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In our mini film festival, the first event is a double bill. Doors open at 5.30pm

We kick off with 'Stay Behind' a short film by Federica Schiavello. 6-6.15pm

We follow with Anime Nere (Black Souls) by Francesco Munzi; the story of three brothers, the sons of shepherds, with ties to the 'ndrangheta', the local branch of the Mafia – and their divided souls.

Luigi, the youngest, is an international drug dealer. Rocco, Milanese by adoption, is to all appearances a middle-class businessman. Luciano, the eldest, harbours a pathological fantasy of pre-industrial Calabria and engages in lonely, melancholy dialogue with the dead. His twenty-year-old son Leo belongs to the lost generation, who have no identity. The only thing Leo has inherited from his ancestors is resentment and for him, the future is a train that has already left the station.

After a trivial argument, he carries out an act of intimidation against a bar protected by a rival clan. Is this simple youthful foolishness and how does it tie dimensions between the distant past and modern life together? Film in Italian with English subtitles.

Doors open 5.30pm

Film screening 6-6.15pm 'Stay Behind' by Federica Schiavello. 6.15-8.05pm – Anime nere (Black Souls) by Francesco Munzi

Panel discussion 8.15-9pm

Tickets: please choose your ticket from the list on BRLSI website – attend all three films in our Film Festival (23 & 24 April) for £12.50 (BRLSI members / students) or £25 (non-members).

Single films £5 (BRLSI members / students) or £10 (non-members).

For the full programme please see BRLSI website.

For BRLSI membership and access to half price tickets please see BRLSI website.