Ciné club

Wednesday 30 March 2016 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

Mephisto
 

Directed by István Szabó
Germany / Hungary / Austria, 1981, 144 minutes

In early 1930s Germany, ambitious stage actor Hendrik Höfgen (an extraordinary performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer) cares little for politics and lives only for his art. But when the Nazis begin their rise to power, he seizes the opportunity to perform propaganda plays for the Reich and soon becomes Germany’s most popular actor. Consumed with fame, Hendrik must now survive in a world where the ideology of evil is the ultimate drama and the true cost of a man’s soul becomes the most shattering measure of all.

Original version Hungarian / German / English; English subtitles


Wednesday 6 April 2016 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

Death at a Funeral
 

Directed by Frank Oz
US / Germany / UK / Netherlands, 2007, 87 minutes

Daniel is a decent young man still living at his father's home. When his father dies, it is up to him to organize his funeral. On this painful morning, the suitable grave expression on his face, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity inherent in such circumstances will be a hard task. Particularly with an undertaker who botches his work, the return from the USA of his famous but selfish brother, his cousin's fiancé who has accidentally ingested drugs, the presence a moron who takes advantage of the sad event to win back the heart (or rather the body) of a woman who is about to marry another, of a handicapped old uncle who is also the most unbearable pain in the neck. To cap it all, Daniel notices the presence among the mourners of a mysterious dwarf nobody else seems to know...

Original version english; french subtitles

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