‘Like Crazy’ opens at Cinema Art Theater Aug. 25
Starting Friday, Aug. 25, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society's Cinema Art Theater will present “Like Crazy,” a drama about two mismatched travel partners on the lam from an Italian psychiatric hospital.
Beatrice, played by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she's on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. They are both patients at the Villa Biondi, a progressive but secure psychiatric clinic. Paolo Virzì's new film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between the two women as they flee the mental institution in search of love and happiness in the open-air nuthouse - the world of sane people.
Screening times are 4 p.m., Friday, Aug. 25; 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26; 4 p.m., Sunday to Tuesday, Aug. 27 to 29; 1 and 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 30; and 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 31. Tickets can be purchased at the Cinema Art Theater starting 30 minutes prior to each screening. Admission for a screening is $8 for RBFS members and $10 for nonmembers. All screenings are held at the Cinema Art Theater, 17701 Dartmouth Drive in Dartmouth Plaza behind the Lewes Wawa.
The mission of the RBFS is promoting cinematic arts and providing education and cultural enrichment for the community. The film society sponsors ongoing screenings, special events, and the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival (Nov. 3-12). Having met all the requirements for best practices in nonprofit management, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society is accredited by the Standards for Excellence Institute.
The society is funded, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com. For more information on this series, other events, or to become a member, go to www.rehobothfilm.com or call 302-645-9095.
