Italian Movie Night at Gallery 40
Mon, Jun 09
|Gallery 40
Join us Monday, June 9 at 7:00PM to watch "Il Punto di Rugiada" in Italian (with English subtitles) at Gallery 40, 40 Cannon St, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Time & Location
Jun 09, 2025, 7:00 PM
Gallery 40, 40 Cannon St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
About the Event
Il Punto di Rugiada (The Dew Point)
2024
Run time: 1h 52min
Carlo is a spoiled and unruly boy who drunkenly causes a serious car accident one night. Manuel is a young drug dealer caught in the act. Both are assigned to do a year of community service at Villa Bianca, a nursing home/assisted living/memory care facility.
Luisa, a nurse who has worked at the facility for years, has the task of helping the two boys deal with the generational gulf between those who are close to the big finish line, and those who still have their whole lives ahead of them.
Il Punto di Rugiada is a metaphor that reflects the point where the generational clash takes a new twist in life; the point where the condensing of old age and the evaporating of the exuberance of youth meet, and where the rules of behavior get challenged by newfound…
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