The Culture Commission of the Jagiellonian University’s PhD Student Association invites you to the next edition of the Doctoral Students Film Club, which will be held on Thursday December 15th at 6:00 PM in the White Room of the Cinema Under the Rams. This time, we will watch Alejandro Iñárritu's Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Mexico, 2022; in Spanish with Polish subtitles).
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is an epic, spectacular, and enthralling experience that tells the intimate and moving story of Silverio, a well-known Mexican journalist and documentarian living in Los Angeles. After receiving a prestigious international award, he is forced to return to his homeland, completely unaware of the fact that this ordinary journey would bring him to his existential limits. Silverio's memories and anxieties are permeated by the present, filling his everyday life with a sense of bewilderment.
Silverio is confronted with universal yet intimate questions about the identity, success, mortality, and history of Mexico as well as strong bond with his wife and children, searching for a response to the question of what it means to be a man in these peculiar times.
Silverio Gama is played by Daniel Gimenez Cacho, whose acting skills are on full display. Shot on 65 mm film by Oscar winner Darius Khondji, Bardo was written by Iñárritu and Nicolás Giacobone (who won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Birdman). Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is Iñárritu's first film shot in Mexico since his world-famous 2000 film Amores Perros. Eugenio Caballero (Roma, Pan's Labyrinth) was responsible for the film's set design, while Anna Terrazas (The Deuce, Roma) designed its costumes.
Admission is free for doctoral students at the Jagiellonian University, although the number of participants is limited. We ask all who are interested in attending the event to send an email to filip.mazurczak@doctoral.uj.edu.pl by Wednesday December 14th. The introduction to the film will begin at 6:00 PM sharp. Please do not arrive late.