Europe Day is a day celebrating unity in Europe. This year the Consulat Général de France à Calcutta, Alliance Française du Bengale, Consolato Generale d'Italia in Kolkata, the German Consulate General Kolkata and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata join hands to present a three day long film programme which includes screening of films from France, Germany and Italy.
We invite you all to join the European Cooperation Network in Kolkata to commemorate this significant day.
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME:
day 1
Monday, 09 May 2022, 6:00 pm
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
CYRANO, MY LOVE ODER „EDMOND"
A film by Alexis Michalik
Duration 110 minutes, 2019, French with English Subtitles
December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already has two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the holidays. The only concern is that it is not written yet. Ignoring the whims of actresses, the demands of his Corsican producers, the jealousy of his wife, the stories of his best friend's heart and the lack of enthusiasm of all those around him, Edmond starts writing this piece which nobody believes. For now, he has only the title: "Cyrano de Bergerac".
day 2
tuesday, 10 May 2022, 6:30 pm
Alliance Française du Bengale
UNDINE
A film by Christian Petzold
Duration: 90 minutes, 2020, German with English subtitles
An unnaturally attractive woman who loves every man who summons her but who also has to kill him if he leaves her – that is the mythical water nymph, Undine. She can live on land and among people only if she has a lover. Christian Petzold takes on the source material and transposes it to contemporary Germany, between Berlin and Bergisches Land.
day 3
wednesday, 11 May 2022, 6:30 pm
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
THE START UP – ACCENDI IL TUO FUTURO
A film by Alessandro D’Alatri
Duration: 97 minutes, 2017, Italian with English Subtitles
Based on a true story the film is about a teenager, named Matteo, who dreams of becoming a professional swimmer. When his coach prefers to him the son of the team's sponsors, Matteo takes revenge studying at the university Bocconi and inventing a social network. What is the dream of every boy (and not only) of today? To invent an app and turn it around!
This is what happens to Matteo Achilli, an 18-year-old from Rome, who, exasperated by the injustice suffered, invents a social network that brings together supply and demand for work in an innovative way. But the world of success is a jungle and one is a prey or a predator. There is a price to pay: family, friendship, love. What will Matteo choose?
The screenings are open to all on a first come first served basis till seats are full.
We request you to be masked.
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