World Premiere

Apostolul Bologa / Apostle Bologa (2018) – followed by Q&A with director Dominic Dembinski

From a paradisiac space, seen as a ruined house, around a gallows in bloom like a spring Japanese cherry tree, ꞌApostol Bologaꞌ talks about his journey from darkness to the light of the resurrection. The film is based on Liviu Rebreanu’s ꞌForest of the Hangedꞌ, a novel that captures the First World War through the eyes of Apostol Bologa, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. Last published in English by Casemate Publishers (2017), the book – just like the film - asks a fundamental question about war: namely, why does a man fight?

Part of Romanian History Film Days in Belgravia (22-24 November 2018)

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