MONDAY DECEMBER 1ST - ISTITUTO FRANCESE
RWANDA 20 ANS APRÈS: PORTRAITS DU CHANGEMENT (20 YEARS ON: PORTRAITS FROM A CHANGING RWANDA)
A film by Giordano Cossu (France 2014 36')
Istituto Francese - 5.30 pm - with the director in-person
2014 marks the twentieth anniversary of the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda. Over 800,000 victims in just three months, while the West closed the eyes. Since then, the new political regime has promoted a strong policy of reconciliation but the memory of the massacre is still very much alive in the collective memory. Between August 2013 and February 2014 Giordano Cossu crossed the country several times, meeting and talking with the Rwandan from rural areas in an attempt to give voice to that memory.
ROME DÉSOLÉE
A film by Vincent Dieutre (France, 1995, 75’)
Istituto Francese - 7.30 pm - with the director in-person
The Eighties. A tale of Rome made of train stations, dark alleys, graffiti on walls and grey skies, in which dull walkways a young homosexual tells his confessions crosses, starting from the Termini Station, a city made of stories of illnesses, deaths, loves, solitude. An intimate and detailed diary of sexual meetings where there is no place for feelings and weaknesses are fought back with alcohol and drugs.
ROME DÉSOLÉE
A film by Vincent Dieutre (France, 1995, 75’)
Istituto Francese - 7.30 pm - with the director in-person
The Eighties. A tale of Rome made of train stations, dark alleys, graffiti on walls and grey skies, in which dull walkways a young homosexual tells his confessions crosses, starting from the Termini Station, a city made of stories of illnesses, deaths, loves, solitude. An intimate and detailed diary of sexual meetings where there is no place for feelings and weaknesses are fought back with alcohol and drugs.