Open-air Cinema at Congress Square 2023
Mr. Hulot's Holiday Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
Jacques Tati / France / 1953 / 88 min
A masterpiece of poetic burlesque.
The Birds The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock / USA / 1963 / 119 min / English
Birds turn against man in the classic by the master of suspense. “It could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made!” Hitchcock said. Probably it was the Cannes film festival’s scariest opening film ever.
A Woman of Paris A Woman of Paris
Charles Chaplin / USA / 1923 / 89 min
We mark the centenary of the cinema on Kolodvorska street with an exceptional film by one of the greatest icons of the white screen, released the same year the projector of Ljubljanski kino Dvor was first ignited. Charles Chaplin wrote and directed his first serious drama, that –against all expectations— did not star the Tramp. The world premiere of the digitally restored version with a new score took place at this year’s Berlinale.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Nagisa Oshima / United Kingdom, Japan / 1983 / 123 min / Japanese, English
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a powerful antiwar film directed by Nagisa Oshima, but also a lasting testimony of David Bowie’s on-screen magnetism and charisma. With this 40th anniversary screening we also pay tribute to one of the great composers for film, Ryuichi Sakamoto.