The cinematic work of this new film program is the myth of Orpheus and Euridike, radically deconstructed in Brazilian culture. The film has won the Cannes Film Festival Golden palm branch and the American Film Academy Award Oscar in the category Best Foreign Film. “It is a very gorgeous and musical film, which with the hot Brazilian sun and fiery rhythms could be the right hall this gloomy and gray autumn,” says Pauls Bērziņa.
She adds that the creators of this film program will offer not only cinema, but also a conversation about the film and related topics. Before The Black Orpheus will be able to watch the exchange of views of Ieva Augstkalna, co-curator of Classic Film Evenings, with anthropologist and cinema director Māris Prombergs on the topic View of Brazil. Carnivalization against street violence. This film will be screened until Thursday, December 3.
Birthday present
In total, this film program will feature five visionaries and significant cinematic works, characterized by premature rebellion, innovative cinematic language and original message. “When you say the word ‘classic’, people have some idea of what it is – what films, what directors – but we wanted to expand this concept and show such masterpieces that have been shown little or not at all in Latvia, such as, for instance, Black Orpheus, “emphasizes Kino Us representative.
A classic movie night will continue with two films by French director Robert Bresson, with which the cinema will celebrate its eighth anniversary. From 4 to 10 December Kino Us a film by a French director will be shown on the online platform Pocketing (1959) and from 11 to 17 December his film The convicted person escaped (1956). After these two films, a costume drama by English director Sally Potter will be shown Orlando (1992) with actress Tilda Svintoni in the title role. It will be available from January 22 to 28.
This film program will end with a film by Hong Kong director Von Karvay Mood to lovetaken exactly twenty years ago. It will be shown from 19 to 25 February. “We want this film to help us love cinema in the future as well, because we want to continue this program throughout the next year,” outlines the future plans of Pauls Bērziņš, whose work has encouraged him to get acquainted with all the works of the Hong Kong director. She added that if the restrictions on the operation of cinemas caused by the Covid-19 pandemic were lifted, Classical Cinema evenings would move to live screenings.
Cinema presence
In parallel with this film program cinema Kino Us The home cinema archive of the online platform continues to be supplemented with new films that can be viewed indefinitely. “In the coming months, once a week it will be supplemented with one Latvian film,” reveals Pauls Bērziņa. A film performance by director Matissas Kaža is already being watched on the online platform Cinema and us, with the participation of actors Andris Keišs, Jānis Skutelis and Egons Dombrovskis, who reveal the legendary behind – the – scenes of the Riga film studio.
A documentary by Liene Linde and Armands Začs will soon join this fusion of film and theater genres. Presence, which just held the National Film Awards Kristaps the Great In the competition triumphed in the category Best Documentary Film Director and also won the award of the Latvian branch of the International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI. Animated films created by director Edmund Janson will get closer to the audience Jacob, Mimmi and the talking dogs (2019) a Us un Neguļa (2017).
More information about the cinema Kino Us the action can be read on the website kinobize.lv.
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