EF Film Study Program: Il divo is now available from Edizioni Farinelli. 

Il divo is the biographical portrait of seven-time Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti. It is compelling and thought-provoking and reflects the impenetrability that kept this adept politician in power for decades. Even his wife, Livia, realizes that she like others really doesn’t know her husband at all. 

Daniela De Pau and Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia’s new text, EF Film Study Program: Il divo, covers six, 15-to-20 minute sequences of the nearly two-hour film. The book is flavored with “Spunti culturali,” including “Brevi cenni di storia d’Italia (1945-1978)” and another from 1980 to today, plus “Mani pulite,” “La presidenza della Repubblica Italiana” and more. It also includes an upfront biography and interview with Paolo Sorrentino. Exercises are varied for comprehension, grammar, class discussion, vocabulary building and writing.

This film study program follows the publication of a EF Film Study: Buongiorno, notte by Giuseppe Tassone of the University of Washington on Marco Bellocchio’s award-winning film that examined the kidnapping and killing of Aldo Moro, president of the Christian Democratic Party.

Daniela De Pau is a Sassari, Italy native. She is Assistant Teaching Professor at Drexel University, Philadelphia, where she teaches Italian and European Literature and Film and coordinates the Italian program. Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia was raised bilingual in a Sicilian and English-speaking home. She is Co-Director of the Italian Language Program and Coordinator of Intermediate Italian at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she teaches Italian language, Film, History and Literature.

The Edizioni Farinelli film study series also includes Buongiorno notte, Caterina va in città, Ciao Professore!, Cinema Paradiso, Cristo si è fermato a Eboli, Giorni e nuvole, Il postino, Io non ho paura, La meglio gioventù, L’ultimo bacio, La vita è bella, Pane e tulipani, Pinocchio and Ricordati di me. The company also has available numerous recently released Italian films including Bacilicata Coast to Coast, Baciami ancora, Happy Family, Io loro e Lara, Mid-August Lunch, Mio fratello e’ unico, Notte prima degli esami oggi, and Solo un padre.

Both the ll divo and Buongiorno, notte film study texts are $36.95. The DVDs for the films are available separately; each is $32.95.

For more information or to order, visit WWW.EDIZIONIFARINELLI.COM

EF Film Study: Il divo – ISBN 978-0-9846327-1-8

EF Film Study: Buongiorno, notte - ISBN 978-0-9824845-6-2

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