Friday, 08 November 2019, 2:00 pm
Triskel Christchurch
Admission: €8/€7
Saturday, 09 November 2019. 1:00 pm
Triskel Christchurch
Admission: €10.50/€9
Oray
Dir.: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, colour, 100 min., Germany, 2019, Subtitles
In an argument with his wife Burcu, Oray pronounces the Islamic word for separation, ‘talaq’. The Imam informs him of the consequences: Oray must now part from Burcu for three months. Oray uses the enforced break in their relationship to make a fresh start and moves to Cologne. Here, he finds a job at a flea market and seeks out a new Muslim religious community, led by the young Imam Bilal. Soon, Oray begins preaching himself; he is especially popular with the younger members of the congregation, and this makes Bilal jealous. When Burcu pays her husband a surprise visit, they realise that the break has done them good and they still love each other. Oray asks Bilal for advice. But the latter advocates a stricter interpretation of Islamic law than the imam in Oray’s community back home: pronouncing ‘talaq’ he says, does not mean a break, but a divorce. Director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay employs a quasi-documentary style to tell the story of an individual exhausting himself as he works his way through a religion’s complex belief system and his search for fulfilment as a human caught between his belief in love and his love for his faith.
(c) Paul Wegener
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 9:30 pm
With Live-Music Accompaniment
Triskel Christchurch
Admission: €15/€12
Thursday, 14 November 2019, 12:30 pm
Triskel Christchurch
Admission: €8/€7
Der Golem
Dir:: Paul Wegener, b/w, 91 min., Germany 1920, Subtitlesw
In the Jewish ghetto in 16th century Prague, the community leader and astrologer Rabbi Löw foresees doom for his people and creates a forbidding clay golem that he brings to life with the assistance of a demon spirit. Initially the Golem does nothing but good, but changes after Löw’s assistant Famulus uses the creature to win the affections of the Rabbi’s daughter Mirjam. Famulus tries to return the Golem to rest, but fails allowing the enraged creature to embark on a trail of destruction.
The Golem is a classic example of German expressionist cinema and a forerunner of
Frankenstein and numerous other horror films.
The screening on 13 November will be accompanied with live-music by Stephen Horne, house piansit of the BFI Southbank in London.
Supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland.
In addition, the Goethe-Institut Irland is supporting the short film
Tutorial (Dir. Dennis Todorovic) as part of the EUNIC Short Shorts from Europe, and the films
A Jar Full of Life (Dir. Florian Ross) and
This Crazy Heart (Dir. Marc Rothemund) as part of the IFI film tour for schools.
Other German films included in the program are amongst others:
System Crasher (Dir. Nora Fingscheidt),
Family Romance LLC (Dir. Werner Herzog) and
The Golden Glove (Dir. Fatih Akin).
Tickets for all films are available from
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www.corkfilmfest.org
- Tel.: + 353 21 4271711 (booking fee applies)
- Box Office: 88 North Main Street, Cork, Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 12noon-5pm
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