Thursday, May 9

Il Boemo | Czech Republic | European Film Festival of Atlanta 2024

A historical film about an 18th-century Czech immigrant to Italy who became the most prolific and celebrated opera composer of his time.

By European Film Festival of Atlanta

Date and time

Thursday, May 9 · 8 - 10:30pm EDT

Location

Plaza Theatre

1049 Ponce De Leon Avenue Northeast Atlanta, GA 30306

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About this event

2 hours 30 minutes

Il Boemo (2022) by Petr Václav

SYNOPSIS: The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. Thanks to her, he gets the opportunity to play at salons. But his real opportunity arises when he becomes the lover of a libertine marquise. She teaches him worldly manners, rids him of signs of a provincial upbringing and introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Thus transformed, Josef gets an incan incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo, Europe's largest theatre.

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European Film Festival of Atlanta

Alliance Française, Goethe-Zentrum, and the Consulates of no less than 20 European countries are proud to present the European Film Festival of Atlanta - vibrant and engaging cinema showcasing the colorful variety of European on-screen storytelling while exploring the many expressions of European Identity.