Berlinale 2013

Naked Opera" directed by Angela Christlieb produced by Amour Fou Luxembourg is selected in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2013

The screening took place on 11 February 2013 in the presence of the ministers in charge of the audiovisual sector Octavie Modert and François Biltgen, as well as Ambassador Georges Santer.

Naked Opera tells the story of a man with many faces. Marc is talented, intelligent, eloquent and wealthy but has suffered from an incurable illness from childhood. He considers himself to be a kind of Don Giovanni from Luxembourg and is permanently on the lookout for the perfect staging for his life and the perfect production of his favourite opera. Each weekend he escapes his everyday haute bourgeois life by travelling the world in search of the ultimate "Don Giovanni" performance. Marc surrounds himself with beautiful young men, stays at the best hotels in the world, and enjoys the pleasures of decadence.

Director Angela Christlieb accompanies Marc on a journey from Luxembourg to Venice during which Marc falls in love with a young porno actor. In "Naked Opera" she succeeds in making a confrontational as well as intimate portrait of a tragic and fascinating person. "Naked Opera" is visually imperssive – a film immersed in both brilliant intellect and a hedonistic universe.

Film Fund Luxembourg and the Embassy of the Grand Grauch of Luxembourg in Berlin co-hosted a reception during the Berlinale. Octavie Modert, minister of culture and François Biltgen, minister of communications and media both attended the repcetion together with +- 150 film professionals, press and guests.