TORONTO – He may not be the most acclaimed or even busiest actor in Italy, but Michele Morrone is arguably the most followed and adored Italian screen actor outside of his home country. This is of course taking into account the scores of female fans [across all demographics] who circle him at every public appearance like sharks swarming a kill. Morrone rose to fame playing Don Massimo Torricelli, a Sicilian Crime Boss who “courts and seduces” a woman by kidnapping her for 365 days. Following the 50 Shades of Grey act – another book-turned-film about a BDSM affair – Morrone’s 365 film put to rest any doubt that the female gaze is every bit as perverse, or worse, than the male’s.
TORONTO – “Mandi” in the Friulian language (an Italian dialect, spoken in the North of the BelPaese) means “goodbye”. It is a farewell formula, with a rather varied etymology: it can be understood as a reduction of “m’arcomandi” (“I recommend”) or of the Latin expression “manus Dei” (“hand of God”), in the sense of “may you remain in the hands of God”. →
TORONTO – Amada, una compagnia di robotica al servizio della produzione manifatturiera, ha recentemente organizzato un work tour in Giappone ospitando uomini d’affari provenienti da diverse parti del Canada…
ROME – Italy has always been a country of motorists: after all, it’s Ferrari’s and Lamborghini’s home. But today it is more so than ever: in 2023, in fact, the Bel Paese recorded the highest motorisation rate in the European Union, with 694 registered cars per 1,000 inhabitants against an EU average of 571. →
Luca Ricolfi, l’autore del volume, è un attento, curioso, preparato osservatore della società italiana. Ci offre ora questo testo, frutto di una rigorosa indagine semantica e sociologica, in cui conia, come già avvenne con il concetto di “società signorile di massa”, una provocatoria quanto corretta nuova espressione: il follemente corretto…
