TUESDAY OCTOBER 30TH PROGRAM

• 8pm, Palazzo del Cinema e dei Congressi
  Ottobre Giapponese
  THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
  (Japan, 2005/70') di Kihachiro Kawamoto
  The Book of the Dead is set in the Japanese Nara period (from 710 to 784), a period during which Buddhism was introduced in Japan from China. Iratsume is a young woman from a noble family who becomes obsessed with this new religion and spends her time manually transcribing the sutras, or the teachings of Buddha, trying to understand its meaning.
  V.O. giapponese con sottotitoli in italiano
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• 9.30pm, Palazzo del Cinema e dei Congressi
  Showcase Emilia-Romagna
  L'ABBANDONO
  (Italy, 2018/110') by Ugo Frosi
  Italy, second half of the 18th century. A young religious is sent, as Vicar of the bishop, in a cloistered monastery, to investigate the true nature of the rumors concerning a nun accused of scandal and heresy. The meeting with the nun will drag the young religious into an unexplored territory, a world opposed to the one known by him, even reaching to make him doubt his own faith, of the very meaning of his existence. A series of tragic facts will eventually force him to make a choice.
  After the screening there will be a Q&A with director Ugo Frosi, producer Francesco Paolo Montini and leading actor Alberto Baraghini.
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