On the shores of Lake Geneva in the late 1970s two former small time crooks, Eddie and Osman, are trying to figure out how to pay the hospital bills for Osman’s wife. When on Christmas day 1977 Charles Chaplin dies, Eddie comes up with a brilliant idea: Let’s “borrow” the Tramp and ask the Chaplins for help. Based on a true story!“A caper more Chaplinesque than the man himself” - The New York Times. (French spoken)
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Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Pedro Almodóvar
Sunday, 06. 09. 2026 / 11:00 / Main Hall
Bitter Christmas tells two alternating stories. One takes place in 2004 and stars an advertising director Elsa during a long weekend in December. The other, set in the present, features Raúl, a cult director working on a new script. Soon we discover Raúl is writing about Elsa, her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia… Almodóvar’s—always stylish—latest comes straight from Cannes!
Zejtune Żejtune
Alex Camilleri
Sunday, 06. 09. 2026 / 16:40 / Main Hall
When Mar’s estranged mother passes away, she sees her way out of Malta by selling off her inheritance: three pieces of farmland in the countryside. On her journey to claim her land, she meets Nenu, a spirited 80-year-old għana singer whose vibrant folk music pulls her into the colourful traditions of the island she’s been so eager to escape… Directed by the Maltese-American filmmaker Alex Camilleri (Luzzu).