The successful screening series of the Estonian Institute presenting the numerous links between Arvo Pärt’s music and cinema is to be continued in 2016. Pärt’s music inspired numerous film directors from Jean-Luc Godard through Tom Tykwer.

REPENTANCE
(Monanieba)
Soviet-Georgian historical drama film, 1987, 150 min.
directed by Tengiz Abuladze

The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze (Avtandil Makharadze), the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied. But the corpse keeps returning, and the police eventually capture a local woman, who is accused of digging it up. She says that Varlam should never be laid to rest because he was responsible for a Stalin-like reign of terror that led to the disappearance of many of her friends. She is put on trial and gives her testimony, with the story of Varlam's regime being told in flashbacks...

The film won the Grand Prize of the Jury, the FIPRESCI Prize, the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 1987.


Work of Arvo Pärt used in the soundtrack:

Silentium (Tabula rasa)


The screening will be introduced by film- and music critic László Kolozsi (in Hungarian).


Entry to the program is free, but due to the limited number of seats a primary registration via e-mail (papp.krisztina@bmc.hu) is requested, latest by 12:00 24th October, 2016. Thanks for your understanding!