L’arminuta (A Girl Returned)

3000 Whitehaven St, NW,Washington DC 20008

25 May, 2022

Description

A girl goes back to her biological family. Summer 1975, a 13-year-old girl, suitcase in one hand and a bag of shoes in the other, knocks at an unknown door. Her sister Adriana opens it, her eyes wrinkled, her braids unraveled: they’ve never seen each other before. So begins the story of a teenager who lost everything overnight: a comfortable home, her closest friends, the unconditional love of her parents – or rather the people she believed were her parents. For “l’Arminuta” (the returned girl) as her peers called her, a new and very different life begins, from the adoptive family to her real one, going from wealth to poverty, both material and moral. Her new home is small, dark, there are brothers and sisters everywhere and little food on the table to share. But there’s Adriana, who shares a bed with her. And there’s Vincenzo, who looks at her as if she were already a woman. Directed by Giuseppe Bonito Italy, Switzerland, 2021 - 110 min Film in Italian with English subtitles LOCATION : Embassy of Italy 3000 Whitehaven Street NW Washington, DC 20008 REGISTRATION AND PHOTO ID REQUIRED COVID POLICY: Valid Photo ID with proof of full Covid vaccination OR Covid antigen test (24 hours prior to the event for non-vaccinated people) are required and must be provided to the guard at entrance. Face masks are required while at the Embassy.Please Join Our Mailing List   DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES PRIOR EVENT START-TIME Due to COVID and safety regulations, we are not allowed to add extra seats to the auditorium or anyone to stand. A registration is not a guarantee of a seat as these are assigned on a first-come first-served basis. Doors close at event start-time. Once the event is full we will not accept wait list requests.   PLEASE NOTE: RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH EVENTBRITE.COM. NO PHONE OR EMAIL RSVP AVAILABLE.