Film Screening ”The Love of Books”
Thu 22 May 2014, 7 pm
Goethe Institut
From British Council in Vietnam:
The British Council shows a moving film about the saving of irreplaceable manuscripts during the Bosnian war. The film will be shown within the context of 4th European Literature Days, part of the Europe Days in Vietnam 2014.
Year of production: 2011
Directed by: Sam Hobkinson
Country: UK
Language: English and Vietnamese subtitles
War-torn Bosnia in 1992: The city of Sarajevo is besieged and burning, great art treasures are lost in the flames. Only one library remains. Amid bullets and bombs, a group of book-lovers risk their lives to rescue 10,067 irreplaceable Islamic manuscripts. At stake is a nations history and identity.
“The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story”, is the thrilling tale of how a group of passionate book lovers risked their lives to save the Gazi Husrav-Beg Library from destruction during the siege of Sarajevo. This is a film about the importance of books, about how libraries are the heart of our cultural identity, repositories for history and memory.
Free Entrance.
Watch the trailer:
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