ROAD
TRIP USA 2019 – November 2019
Thematic
Events
All
FREE and OPEN to the Public
at
Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner
Trieste
Piazza Sant’ANTONIO Nuovo, 6 - Trieste
Thursday, Nov. 7th – 6 pm
Inauguration of
Hidden Route 66 Photographic Exhibit
The Exhibit runs
through 30/11
Visit during our
hours: afternoons Monday to Friday 4-7 and mornings Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
9-12
In English with
English Subtitles - (2013) Starring Bruce Dern – Comedy Drama, 155 min.
"NEBRASKA"
is a father and son road trip, from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska that
gets waylaid at a small town in central Nebraska, where the father grew up and
has scores to settle. Told with deadpan humor and a unique visual style, it's
ultimately the story of a son trying to get through to a father he doesn't
understand.
In English with
English Subtitles - (1987) Starring Steve Martin and John Candy – Comedy , 120
min.
All that Neal Page
wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due
to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck,
Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, shower curtain ring salesman
and all-around blabbermouth who is never short of advice, conversation, bad
jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as
Neal, they travel together.
In English with
English Subtitles - (2006) Animation, 120 min.
While traveling to California
for the dispute of the final race of the Piston Cup against The King and Chick
Hicks, the famous Lightning McQueen accidentally damages the road of the small town
of Radiator Springs and is sentenced to repair it. Lightning McQueen has to
work hard and finds friendship and love in the simple locals, changing its
values during his stay in the small town and becoming a true winner.
Short Story Club -
Discussing in
English some excerpts from:
In 1960, when he was
almost sixty years old, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover his native land.
He felt that he might
have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of its people.
Accompanied only by his dog, Charley, he travelled all across the United States
in a pick-up truck.
The narration of a
summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and
his young son. A story of love and fear -- of
growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and
philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions.
Documentary: 10 Streets that Changed America –
In English (2018) 55 min. PBS Documentary. 55 min.
How streets have connected the nation, divided communities, and changed the way Americans live, work, and shop.
Paolo Battaglia traveled 20,000
miles from New York to California to find small communities of Italian
Americans living all over the country. Battaglia interviewed
hundreds of people, to understand their American life and its connection to
their past in Italy.