A 20th Century Classic for a 21st Century Audience

CINEMA
80, the Museum’s film program is back with an Itallian Film
Festival!

In
cooperation with the Franklin Senior Center and the Sons and
Daughters of Italy in America Lodge, the museum will be hosting
several FREE Italian-themed films, shown on Saturday at 6:30 PM
unless otherwise noted:

May
3 - Roman Holiday -- a classic 1953 romcom starring Gregory Peck and
Audrey Hepburn. The film won Hepburn an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the film also won the Academy Award for Best Story and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. And the writer, Dalton Trumbo, did all this while blacklisted due to his communist leanings! (118 mins)

May
10 - Luca ( at 1:00 in the afternoon) (Italian-themed 2021
Pixar animated film)

May
17 – Cabrini (2024 biopic depicting the life of Catholic missionary
Francesca Cabrini, 142 minutes)

May
31 – The Italian Job (1969 British ‘comedy caper’ mostly set in
Italy, 99 minutes

The
Franklin Historical Museum is located at 80 West Central Street,
Franklin.
The
museum is open Saturday mornings from 10AM-1PM (except as noted
above) and Sunday afternoons from 1:00PM-4:00PM.