GIACOMO ABBRUZZESE
V duhu širitve programa, ki se odvija ob snovanju Evropske prestolnice kulture GO! 2025, predstavljamo italijanskega režiserja Giacoma Abbruzzeseja in njegov celovečerni prvenec Disco Boy, za katerega je dobil več mednarodnih lovorik, tudi srebrnega medveda na 73. Berlinalu. »Abbruzzese se upravičeno uvršča med vizionarje ne le v strogo etimološkem pomenu besede, tj. umetnika, v katerem sobivajo vizije, duhovi in vizualne halucinacije, ki se vztrajno pojavljajo v njegovem celovečercu. Film je zanj tudi sredstvo za dojemanje resničnosti, ki počasi dozoreva, ter obenem orodje za razbiranje družbenega razvoja, ki ga njegova filmska umetnost v vrtincu sveta zaznava mnogo pred racionalnostjo.« Pisateljica in novinarka Cristina Battocletti
Disco Boy
France, Belgium, Italy, Poland, 2023, 91'
After a long and difficult journey through Europe, Alexey arrives in Paris to enlist in the Foreign Legion. In search of a new life, he is ready to do anything to get the passport he was promised. In the Niger Delta, Jomo is fighting multinational oil companies that threaten life in his village. As the leader of an armed group, Jomo kidnaps French citizens one day. A commando of the Foreign Legion, led by Aleksey, must intervene. The meeting between the two will have unexpected consequences. The destinies of Alexey and Jom will intertwine, overlap and continue beyond borders, bodies, life and death.