Cesare deve morire

In a prison production of Julius Caesar the intrigues, betrayals and murders of ancient Rome speak immediately to prisoners steeped in gang culture

In this drama documentary a group of convicts in a maximum security prison in Rome face the challenge of preparing and staging William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. In the process, each of them has to come face to face with themselves and issues with one another, as well as their own fate.

Winner of the Golden Bear award Berlin 2012