ICI London and CinemaItaliaUK present
Future Classics. Screening the New Italian Cinema #5
Future Classics is a new film series dedicated to Italian cinema and its contemporary classics, offering a vivid and dynamic portrait of Italy — its faces, landscapes and stories. Curated by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Londra and CinemaItaliaUK, the programme highlights a key phase of renewal and evolution in Italian cinema: the wave of new directors, the rise of independent producers and the revival of genre filmmaking.
Screenings will take place monthly (excluding July and August) throughout 2026 in selected cinemas in central London.
Sixth screening in the series:
Sunday 25 October, 3pm
at Regent Street Cinema (307 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW)
FIVE SECONDS by Paolo Virzì
Starring: Valerio Mastandrea, Galatea Bellugi, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
In Italian with English subtitles
In an isolated Tuscany valley, Adriano, a 50-year-old man haunted by a troubled past, lives alone in the renovated stables of a crumbling villa. Suddenly, a group of young idealists, led by Matilde, take over the empty villa, hoping to restore its long-abandoned vineyards. Though initially annoyed, Adriano gradually finds himself drawn to this lively community. But beneath the surface of this fragile harmony, old tensions and buried secrets begin to resurface. What is the heavy burden Adriano is trying so hard to conceal, and why does the manor awaken his darkest memories?
To purchase tickets for the screening of Five Seconds click HERE