News | PREMIERE "IO STO CON LA SPOSA" - 7 OCTOBER

At the Cinema Stensen, on 7 October 7, the permiere of the documentary “Io Sto con la Sposa”, film revelation at the last edition of Venice Film Festival.
Middle East Now festival, Stensen Foundation and Oxfam Italy, are pleased to present the preview of “Io Sto con La Sposa”, in collaboration with Quelli della Compagnia. Tuesday, October 7, at the Auditorium Stensen, a double screening-special event (5.00pm and 9pm) for the documentary directed by Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry and Antonio Augugliaro, who thrilled the audience at the Venice Film Festival and will be released in Italian cinemas on October 9. All proceeds from the event will support the work of Oxfam for the humanitarian crisis that is affecting 3 million Syrian refugees.

Synopsis

The live account of a true story that unfurled on a journey from Milan to Stockholm between November 14th and 18th, 2013. In Milan, a Syrian Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist meet five Palestinians and Syrians who have arrived by boat to Lampedusa fleeing from the war, and resolve to help them continue their clandestine voyage to Sweden. To avoid being arrested for trafficking, they decide to stage a fake wedding, engaging a Palestinian friend of theirs to masquerade as the bride, and a dozen Italian and Syrian friends to disguise themselves as guests. In this guise, they cross more than half of Europe, on a journey lasting four days across three thousand kilometres.

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