Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross (Henry Dunant: Du rouge sur la croix)

Mon Mar 21, 2016

20:30 to 22:05

Location

Skala Theater
15 Kyriakou Matsi Street
Larnaca, Larnaca 6015

Embassy of Switzerland
Phone: 22466806

Description

The Embassy of Switzerland in cooperation with the Larnaka-Famagusta Cinema Society invites you to the screening of the Swiss film "Henry Dunant – du Rouge sur la Croix", directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard.

An idealist, a romantic, humanist and visionary, Swiss-born Henry Dunant led a great battle convincing states to allow a relief society to take care of soldiers wounded on the battlefield, regardless of their nationality. The fierce will of this man, who dared the impossible, thereby earning the first Nobel Peace Prize, was the spark that led to the founding of the Red Cross Society. This film, an epic loosely based on the life of Henry Dunant, is carried by the spirit and the passion that drove this resolutely modern hero of the 19th century.

Cast:
Thomas Jouannet (Henry Dunant)
Noémie Kocher (Léonie Bourg-Thibourg)
Emilie Dequenne (Cécile Thuillier)
Michel Galabru (Hubert Dunant)

Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Writer: Claude-Michel Rome
Runtime: 99 min
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Language: French
Subtitles: English
Production Year: 2007

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