Following a competitive casting process, the roles are allocated and the prisoners murderers, drug dealers, Mafiosi – begin exploring the text, finding in its tale of fraternity and betrayal parallels to their own lives. The play’s air of menace comes through with an eerie gravity, lending ancient history a jolt. Shot in mostly black-and-white, with a few color sequences that reconnect the prison, and the prisoners, to the surrounding world. Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. In Italian with subtitles.
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