The annual film opera will take place and the name of the movie / day

This year’s program includes eight high -quality and internationally recognized films that ask important questions about the human spiritual world, from identity and the search for values ​​to the balance between mind and emotions.

Movies will be shown in the cinema K.Suns And after the movie screenings, you will have the opportunity to discuss what you see. All foreign films will be screened in the original language with English subtitles and the synchronous translation of the Latvian language, and we remind you that the entrance to the cinema is about donations.

Film Pope is organized by the foundation Hour In cooperation with the cinema, Anita Uzulniece and the event are supported by the Danish and Norwegian Embassy in Latvia and the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Latvia.

On Monday, April 21, two films will be screened on the opening day of the film. At the day of the day at 3:30 pm, will be viewed by Spanish director Luis Bunjuela (Luis Bunuel) Sirealistic movie made in 1961 Viridian (viridaiana)based on the novel written in Benito Peresa Table 1895 Halma. In Spain, the film was banned and was screened only after the death of dictator Franco in 1977. The provocative, revealing man’s darkest emotions, the events of the film make you think about humanity and moral standards.

At the second Easter in the evening session, at 6 pm, the Swedish director Kaja Pollaka (Kay Pollak) A movie made in 2004 Almost as in the sky (så som i himmlen). The film has become an iconic part of the Swedish film culture since its screening. This story reveals human emotions, the beauty of relationships and the power of music. The film gives a unique insight into the search for an individual’s meaning and belonging.

Tuesday, April 22, at 17.30 will be able to watch Italian director Ermano Olmi (Ermanno Olmi) A movie made in 1978 Wooden Tour Tree (The Tree of Wooden Clogs), who has gained widespread critics and gained Golden palm branch Cannes Film Festival in 1978. The director in the film uses a slow and meditative pace of narrative to highlight the fine beauty of everyday life and the reality of Lombardy’s farmers’ life in the 19th century.

Wednesday, April 23, at 17.30 will show one of two premiere and will be the Danish director Katrine’s broks taken in 2022 (Katrine Brocks) debut film Great Silence (Den Storeilhed). The film offers an emotionally deep story of a person’s meditative search for inner peace and silence. The film has little dialogue and emphasis is placed on the visual and sound elements that allow the viewer to live with what the main characters are experiencing. The film is an interpretation of how people cope with their inner battles to reach a peaceful revelation, even if the outside world is full of noise and anxiety.

At 8 pm, the audience will be offered a David Simon film taken in 2024 Mary’s silence On the death of actress Mary Leiko in 1938 in Moscow during the so -called Latvian operation. Assessing the ability of the film to reveal the main character’s transformations as a witness to the evil of the system and in the choice of silence as a way of resistance to cruel violence, the film at the International Berlin Film Festival 2024 won the Ecumenic Jury Award.

Thursday, April 24, at 5:30 p.m. will be shown to Greek director Theodore Angelopulosa (Theodoros Angelopoulos) A movie made in 1988 Landscape in the Mist (Landscape in the Mist). When two children start a trip because they want to find their father, who is told in Germany, they encounter a constantly changing world. The high speed of life, symbolized by this journey, can be interpreted as an invitation to rethink how we often rush to an imaginary destination without understanding the meaning of the current moment. The film is like meditation for time, loss and infinite human search for something bigger than us.

On Friday, April 25, at 5:30 pm, Latvia will be premiered by another film and will be Norwegian director Lilja Ingolfsdotiras (Lilja Ingolfsdottir) Debut Movies made in 2024 Darling (elskling), who talks about people’s emotional and psychological needs. The painful divorce process shown in a sensible position of the woman leads to a deeper self -acquaintance, including taking responsibility. Sometimes we marginalize the people we love because we are afraid to lose them. The fact that the film has received the Jury’s Special Prize at the 2024 Karlovy Film Festival, the Ecumenical Jury Award and the FIPRESCI Jury Award is a sign of the high artistic quality and importance of the film in the world of contemporary cinema.

The movie will end with a Friday night screening at. 8pm when Eric Lifredo and Christ Burane 2024 will be screened Life tango For synesthesia between dance and life with an incurable, progressive disease.