Italian Studies

Monica Facchini's research field is Italian cinema and her approach is interdisciplinary, engaging with films, literature, cultural anthropology, and subaltern studies. Her first book, based on her dissertation, written under the direction of M. Riva, was published in Italy in 2017 with the title: Spettacolo della morte e "tecniche del cordoglio" nel cinema degli anni sessanta. Con un saggio su La grande bellezza di Paolo Sorrentino.