The lights go out; the actors leave the stage and return to their cells. "Caesar Must Die,"a masterful rendition of a filmed play, a narrative and a documentary all seemingly rolled into a one of a kind colossal piece of work in a "quick" seventy-six minutes. In the second instance, he says simply, "With meditating that she must die once, / I have the patience to endure it now" (l191-192). The Hollywood Reporter described the outcome as "a major upset". The prisoners staging “Julius Caesar” did not have to be told what Shakespeare meant. Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani. Caesar Must Die (Italian: Cesare deve morire) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. Der Spiegel said it was a "very conservative selection". With Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca. Caesar Must Die won the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012 where British director Mike Leigh led the judging panel. Caesar Must Die Synopsis: In Rebibbia Prison in Italy, its inmate theatre program puts on a well received production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. “Caesar Must Die” is an excellent example of delivering such an impact. synopsis. CAESAR MUST DIE. by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani. CAESAR MUST DIE A FILM BY PAOLO AND VITTORIO TAVIANI (Cesare deve morire / Italy 2012 / Color & B&W / 76’) The theater in Rome’s Rebibbia Prison. “Caesar Must Die” shows us in the starkest possible terms the electric power of drama to move and touch not only audiences but the actors who bring so … The lights dim on the actors and they become Even changing the original dialogues into today’s slang did not affect the accuracy of Shakespeare’s message. Inmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." The film is set in Rebibbia Prison (suburb of Rome), and follows convicts in their rehearsals ahead of a prison performance of Julius Caesar. The performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar comes to an end and the performers are rewarded with rapturous applause. Official Page The Taviani brothers, arthouse darlings of the 70s and 80s (Allonsanfàn, Padre padrone, The Night of San Lorenzo), have rather dropped off the international map in recent years. 735 likes. The film goes back several months earlier as the coordinators announces the play as the program's production of the year. They are all inmates of the Roman maximum security prison Rebibbia. 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