MITEM: Asino (Donkey)

This screening is part of the Madách International Theatre Meeting.
Free, but registration is necessary. Registration: regisztracio@nemzetiszinhaz.hu

Director: Anatoly Vassiliev
Screenplay: Anatoly Vassiliev
Year of production: 2017

2 hours 50 minutes • In Italian with English subtitles and Hungarian voice-overs

Special guest: Anatoly Vasilev director

The cultural history of the donkey reaches back to Greek mythology and the biblical times: the legend of Silenus’ donkey is well known; the New Testament gives an account of Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey; Sancho Panza rode his own donkey; in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream the weaver Bottom turns into a donkey before he falls in love with the goddess Titania. Nevertheless, the donkey is often associated with stupidity, stubbornness, but also humility.

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