On view: 1–20 October 2025
Venue: Wrocław Market Square – north side
To join in the celebration of Festival Dialog–Wrocław, Kino Nowe Horyzonty invites you to a mini film showcase that complements the festival’s artistic program by offering a perspective on theatre through the lens of cinema. Across three screenings, we will explore the blurring and sharpening of reality observable in the narrow space between theatre and cinema. We will see how the roles we perform can drive us to the edge of madness, help us experience and understand grief, and even connect with the beyond. All of this is reflected in a multiplied mirror, where it becomes unclear what is truly reflecting what – reality in theatre, theatre in cinema, or perhaps cinema in reality.
11.10.2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Forushande
dir. Asghar Farhadi
duration: 125 min
production: Iran, France 2016
A young couple, both actors, are forced to leave their apartment and move into a friend’s flat in central Tehran, unaware of who had lived there before. When an intruder attacks the woman in their new home, her husband decides to investigate on his own instead of calling the police. As he searches for answers, a chain of unexpected events changes their lives forever.
15.10.2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Opening Night
dir. John Cassavetes
duration: 144 min
production: USA 1977
A young woman dies in an accident while trying to meet her favorite actress, Myrtle Gordon (a brilliant role by Gena Rowlands), after a theatre performance. The actress, burdened by guilt and tormented by remorse, gradually descends into madness. Her haunting obsessions increasingly destabilize her mental equilibrium, with a negative impact on her career.
19.10.2025 | 4:30 p.m.
Drive My Car (Doraibu mai kâ)
dir. Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
duration: 179 min
production: Japan 2021
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s film masterfully adapts Haruki Murakami’s short story from “Men Without Women”. The director invites viewers into the iconic red Saab 900 Turbo, capturing the mysterious feel of Murakami’s writing on screen. He also builds on the original story, exploring themes of secrets, betrayal, breaking free from life’s roles, and a man coping with loss.
Yūsuke (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is an actor and theatre director, and his wife, Oto (Reika Krishima), is a television screenwriter who enjoys telling stories even in bed – though any broadcaster would censor those. Their bond seems profound – until Oto unexpectedly dies, leaving behind many secrets. Grief-stricken, Yūsuke travels to Hiroshima to direct a stage production of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”, in which the leading role goes to a young actor, Kōji (Masaki Okada). Kōji once knew Oto and holds answers to the questions tormenting her husband. But will Yūsuke find the strength to confront the man with whom his wife shared her secrets?
Yūsuke (Hidetoshi Nishijima) jest aktorem i reżyserem teatralnym, a jego żona, Oto (Reika Krishima), telewizyjną scenarzystką, lubiącą opowiadać historie także w łóżku – choć te scenariusze ocenzurowałaby każda telewizja. Łącząca ich więź wydaje się głęboka – do momentu, gdy Oto niespodziewanie umiera, pozostawiając po sobie wiele tajemnic. Pogrążony w smutku Yūsuke wyjeżdża do Hiroszimy, by tam reżyserować w teatrze czechowowskiego „Wujaszka Wanię”, w którym główną rolę dostaje młody aktor, Kōji (Masaki Okada). Kōji znał Oto i zna odpowiedzi na dręczące męża pytania. Czy jednak Yūsuke zdobędzie się na konfrontację z mężczyzną, z którym jego żona miała swoje tajemnice?
More information and tickets are available at the Kino Nowe Horyzonty website.
A discount is available to Dialog–Wrocław ticket holders.
Discounted tickets (available only at the cinema box office upon presentation of a ticket from any Dialog–Wrocław event): 22 PLN
