Ciné Club - “Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens”
“What interested me in this film was to show people at work, people who have built our infrastructure in France: tunnels, roads, bridges, dams, people who without hiding remain totally invisible. I have illuminated this story that begins with ‘I’ and very quickly becomes ‘we’. Whether we are Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Indian, Vietnamese or North African, the past is in our DNA. “
- Alain Ughetto
Join us at the Alliance for a Francophone movie night as we watch Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens, directed by Alain Ughetto.
Early 20th century, Northern Italy. The Ughetto family, living through difficult times, dreams of a better future abroad. The story tells of Luigi Ughetto crossing the Alps to start a new life in France, thus changing the destiny of his beloved family forever. His grandson travels back in time revisiting their history, in an intimate dialogue with his grandmother Cesira.
Winner of many awards, including the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, this stop-motion animated film tells the story of the director’s piedmontese grandparents, Luigi and Cesira, in their migration from Italy to France through the Swiss Alps.
Film will be shown in French with English subtitles. This film is recommended for ages 10 and up.
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Born in France in 1950, Alain Ughetto is a well-known animator and documentary filmmaker. La Boule (1985) premiered in Cannes and won France’s César Award for Best Short Animation Film. Jasmine (2013) won the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film. His most recent film, Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens (2022) has been nominated for and won many prizes, including; the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the European Animated Feature Film award, the Grand Prize for Best Animated Feature at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and the Gandhi’s Glasses Award at the Torino Film Festival, among others.