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Macondo / 19th Berlin & Beyond
MACONDO
Runner-up of the 2015 Berlin & Beyond Film Festival's Youth 4 German Cinema Award, presided by an international youth jury.
Fri., Jan. 30, 2015 1:30 pm
Castro Theatre, San Francisco
California Premiere
98 mins. Dramatic Feature Film Austria (2014). DCP. In German, Chechen and Arabic with English subtitles.
This is the story of Ramasan, the 11-year-old Muslim living in Macondo, a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Vienna. The fatherless boy tries his best to live his role as the "man of the house" despite his young age. Caught in a precarious maze of cultural and identity ideals, Ramasan finds his life thrown out of balance when Isa, a man who once knew his father, suddenly arrives. With documentary precision, Mortezai elicits amazing performances from her young actors that move far beyond the broad strokes of other similar works.
Director: Sudabeh Mortezai
Cast: Ramasan Minkailov, Aslan Elbiev, Kheda Gazieva
Screenwriter: Sudabeh Mortezai
DoP: Klemens Hufnagl
World Sales: Films Boutique, Berlin
FILM DIRECTOR'S BIO
Sudabeh Mortezai was born in 1968 in Ludwigsburg, Germany, to Iranian parents. She grew up in Tehran and Vienna, and
studied at both the University of Vienna and UCLA. Following her acclaimed documentaries Children of the Prophet (2006) and In the Bazaar of Sexes (2013), Macondo is her dramatic feature debut.
SCREENING SPONSORS
- Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Consulate General of Austria, Los Angeles
**THIS EVENT HAS A STRICT REFUND POLICY. No refunds will be processed by Brown Paper Tickets more than 12 hours after the time of purchase.**
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LocationCastro Theatre (View)
429 Castro Street @ Market
San Francisco, CA 94114
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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