Triskel Arts Centre are partnering with Dublin International Film Festival to bring part of their programme to the real capital. Chemi Bebia is a silent film featuring live accompaniment from Meg Morley and it is screening here at Triskel on Sunday 2 March at 7.30pm and tickets are on sale now.
Chemi Bebia, an hilarious no-holds-barred Georgian satire, was made in the Soviet Union in 1929. A gloriously imaginative firework of a film, banned for almost 50 years, this silent film was recently restored and screened at the 2024 edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna.
In it, a hopelessly lazy paper-pusher tries to get his job back to avoid the wrath of his wife, by looking for a ‘grandmother’ – an influential bureaucrat who can provide a recommendation letter.
Chris O’Neill, Head of Cinema at Triskel, said, “Mikaberidze’s masterpiece exposes the alienation of the modern workspace and is as relevant today as it was in 1929. For us, it’s a perfect mix of arthouse cinema and live music, particularly with Meg Morley providing the accompaniment.” Morley is one of the UK’s pre-eminent silent films accompanists and has been playing alongside silent films since 2016.
