The Westchester Italian Film Festival - The Cezanne Affair (L'uomo Nero)

For the second year in a row, the Westchester Italian Film Festival will be featuring contemporary Italian films in collaboration with the Miami Italian Film Festival.

The Cezanne Affair (L'Uomo Nero), as described by the Karlovy Varl International Film Festival:  "Gabriele Rossetti returns to southern Italy to say a last farewell to his father, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari.  Returning home reawakens in him memories of his childhood, of his loving and beautiful mother and fun-seeking uncle, his friends, but also of his father's irascibility and exasperation over thwarted attempts to realize his own artistic ambitions.  His father was convinced he was destined to become a famous painter and was willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of his beloved masters and for his belief in his own talent, even his own pride - and this Gabriele cannot accept.  It is only now that, years later, through chance and circumstances, Gabriele begins to understand his father and to see what sort of person he really was."

In Italian with English subtitles.  There will be a coffee reception before the film from 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm.