2025 | Italy | Documentary

Ai Weiwei's Turandot

  • Italian, English English 78 mins
  • Director | Maxim Derevianko
  • Writer | Michele Cogo, Silvia Pelati, Eugenio Fallarino
  • Producer | Marta Zaccaron, Christine La Monte

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Dissident artist Ai Weiwei confronts modern totalitarianism through an unlikely canvas: directing Puccini's controversial opera Turandot in Rome. He transforms this century-old tale of power and prejudice into a mirror reflecting today's global crises, from pandemic politics to war.

adaptation modern totalitarianism political art Puccini censorship artistic resistance global crises
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