The Taviani brothers spent six months following the rehearsals for the stage production of Julius Caesar, as performed by the inmates of the Roman maximum security prison Rebibbia. Shakespeare’s tragedy about friendship and betrayal, power, dishonesty and violence has rarely sounded so persuasive, intense and authentic. Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Italian spoken.
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Céline Sciamma
Wednesday, 29. 01. 2020 / 14:00 / Main Hall
In this intimate, sensual historical romance, Céline Sciamma (Tomboy, Girlhood) revisits the liberation of female identity, travelling back to the time when it was shaking off the shackles of stifling 18th century patriarchal structures. Best Screenplay at Cannes.
Half-Sister Polsestra
Damjan Kozole
Wednesday, 29. 01. 2020 / 16:30 / Main Hall
Due to a combination of circumstances, two estranged half-sisters from Izola are forced to live together in a small rented apartment in Ljubljana. English Subtitles
iIsland iOtok
Miha Čelar
Wednesday, 29. 01. 2020 / 17:45 / Small Hall
iIsland is a feature documentary about the last 13 inhabitants of the island of Biševo and their struggles to save the island community from extinction.