Film Days of the Mediterranean: LE QUATRIÈME MUR – THE FOURTH WALL

38th Film Days of the Mediterranean 22.1. – 2.2.2025 Karlstorkino, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 69126 Heidelberg, admission €10, reduced €7.50, members of Medienforum €6, advance ticket sales online: www.filmtage-mittelmeer.de or at Karlstorkino (one hour before the first screening until the last film) or at Montpellier-Haus (during opening hours). Lebanon, 1982: To keep a promise to an old friend, Georges travels to Beirut for a project that is as utopian as it is risky: the staging of Antigone for a moment of peace in a fratricidal conflict. The characters are played by actors from different political and religious camps. Lost in a city and a conflict he does not know, Georges is guided by Marwan. But the continuation of the fighting soon calls everything into question and Georges must face the reality of war.

France, Luxembourg, Belgium 2024

Director: David Oelhoffen

Cast: Laurent Lafitte, Simon Abkarian, Manal Issa, Bernard Bloch, Tarek Yaacoub

116 min. | French/Arabic OmeU

Following a series of short films, French director and screenwriter David Oelhoffen (*1968 in Ferrol, Spain) has made a total of five feature films, all of which have been invited to renowned festivals. With LE QUATRIÈME MUR, he adapted the bestseller of the same name by Sorj Chalandon, which received numerous awards.

Followed by a discussion with director David Oelhoffen on January 28!