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Fiume Or Death!

Fiume Ou Morte! · Fiume Or Death!

Igor Bezinović

2025, HRV, ITA, SVN, 112', M12


International Competition

21 Nov 2025 · Passos Manuel · 18H45

22 Nov 2025 · Batalha Centro de Cinema - Screening Room 2 · 21H30


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On 12 September 1919, the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio led 300 men in the occupation of Fiume, a surreal siege that lasted 16 months and produced over 10,000 images. A hundred years later, filmmaker Igor Bezinović, a native of Rijeka, recreates the episode with hundreds of citizens in a radical cinematic performance. Blending fact and myth, it dissects propaganda, manipulation, and political spectacle, exposing the performative - and absurd - power of nationalism.