The film is narrative, documentary movie and is a drama within a drama. The film was set in Rome's Rebibbia Prison, where inmates are preparing to stage William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. After a competitive audition process, the roles are ultimately allotted, and the prisoners start exploring the script, finding in the tale of the society, authority and betrayal parallels that their own life stories. Hard-edged criminals, many linked with organized crime these criminals find great inspiration in dramatizing the play. We witness their rehearsals, strikingly shot in several nooks and corners within the prison, we find the inmates working through their personal struggles, both internally and with each other.
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The film was placed in the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it got the Golden Bear award. The film was also the Italian entry for Best Foreign language movie at the 85th Academy Awards. The movie was highly hailed by critics and got several accolades from critics everywhere in the film world.
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