2019 Italian Film Festival: THE STOLEN CARAVAGGIO

6:00 p.m. cash bar, 7:00 p.m. screening | Valeria pens anonymous scripts for a successful screenwriter. One day, she is approached by a mysterious man who gives her an unusual gift: the plot for her next script. But that plot turns out to be a dangerous one; it is about the mysterious 1969 theft of the famous painting by Caravaggio, The Nativity. (Director, Roberto Andò, Drama, 2018, 110 min.)

Sponsored by Volpi Foods and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago; in collaboration with Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.