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WORKINGMAN’S DEATH

11.07 - 22.00 Moscow Cinema, Blue Hall
13.07 - 10.00 Nairi Cinema, Large Hall
2005, Austria, 122 min.

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Script/Dir.: Michael Glawogger, Dir. of Phot.: Wolfgang Thaler, Edit.: Monika Willi, Ilse Buchelt.

Workingman’s Death follows the trail of the Heroes in the illegal mines in Ukraine, snuffs out Ghosts among the sulphur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with Lions at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles with Brothers as they cut a huge oil tanker into pieces hoping for a glorious Future. Meanwhile, the future is now in Germany, where a major smelting plant of bygone days has been converted into a bright and shiny leisure park.

Michael Glawogger

Born 03.12.1959, Graz, Austria.
Studied at San Francisco Art Institute and Vienna Film Academy. In addition to being a director, he is a cameraman and writer. He has regularly cooperated with the documentary maker Ulrich Seidl. In 1995, he recieved the Vienna Film Prize for Die Ameisenstrase.

Filmography
Tod eines Lesenden (1984), Die Stadt der anderen (1989), Krieg in Wien (1989), Ant Street (Die Ameisenstraße, 1995), Movies in the Mind (Kino im Kopf, 1996), Megacities (1998), France, Here We Come! (Frankreich, wir kommen,1999), State of the Nation: Austria in Six Chapters (Zur Lage: Österreich in sechs Kapiteln, 2002), Nacktschnecken (2004), Workingman's Death (2005), Slumming (2006).

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Script/Dir.: Marco Bellocchio, Dir. of Phot.: Alberto Marrama, Compos.: Ennio Morricone, Prod. Design.: Gisella Longo, Edit.: Silvano Agosti, Prod.: Enzo Doria.
Cast:. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Stefania Troglio, Jeannie McNeil.

On a rural estate live three brothers, a sister, and their blind, religious mother. Three of the siblings have epilepsy, the fourth and eldest, Augusto does not, and he's about to break away from the family: he's in love with Lucia and planning to move to the city. Augusto's sister Guilia tries to frustrate the lovers, while another brother, Alessandro, hatches a far-reaching plot to free himself of his mother's demands and other family responsibilities, to give Augusto the wherewithal to leave with Lucia, and, perhaps, to pursue incestuous impulses with his sister.

Awards
Silver Ribbon - Best Original Story, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1966; Silver Sail, Locarno IFF, 1965.

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Script/Dir./ Dir. of Phot./Prod.: Cristobal Vicente, Compos.: Carlos Canales, Toto Alvarez, Sound: Mario Diaz, Rafael Huerta, Cristobal Vicente. Edit.: Cristobal Vicente, Carlos Klein.

This film presnts a record of the last working year of the old prison of Valparaiso, which closed in 1999. It is a homage to the prison and to the values and customs of the men, who have secretly lived within it during its 150 year history.

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