p.m: Romeo Is Juliet (Romeo E Giulietta)
Director, Giovanni Veronesi, Comedy, 2024, 102 min.

Young actress Vittoria is humiliated by a director during an audition for the role of Juliet; she tries again but under a false identity…as Otto auditioning for the role of Romeo! Can she pull it off?

7:00 p.m: Kidnapped (Rapito)
Director, Marco Bellocchio, Drama, 2023, 125 min.

Papal States,1858. The Pope's soldiers burst into the home of the Mortara family in Bologna’s Jewish quarter and take seven-year-old Edgardo because a maid, believing that he had been on the verge of death, had secretly baptized him as a baby. Based on the true story of Edgardo Mortara.

9:15 p.m: Bad Conscience (Cattiva Coscienza)
Director, Davide Minnella, Comedy, 2023, 110 min.

Filippo is a classic good guy and faithful fiancé to Luisa. Is it possible to be so perfect? Yes, if you have a conscience like Otto that controls your every move. One day, however, Otto arrives late at his workstation in the "Other World" and discovers that in a few minutes Filippo has turned his life upside!