Quinto: Do Not Kill

Inspired by Lubitsch’s film Broken Lullaby, Ubu Prize winner Massimiliano Civica tells the story of Henri, a French soldier who killed a German peer during the First World War. Torn between guilt and the need for peace, he travels to Germany to ask the victim’s parents for forgiveness. Can one ask forgiveness for an irreparable act? Can one forgive the person who killed their son? On the first anniversary of the Armistice, in a festive Paris, Henri is in the church of Notre-Dame to ask for absolution for the murder he committed. He cannot escape the gaze of the man he killed. The priest, after hearing his confession, blesses him saying that he has no crime to be forgiven: he simply did his duty as a soldier. Once he meets Peter’s elderly parents and his promised bride, Annette, Henri realizes he has come to ask them for an un-human gesture: to repeat the “scandal” of Jesus who forgives his murderers, of God who forgives men the killing of his son. Faced with this, Henri will hesitate between his need to find peace and the all-too-human need to tell a lie. Dates: - Tuesday 9 March 20:30 - Wednesday 10 March 19:00