This year and for it fifth edition in Morocco the British Film Week is dedicated to Shakespeare.
During three weeks in three cities, From 11 to 27 October, four British Film Institute BFI curated films will be screened in Villa des Arts (Casablanca), Cinémathèque de Tanger (Tangier) and Cinema la Renaissance (Rabat).
All cinema lovers are invited to enjoy the most beautiful film adaptations of Shakespeare’s best classics: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing.
Casablanca /Villa des Arts:11-14 October at 20.00
Tangier/ La Cinémathèque de Tanger: 18-21 October at 20.00
Rabat /Cinéma Renaissance: 24-27 October at 20.00
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE, FREE ENTRY.
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11 Oct. Romeo and Juliet
Casablanca 20.00 |
12 Oct Henry V
Casablanca 20.00 |
13 Oct Hamlet
Casablanca 20.00 |
14 Oct Much Ado About nothing Casablanca 20.00 |
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18 Oct. Romeo and Juliet Tangier 20.00 |
19 Oct Henry V Tangier 20.00 |
20 Oct Hamlet Tangier 20.00 |
21 Oct Much Ado About nothing Tangier 20.00 |
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24 Oct. Romeo and Juliet
Rabat 20.00 |
25 Oct Henry V
Rabat 20.00 |
26 Oct Hamlet
Rabat 20.00 |
27 Oct Much Ado About nothing Rabat 20.00 |
ROMEO AND JULIET
(Franco Zeffirelli, 1968)
138 mins / Colour / Cert: PG
Featuring: Laurence Olivier, Leonard Whiting,Olivia Hussey.
Franco Zeffirelli directs this Academy Award-winning adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, breaking with tradition and casting 17-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey to play the lead roles. Narrated by Laurence Olivier and shot in Tuscany and Siena for an authentic Italian Renaissance touch, this British-Italian co-production pushed the boundaries of traditional Shakespearean productions. The famous score, composed by Nino Rota (who went on to write the music for The Godfather), emphasizes the romanticized and fatal outcome for the two young lovers.
Henry V
(Kenneth Branagh, 1989)
137 mins / colour / Cert: PG
Featuring: Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Paul Scofield, Emma Thompson.
Branagh’s version of Shakespeare’s play has a more intimate and equivocal approach to war than Olivier’s 1944 classic. The young King (Branagh), his days of carousing behind him, is advised of his legal claim to the throne of France. He decides to invade with his small and somewhat rag-tag army, taking on the massed might of the King of France’s forces. The film combines lighter and darker moments, bloody battle sequences alongside witty scenes of Henry attempting to impress the French Princess Katherine (EmmaThompson) by learning English haphazardly through her maid.
HAMLET
(Laurence Olivier, 1948)
161 mins / b&w / Cert: U
Featuring: Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Jean Simmons.
Laurence Olivier delivers one of his greatest Shakespearean performances as the lead role in this noir-ish Academy Award-winning 1948 version of Hamlet. Seldom has the tragic story of the Danish Prince, tortured by his duty to his murdered father and by the guilt and fear he feels at the prospect of revenge, been so brilliantly portrayed in this immortal story of murder, intrigue, madness and despair.
Much Ado About NOTHING
(Kenneth Branagh, 1993)
111 mins / colour / Cert: PG
Featuring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington,Imelda Staunton.
This witty and fast-paced version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is a testament to Kenneth Branagh’s extensive creative abilities, as well as arguably one of the best Shakespeare adaptations ever filmed. The cinematography accentuates the lush Tuscan landscape in which Branagh as the humorous Benedick, and Emma Thompson, as the willful and challenging Beatrice, bring this adaptation to life.