Date
Hour
Place
02/08
18:30
THE LUBELSKIE CINEMA
Soy Nero
reż|dir Rafi Pitts | FR, MX, DE | 2016 | 120 min
prod|pro Thanassis Karathanos, Rita Dagher scen|wr Rafi Pitts, Răzvan Rădulescu zdj|ph Christos Karamanis mon|ed Danielle Anezin ob|cast Johnny Ortiz, Rory Cochrane, Aml Ameen, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Ian Casselberry, Rosa Isela Frausto, Khleo Thomas dys|dis Bomba Film
DESCRIPTION
Nero lives the American dream. He dreams of citizenship and of a country that would give him a chance. Although he was born in the US, after the attacks on the World Trade Center he was deported to Mexico. In order to be granted the American citizenship, he decides to legally cross the border and join the army. Will it be enough to spare him suspicious glances? Or is he is a victim of a political game?
AWARDS
2016 Berlin International Film Festival – nominated for the Golden Bear2016 Bucharest Film Festival – nominated for Best Film
DIRECTOR
Rafi Pitts (1967) Director, screenwriter and producer placed among the creators of the new Iranian cinema. He spent his childhood in Tehran. In 1981, during the war between Iran and Iraq, he emigrated to theUK, where he graduated in film and photography studies. After moving to Paris in the '90s, he worked with productions by Leos Carax and Jean-Luc Godard. His films have been awarded at many international festivals.FILMOGRAPHY
2016 Soy Nero|Soy Negro2010 Myśliwy|Shekarchi|The Hunter
2006 Zemestan|It’s Winter
2000 Sanam
1997 Fasl-e panjom|The Fifth Season
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