THE ETERNAL CITY

Oregon Premiere!
Directed byArianna De Giorgi & Jason Goodman
Italy/United States, 93 Minutes, English & Italian with English Subtitles
Comedy/Drama/Romance
SAT APR 25, 7:45pm; SUN APR 26, 2:15pm

Filmmaker Joe Iacovino in attendance

Writer-directors Arianna De Giorgi and Jason Goodman bring their personal experiences in Rome to this luminous romantic dramedy, which explores the delicate situations of three twenty-somethings in the eternal city. Jonny is an American who comes to Rome in search of a woman he fell in love with in Paris. Dismissed by her as "just another idiot with a crush," he is taken in by the heartbreaker's upstairs neighbor, Angela. Out of compassion, she and her boyfriend Jesse, an aspiring pianist and filmmaker, decide to let him stay awhile, only to be surprised when a love triangle develops. Suffused with the gentle spirit of postwar Italian cinema, the film was shot in color and processed in black and white, creating a vividly retro aura for a film that explores the accidental intimacies that evolve in unfamiliar settings.

Filmography: First Feature

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Joe Iacovino (Actor)

Although trained and brought up in the dramatic theatre world of New York City, Joe Iacovino is beginning to make a name for himself in the independent film world, having shared the stage with some of the best in the business -- Christopher Walken, Dianne Wiest, David Strathairn and Al Pacino. In 2006 Joe starred in the independent feature film September 12th, which received critical praise and went on to win two festival awards. Joe currently resides in New York City where, in addition to actively pursuing roles in film and television, he has just completed the writing of his first screenplay entitled Maniac's Ball.