Italian film is as much a part of Italian culture as the food, music and people! The Italian Film Festival celebrates the 41st year the Italian Cultural Society has presented these special Italian and Italian-American films. 

Each film starts at 7:30pm - bring your family and friends and enjoy the social time before the film (doors open at 7:00pm) and join in the discussion after! The Italian Film Festival begins annually, showing each film only one time. The first films screen in September and October, then continue in January, February, and April, with the final film screening in May. The Friday Night Film Festival Series is organized by ICS Member Bob Masullo. 

FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES
Italian film is as much a part of Italian culture as the food and the people...

"Never Too Late
For Love"

Friday, October 17, 2025 

7:30 pm
Admission $10

At the Italian Center:
6821 Fair Oaks Blvd, Carmichael 95608

This romantic comedy stars the ever-popular Booke Shields as Charlene, the American wife of a struggling Italian artist in New York’s cutting-edge art scene. Just one problem, he’s already married.

When Maria (Maria Grazia Cucinotto - Il Postino), Vincenzo’s Italian wife crosses the Atlantic with her two kids, she s less than thrilled to find her husband living with the very pregnant Charlene, whose fury can match anything Maria can dish out. The personal and cultural clashes between Vincenzo’s two families make for a tense environment but soon find themselves united against a businessman (Chevy Chase) who tries to exploit both Maria and Charlene. Love takes a beating and comes back fighting in this unconventional comedy about and unconventional family.

ADMISSION $10
DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 PM
REFRESHMENTS INCLUDED

 Films are shown at 7:30 pm on the designated dates 

All films presented at the Italian Center, 6821 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael 95608 

 Film Admission is $10 

Door open 30 minutes early!

 Refreshments Included

FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES
Italian film is as much a part of Italian culture as the food and the people...

"Follow The Boys" Starring Connie Francis

Friday, September 19, 2025 

7:30 pm
Admission $10

At the Italian Center:
6821 Fair Oaks Blvd, Carmichael 95608

Singer Connie Francis is an icon among Italian Americans. The first woman to top the Billboard 100 charts. "Follow The Boys" is the follow- up movie to her 1960s movie "Where the Boys Are."

In "Follow the Boys," Connie Frances (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero), Americas No. 1 recording star belts out four new songs in this hilarious story of the wives and sweethearts who follow their Navy men from port to Riviera port. The French and Italian Rivieras provide a spectacular scenic backdrop as they journey from Cannes to Santa Margherita in a jalopy following the fleet along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.

Her hit songs like "Who's Sorry Now" and "Mamma," an Italian classic in Italy which she sung in English in 1959, were pure gold during the Golden Age of American Pop Music in the 1950's and 1960's.

In English, 1963
Refreshments included
Doors open at 7:00pm

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