{"id":8320,"date":"2015-02-16T08:15:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T08:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/?p=8320"},"modified":"2015-11-09T18:14:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:14:05","slug":"before-the-last-curtain-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/before-the-last-curtain-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Before The Last Curtain Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The film by Thomas Wallner (Germany 2015, 90\u2019)<br \/>\non <em>Gardenia<\/em> by Alain Platel and Frank Van Laecke<\/h3>\n<p>November 17, 2015 h 22:00<br \/>\nCinema Odeon Florence<\/p>\n<p>Within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.florencequeerfestival.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florence Queer Festival 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Before the Last Curtain Falls<\/em> tells the story of great love, bitter disappointments and self-doubts \u2013 but most of all of courage. The courage to take risks, try something new and become yourself, no matter what age.<br \/>\nThe film dives deeply into the exceptional and heart-warming stories of a group of transsexuals and drag queens in their sixties and seventies, who summon up their bravery to take the stage once again \u2013 perhaps for the last time.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium\u2019s pre-imminent choreographer Alain Platel and \u201cwizard\u201d stage director Frank Van Laecke collaborate to turn the cast member\u2019s lives into movement.<br \/>\nWhat was supposed to be a limited run in some selected theatres unexpectedly became a huge international success, playing over 200 shows in 25 countries. For two years the protagonists have been touring five continents, performing a spectacular dance, theatre and music show called <em>Gardenia<\/em> that Fabbrica Europa festival presented in 2011 edition.<\/p>\n<p>Now the show is coming to a close and the artists are coming home to a time of introspection, a re-evaluation of choices made, of lives lived and possible futures. The cast has been through it all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cKeSjrZSWPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film on Gardenia by<br \/>Alain Platel and Frank Van Laecke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabbricaeuropa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}