(May 31, 2017) The Italian Republic Day is celebrated also in Russia. The Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in St. Petersburg pay homage to Italy with the projection of the documentary "1,200 km of beauty" by Italo Moscati (2015). The film will be screened on Tuesday June 6 at 7 pm in the multifunctional hall of the Consulate General of Italy: the evening is organized in collaboration with Professor Francesco Filipperi. Thanks to the images and footage of the Istituto Luce for the last 90 years, the film shows Italy in all its beauty, from the south to the north: it is exactly 1200 kilometers, with its shores and its buildings, but also with its inhabitants and its folklore. Through the filming of Orson Welles (Othello), Luchino Visconti (Gattopardo) and others, a journey through cinema is shown that brings the viewer to a real Grand Tour of the Italian peninsula to love and appreciate it again. The film will be screened in Italian with subtitles in English. (Red)

ABOUT / FROM NORTH TO SOUTH

The documentary shows an articulated Italy, made of different forms of beauty, in a territory that has particular characteristics for each region. The spectacle of nature is interspersed with the show of Italian work and creativity, open to the world, loved and visited by the world. The film tells this Italy. Scenes, art, work, scenery, culture, shows, great characters. A black and white Italy with current footeage shot in color (in Rome, Venice, Matera, L'Aquila) in HD to give it a new meaning, and favor a contrast and confrontation between yesterday and today. A metaphorical and concrete journey, realized through a symphony of documents. The repertoire and photos of the Istituto Luce, a soundtrack that comes from different genres, the story - written by Moscati himself - accompanies the images, supplemented with texts inspired by the diaries of some of the Grand Tour travelers (Stendhal, Goethe, Mark Twain, Nietzsche, Mary Schelley, Bernhard Berenson, Giovanni Comisso, Dino Buzzati, Carlo Emilio Gadda).