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The Minor in European Studies, Department of English – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University presents and organizes the HK PolyU – European Film Festival 2018 (2nd February – 10th April 2018) with the support of the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Goethe Institut, the Consulate General of France, the Consulate General of the Netherlands, the Consulate General of Sweden and the Consulate General of Switzerland.
This year seven films have been chosen from The Netherlands (The Gang of Oss), Switzerland (The Divine Order), Italy (Hotel Meina), Sweden (Eternal Summer), Germany (Democracy) and France (Alone; Approved for Adoption).
Italy will be represented by the movie Hotel Meina on 13th March 2018. Named after the historical essay by Marco Nozza, Hotel Meina is a 2007 Italian historical drama film directed by film director Carlo Lizzani.
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian – Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves. Hotel Meina, named after the town of Meina at Lake Maggiore, is an hotel run by the Benars, a family of Turkish Jews. The grown-ups’ questions are toned down by the light-heartiness of the two youngsters, Noa and Julien who are in love and full of hope in their future. The uncertainty is broken by the arrival of an SS detachment conducted by Krassler. The sixteen Jews are kept in isolation in the hotel and the never ending wait begins full of uncertainties, despair, fear and hope.
Directed by Carlo Lizzani, 2007, 115 min.
Actors: Majlinda Agaj, Eugenio Allegri, Marta Bifano.
Film in Italian/German with English subtitles.
Screening suitable for people aged 12 and over and not to be supplied to someone below that age (category IIA).