On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Dante's birth, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, Master Films Productions and the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies cordially invite you to a special screening of

DANTE'S INFERNO and DANTE'S HELL ANIMATED by Boris Acosta

Tuesday, February 10, 2015* , 6:30 PM

Dante's Inferno - Abondon All Hope
(2010, 40') narrated byJeff Conaway and featuring most of Gustave Dore's lithograph illustrations and clips from"L'Inferno", 1911 first Italian feature in history.

Dante's Hell Animated
(2014, 38') presented by Armand Mastroianni and featuring the voices of Eric Roberts as Dante, Vincent Spano as Virgil, Nia Peeples as Beatrice and also Jeff Conaway, Hélène Cardona, Adrian Paul, Al Sapienza and Shirly Brener, among many celebrities.

Director and Cast in attendance

Q & A moderated by Massimo Ciavolella, Director of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Professor in the Departments of Italian and Comparative Literature

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Light refreshments

* Please note that this program substitutes the SALVI Harp Series concert with Jillian Risigari-Gai that was cancelled due to technical reasons.

Source: IIC Los Angeles