Category: Culture

Enea, A Tragic Roman Tale

TORONTO – Pietro Castellitto’s “Enea” could be interpreted as a subversive allusion to Virgil’s poem The Aeneid, but set in modern day Rome. The film’s title character (Enea) is a young man journeying through the city’s decadent underworld in a quest to establish himself, but begins his story where Virgil’s tale ends. Contrasting Virgil’s Aeneas who rose from the ashes of Troy, Castellitto’s Enea finds himself eroding within a world that seems doomed to collapse.

CORRIERE CANADESE / L’eredità di Cabrini, un impero di speranza

TORONTO – Il film degli Angel Studios, “Cabrini”, racconta la vera storia di una suora del XIX secolo che ha superato palesi discriminazioni razziali e una feroce resistenza politica nel suo tentativo di creare una rete di ospedali e orfanotrofi in tutto il mondo. Sotto l’occhio vigile e autoritario del Vaticano e della classe dirigente di New York, Francesca Cabrini ha iniziato la sua missione [impossibile] nel famigerato quartiere di Five Points a New York… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Cabrini’s Legacy, An Empire of Hope

TORONTO – Angel Studios’ film, “Cabrini”, tells the true story of a 19th century Nun who overcame overt racial discrimination and fierce political resistance in her quest to create a network of hospitals and orphanages across the globe. Under the overbearing and watchful eye of the Vatican and New York’s ruling class, Francesca Cabrini started her mission [impossible] in New York’s notorious Five Points neighbourhood.