JOIN US SAT NOV 4 @ 7 PM
IN THE CATHOLIC STUDENT CENTER @ 29 MT AUBURN ST
The Great Beauty (2013) dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Join us for a screening and discussion of this Academy Award-winning Italian art film, with a brief opening presentation by Shani Agarwal about the film's key themes and stylistic features. We will discuss the protagonist’s Odyssean journey through Rome and beyond in search of spiritual meaning in a disenchanted world, the post-Berlusconi context of the film's production, and the state of Roman Catholicism in Italy today.
Shani Agarwal, HDS '23, & Program Director, Harvard Catholic Forum
Shani Agarwal earned her A.B. in Classics from Bowdoin College in 2020, where she also minored in Film Studies. She received a fellowship to earn her M.T.S. from Harvard University in 2023, focusing on Medieval Religion & the Arts. Between her undergraduate studies and her time at Harvard, she worked as a teaching assistant at a Catholic school in Maine and held a position with the Classic Planning Institute. At Harvard, she was also a Teaching Fellow in the History of Art & Architecture department. Currently, besides her fellowship with the Abigail Adams Institute, she works as the Program Director for the Harvard Catholic Forum. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, and antiquing.