LUBO
Fiction / Theatrical / 2023 / 181’
Directed by Giorgio Diritti
Screenplay Giorgio Diritti, Fedo Valla
Produced by Indiana Productions, Arranciafilm, hugofilm features
Cast Franz Rogowski, Christophe Sermet, Joel Basman, Valentina Bellè, Noémi Besedes
Festivals 80th Venice International film festival - official competition
Zurich Film Festival 2023 - Gala Premier
Lubo makes a humble living as a street performer when, in 1939, he is called to join the Swiss army to defend the border from a potential German invasion. Forced to abandon his family, he soon discovers that his wife tragically died while trying to stop the authorities from taking their three young children away.
Targeted because they are Jenisch, a minority nomadic community, Lubo’s family falls victim to a national campaign for the ‘re-education’ of street children. But Lubo knows he will not find peace until he reunites with his children and gets justice for himself and his people – for which he is ready to go to extraordinary lengths. So begins a decades long journey for love and self-determination, an incredible adventure and an epic quest for freedom.
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