TORONTO – A 2006 Documentary titled “The Bridge” shot 10,000
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Paolo Genovese’s Afterlife Voyage: “The First Day of My Life”
TORONTO – A 2006 Documentary titled “The Bridge” shot 10,000 hours of footage capturing suicides off of the Golden Gate Bridge. After watching this, Italian Author and Director Paolo Genovese became fascinated with what the suicide survivors confessed in interviews. “All of them, in seven seconds, which is how long it takes [from the Golden Gate Bridge] to hit the water, had repented. These seven seconds fascinated me. How can a lifelong decision so stratified or unavoidable or incredible, be overturned in just seven seconds? I wondered about when you hit rock bottom and when there is nothing left to do, what things can lead you to change your mind?”. The questions raised by the controversial documentary became the seed for Genovese’s book “The First Day of My Life” and it’s eventual film adaptation in 2023.
Here is “Librissimi”, the Italian Book Festival: from 3 to 5 May in Toronto
TORONTO – “Librissimi”, the Toronto Italian Book Festival, is coming soon in collaboration with Villa Charities and Comites Toronto: the event, which reaches its sixth edition and will take place from 3 to 5 May at the Columbus Center (901 Lawrence Avenue West, Toronto), will launch this year the Librissimi Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading→
Catholic Education in Toronto: the Joke is on Us
TORONTO – The Honourable Justices of Divisional Court in Toronto are deliberating allegations of discrimination in York Catholic District Schools Board. If they are looking for real life guidance on how trustees and Directors can evade, if not completely avoid (“waive”) their Statutory and Procedural obligations, they need only watch the video of the Toronto Catholic District School Board meeting of April 23 (see it here).
A ‘house concert’ for fortepiano and cello in Toronto: on stage Andrea Botticelli and Keiran Campbell
TORONTO – First “house concert” for the Italian-Canadian musician Andrea Botticelli and the cellist of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Keiran Campbell (in the pic above): the event is on Sunday 26 May at 2 pm, in Toronto.
CORRIERE CANADESE / Sempre più grande il divario ricchi-poveri
TORONTO – Il divario tra ricchi e poveri cresce ancora: secondo uno studio di Td Bank, lo scorso anno il “gap” fra i redditi più alti e quelli più bassi è stato il più ampio dal 2015, poiché le famiglie benestanti hanno visto il loro patrimonio crescere molto più velocemente rispetto a quello dei canadesi a basso reddito…
CORRIERE CANADESE / Budget federale: buco nell’acqua, i canadesi lo bocciano
TORONTO – I canadesi bocciano il Budget 2024. La primissima conferma da un’istantanea scattata dalla Ipsos in un sondaggio pubblicato ieri, secondo il quale appena il 17 per cento degli intervistati ha un giudizio positivo della Manovra presentata martedì scorso dal ministro delle Finanze, Christya Freeland…
CORRIERE CANADESE / ‘Most wanted’, i 25 latitanti più ricercati
TORONTO – La polizia di Toronto ha svelato un elenco aggiornato dei 25 principali fuggitivi canadesi. Per informazioni che portino all’arresto dei sospettati presenti nell’elenco, ha detto il Chief Myron Demkiw, verrà offerta una ricompensa complessiva di 1 milione di dollari…
Canada, the rich-poor gap is growing ever larger
TORONTO – The gap between rich and poor is still growing: according to a study by TD BANK, last year the difference between the highest and lowest incomes was the widest since 2015, as wealthy families saw their assets grow much faster than that of low-income Canadians. Continue reading→
CORRIERE CANADESE / Italo-canadese coproduce “What Jennifer Did”
TORONTO – Recentemente ho avuto l’opportunità di discutere del documentario di successo di Netflix “What Jennifer Did” con i suoi produttori, Jeremy Grimaldi e Paul Nguyen…
CORRIERE CANADESE / Pochi lavoratori qualificati, prezzi alle stelle in Canada
TORONTO – Il costo della vita sale anche perché manca personale specializzato: a sostenerlo sono alcuni esperti di economia, secondo i quali la carenza di lavoratori qualificati fa lievitare i prezzi delle prestazioni dei pochi che ci sono…
