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Theatrical release Italian Film Festival USA will present “La salita” (“The Ascent”) at 7 p.m. on April 29 at the Northbrook Public Library. Set in 1983, the film follows playwright Eduardo De Filippo, as he stages the first theatrical production in an Italian juvenile penitentiary. After earthquake damage closes the women’s prison in Pozzuoli, the inmates are temporarily moved to other regional penitentiaries, including the juvenile prison on the islet of Nisida. With assistance from actors in his own company, De Filippo helps renovate the prison’s theater and create a school for acting and set design to keep the inmates …