PROGRAMMA
CINEMA ODEON – PIAZZA STROZZI
H 4.00 pm
KABUL AT WORK by David Gill – short
(Afghanistan, UK, 2012, 5) vo. dari, pashto, subtitles: italian, english
Projection of a video-portraits of Kabul at Work, the multimedia project that shows the city of Kabul nowadays through men and women who contribute every day, through their work, to revive it. Italian premiere
TO FOLLOW
PARVIZ by Majid Barzegar – feature film
(Iran, 2012, 105′) vo. Persian, subtitles: italian, english
Parviz is a man in his fifties who has lived his entire life in his father’s home and has never held a job. He spends his days doing housework for his father and chores for the people of the residential complex in which they live. This quiet routine suddenly comes apart with his father’s decision to remarry. Parviz is told to move out and live in a place that his father has rented for him. introduce the film Felicetta Ferraro, iranist
H 6.00 pm
JASAD & THE QUEEN OF CONTRADICTIONS by Amanda Homsi-Ottosson – short doc
(Lebanon, UK, 2011, 38’) vo. arab, subtitles: italian, english
A documentary about a fascinating Lebanese poet and writer Joumana Haddad who has stirred controversy in the Middle East for having founded ‘Jasad’ (the Body), an erotic quarterly Arabic-language magazine. Italian premiere in the presence of the director and of the protagonist, Joumana Haddad
TO FOLLOW
Presentation of the last book of the Lebanese writer Joumana Haddad
“SUPERMAN IS AN ARAB” (Mondadori Editore)
Presents Gad Lerner, journalist
– talk in Italian
H. 8.00 pm
PERSIAN APERITIVE
Tasting of traditional Persian specialties by Sireh
tasting + screening: 15 euro
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H 9.00 pm
NOOR by Ahmed Ibrahim – short
(Egypt, USA, 2012, 15’) vo. arabic, subtitles: italian, english
Thirteen-year-old Fingo wants to hang lights outside his flat for Ramadan. He quickly realises there’s much more to the lights than just decorating. He has to take a stand, win over the community and hang his lights. All in two days! Italian premiere
CLOSING FILM TO FOLLOW
WAJMA – AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY by Barmak Akram – feature film
(Afghanistan, 2012, 86’) vo. persiano, sottotitoli: italiano, inglese
It’s snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begin a clandestine relationship, they’re playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers she is pregnant, her certainty that Mustafa will marry her falters, and word of their dalliance gets out. Her father must decide between his culturally held right to uphold family honor and his devotion to his daughter. The last film by one of the most acclaimed Afghani directors, that won the award as best screenplay at the last Sundance film Festival. Italian premiere in the presence of the protagonist Hadji Gul
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