At The Flix: Pitch Perfect 3, Andrea Chénier - from Teatro Alla Scala & Goodfellas

Pitch Perfect 3 (12A)

Starring:   Ruby Rose, Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow

Director: Trish Sie

Genre:    Comedy, Music

Release Date: 20th December

After the highs of winning the World Championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music, and some questionable decisions, one last time.

Andrea Chénier - from Teatro Alla Scala

Starring:   Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov

Director:  Mario Martone

Genre:   Verismo Opera

Release Date: Showing Live from from Teatro Alla Scala on the 28th December at 8pm

Set against the backdrop of the french revolution Andrea Chénier is loosely based on the turbulent real life events of the poet of the same name. Along with the servant Carlo Gérard. Chénier fall in love with a young aristocrate Maddalena, and will do anything to win over her heart. First performed at the Teartro Alla Scala in 1896, Umberto Giordano's opera is brought to like by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and her husband Yusif Eyvazov.

Giordano’s masterpiece, Andrea Chénier – which made its début at La Scala in 1896 – has not graced the theatre’s stage since 1985, when Riccardo Chailly starred on the podium, but this year, on December 7th, the Musical Director will once again take the lead, continuing his historic revival of the vast Italian repertoire. On this prestigious occasion, he joins forces for the first time with Mario Martone, an expert director specialized in the creation of historical frescoes for the stage and screen, who – in collaboration with Margherita Palli – directed last year another work by Giordano, La cena delle beffe, inaugurating the rediscovery of Verismo at La Scala. In the lead role, Yusif Eyvazov debuts alongside Anna Netrebko, at her third season opening production, and Luca Salsi.

Goodfellas (18)

Starring:  Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci

Director:  Martin Scorsese

Genre:   Biography, Crime, Drama

Release Date: Showing on the 27th December as the last film in our #BringItBack Christmas season in Omniplex Cork at 7:30pm

The story of Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

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