10 October, 2009
Kinepolis cinema, Ghent
Proceeds from this event contributed to the creation of a health centre in the village of Keur Mbar in Senegal.
The movie:
City Island’ by Raymond De Felitta (USA, 2009)
The storyline:
A dysfunctional family living in the Bronx spares no expense in avoiding the truth about their messed-up lives. The father, Vince is a prison guard who is secretly plotting a new career as an actor. Meanwhile, his daughter moonlights as a stripper and his son hides a secret obsession for the family’s 300-pound neighbor. Vincent’s wife, Joyce, has been preoccupied with uncovering the identity of the hired help, a secret that only her husband knows…
‘City Island’ is a comedy which, justifingly, won the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009.
Casting:
Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven), Julianna Marqulies, Emily Mortimer (Notting Hill).
To find out more about this project, click here