GUARDIANS OF THE FORMULA

GUARDIANS OF THE FORMULA

GUARDIANS OF THE FORMULA (CUVARI FORMULE), 2023

Serbia, Slovenia | DCP, Color, 120’ | Serbian, French
Director: Dragan Bjelogrlić
Cast: Alexis Manenti, Radivoje Bukvic, Lionel Abelanski

Belgrade, 1958. In the middle of the Cold War, a group of young communist scientists are irradiated with lethal amounts of uranium while conducting an experiment. They are sent to Paris by Professor Mathé for treatment. Believing that they are building a nuclear weapon, Mathé proposes a human bone marrow transplant, a first for the time. What will be the consequences of this first experiment on living people? Revealing a little-known historical event at the intersection of medicine and nuclear science, the film also carries references to the reality of nuclear war, which is still on the world agenda today.

This film can be viewed on November 23, 18.00 & November, 26 17.00.

Past Programs
Locarno Film Festival In Istanbul
November 23–December 3, 2023

Istanbul Modern Cinema brings a selection of 10 films from the Locarno Film Festival, one of the oldest film festivals in the world, to Istanbul for the first time.