Awards: Berlin International Film Festival - Caligari Film Award/Don Quixote Award

Unlikely lovers meet in Turin's curious architectural wonder, the Mole Antonelliana, the actual site of Italy's Museum of Cinema. Having thrown boiling oil at her chauvinistic employer, Amanda (Francesca Inaudi) – a fast-fry cook – takes refuge in the Mole. Martino (Georgio Pasotti), the museum's handsome night watchman has, until Amanda complicates his life, lived for and in film, preferring the fantasy world of American silent film comedy, especially the films of Buster Keaton, to real life. Meanwhile, back on the mean streets of the city, Amanda's small-time crook of a boyfriend Angel (Fabio Troiano) is looking for her, mystified at how she has so easily
vanished into the darkness of industrial Turin. AFTER MIDNIGHT is a lovely film-by turns romantic, comedic, whimsical, even fantastic. It is the perfect entertainment for lovers of FILM. Note: Turin (Torino) is in Northern Italy, literally within sight of the Alps; it was the seat of the House of Savoy (the last ruling family of Italy), and is today a city equally famous for very thin breadsticks and the Fiat! After seeing Dopo Mezzanotte, cinemaphiles may want to pass up Tuscany for the trek north. ~ Nick Salerno

Principal Cast: Giorgio Pasotti, Francesca Inaudi, Fabio Troiano, Francesca Picozza, Silvio Orlando

Producer: Ladis Zanini
Cinematographer: Dante Cecchin
Editor: Claudio Cormio
Music: Daniele Sepe

Shows: Saturday, Oct. 8 at 10:00 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 4:00 pm

Official Website: www.avatarfilms.com/releases/aftermidnight.html