As part of the celebration of the Saison de la Francophonie 2021, the Austrian Embassy Nicosia presented the 2018 film “Angelo” by Markus Schleinzer at the ARTos Foundation in Nicosia on May 27, 2021.
The film tells the story of the historical person Angelo Soliman, who is forcibly brought from his African homeland to the middle of Europe at the beginning of the 18th century. He is taken off a slave boat by a countess who takes him in as a “bird of paradise” for her golden cage. She has him educated, teaches him language and music, gives him access to education and prepares him for the life of a nobleman. Nevertheless, because of the color of his skin, the boy remains an outsider in this society his entire life.
The audience followed the story with movement and left the film very thoughtful.
