Dominic Chianese is best known for playing brash tough guys like “Uncle Junior” Soprano and Johnny Ola in “The Godfather Part II.” The veteran actor shows a tender side in a short film titled “The Old Guitarist,” which opens the Westchester Italian Film Festival at The Picture House Bronxville this weekend.

The film, which will be screened Friday, sets the stage for an evening in which Chianese will be honored with the Picture House Regional Film Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The film, written and directed by Pelham native Will Nunziata, eavesdrops on a man who’s looking back on vignettes from his life. Without speaking a word, Chianese expresses a range of emotions  — joy, pain and finally, moving toward reconciliation.