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- 2013
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- 1 h 17 m
- 2013
- Unrated
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- 1 h 17 m
Summary Inmates at a Rome's Rebibbia Prison perform Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Directed By: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Written By: William Shakespeare, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- 2013
- Unrated
- Adopt Films
- 1 h 17 m
- 2013
- Unrated
- Adopt Films
- 1 h 17 m
Caesar Must Die
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Summary Inmates at a Rome's Rebibbia Prison perform Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Directed By: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Written By: William Shakespeare, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
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15% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
77
85% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
15% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Such is literature’s power that the cast is more at ease portraying ancient Romans than speaking as versions of themselves.
The ferocity of the performances is inextricable from the men’s real-life criminality. We are baffled, moved, and repulsed – often at the same time – by the elemental spectacle before us. In this metaprison drama, the prison bars are both illusory and unbreakable. Caesar Must Die chronicles an exalted entrapment.
“Ever since I discovered art,” laments one participant, “this cell has truly become a prison.”
The Taviani brothers, Paolo and Vittorio, have been blurring the line between reality and fiction in their films for six decades.
Deceptively modest on nearly all accounts, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's Caesar Must Die employs seemingly minor directorial contrivances to ruminate on a unique quarrel.
Almost as much as the play itself, the rehearsals are staged; the inmates learning to act, then, are acting like inmates who are learning to act. This leads to some on-the-nose scenes in which they observe the parallels between the text and their own lives.
Though the Tavianis’ intent is clear—to comment on the thin line separating part and performer, as well as on the quite literally liberating powers of art—the meanings rarely emerge with any elegance or resonance. Hardly a dish fit for the gods.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
7.4
83% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
6% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Production Company
Kaos Cinematografica,
Stemal Entertainment,
Le Talee,
La Ribalta-Centro Studi Enrico Maria Salerno,
Rai Cinema
Release Date Feb 6, 2013
Duration 1 h 17 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards
David di Donatello Awards
• 5 Wins & 8 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 4 Nominations
Golden Ciak Awards
• 4 Nominations
