| Caesar Must Die | |
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| Directed by | Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani |
| Screenplay by | Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani |
| Based on | Julius Caesar byWilliam Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Grazia Volpi |
| Starring | Salvatore Striano Cosimo Rega Giovanni Arcuri Antonio Frasca |
| Cinematography | Simone Zampagni |
| Edited by | Roberto Perpignani |
| Music by | Giuliano Taviani Carmelo Travia |
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| Distributed by | Sacher Distribuzione |
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Running time | 75 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Caesar Must Die (Italian:Cesare deve morire) is a 2012 Italiandrama film directed byPaolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the62nd Berlin International Film Festival[2] where it won theGolden Bear.[3][4] The film is set inRebibbia Prison (suburb of Rome), and follows convicts in their rehearsals ahead of a prison performance ofJulius Caesar.[3]
Caesar Must Die has an approval rating of 92% onreview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, based on 50 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus states: "An ultra-immersive experience that captures the senses and boggles the mind, this leaves no room to question thatCaesar Must Die".[5]Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
Critics praised the use of actual prisoners in the film, saying it brought a higher intensity to the piece.[3] Filmed largely inblack-and-white, it has been described as a "deeplyhumanist film" that "blends gentle humour with an emotional punch".[7] Paolo Taviani said that he hoped moviegoers would "say to themselves or even those around them... that even a prisoner with a dreadful sentence, even a life sentence, is and remains a human being". Vittorio Taviani read out the names of the cast.[3]The Hollywood Reporter described the outcome as "a major upset".Der Spiegel said it was a "very conservative selection".[3]Der Tagesspiegel criticised the outcome, saying that the "jury shunned almost all the contemporary films that were admired or hotly debated at an otherwise pretty remarkable festival".[7]
Caesar Must Die won the Golden Bear at the62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012 where British directorMike Leigh led the judging panel. The film was also selected as the Italian entry for theBest Foreign Language Oscar at the85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[8]
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