Free Admission In Ostia, a group of drug addicts spends all day trying to obtain drugs by any means possible. Two young people, Cesare and Michela, decide to leave the circle, but it's not that simple. "A watershed film between the '70s and '80s, a time bomb that explodes with an empathetic and subversive gaze. The contrast between Detto Mariano's soundtrack and the language used by the protagonists (real drug addicts) is the cornerstone of the entire project, supported in the screenplay by Guido Blumir, a sociologist and expert in the field of narcotics. The originality of the work lies entirely in Caligari's ability to avoid giving in to the spectacular and melodramatic aspect and celebrate a via crucis without any possibility of redemption or resurrection." (Fabio Fulfaro)
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This screening is part of the series PERIFERIE. Questions from the Margins, curated by Martina Maccianti, a cycle of events exploring peripheries as places where languages, imaginaries, and practices emerge—capable of challenging dominant narratives of the present.
PERIFERIE. Questions from the Margins
Each event begins at 7:00 PM with a public conversation around a book, followed at 9:00 PM by a film screening that enters into dialogue with the themes of the evening.
