BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS / Între revoluții

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ROU/HRV 2023, Documentary, 68 min

Director: Vlad Petri

Language: OmeU (Farsi, Romanian with English subtitles)

Zahra and Maria study medicine in Bucharest in the 1970s in Romania. They develop a deep, intimate friendship that lasts even when Zahra returns to her homeland, Iran, to help shape the revolution that is taking shape there. The friends' correspondence tells the story of two revolutions, with all their ambivalences, hopes and fears. However, the revolutions do not only remain on a political level, as they are inextricably linked to the personal perspectives and feelings of Maria and Zahra, who struggle with social norms. The film is a harmonious interplay of visual archive material, fictional correspondence based on real documents from the Romanian secret police and outstanding sound design.

ENG: Zahra and Maria study medicine in Bucharest in Romania in the 1970s. They develop a deep, intimate friendship that lasts even when Zahra returns to her homeland, Iran, to contribute to the revolution taking shape there. The friends' correspondence tells the story of two revolutions, with all their ambivalences, hopes and fears. However, the revolutions do not only remain on a political level, as they are inextricably linked to the personal perspectives and feelings of Maria and Zahra, who struggle with social norms. The film is a harmonious interplay of visual archive material, fictional correspondence based on real documents from the Romanian secret police and outstanding sound design.

The event is part of the REVOLUTIONALE Festival for Change 2024 of the Peaceful Revolution Foundation and is supported by the Foundation Places of German Democratic History, the Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe and Equality and the Department of Strategic Cultural Policy of the City of Leipzig.
The event is part of the REVOLUTIONALE Festival for Change 2024 of the "Stiftung Friedliche Revolution" and is supported by the "Stiftung Orte der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte", the "Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Justiz und für Demokratie, Europa und Gleichstellung" and the "Referat Strategische Kulturpolitik der Stadt Leipzig".

Price information:

- 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.