Rotterdamse Dakendagen x IFFR: Infernal Affairs
Event
Year round 2024
Cinema and rooftops are a match made in heaven: film history is filled with scenes where the city and its rooftops literally elevate the tension to a new level. And where better to experience these films than on a rooftop? With a nighttime view of the Erasmus Bridge and Rijnhaven, enjoy an outdoor film on Thursday 23 May from the stunning rooftop of Las Palmas.
About Dakendagen
Rotterdamse Dakendagen aims to show how rooftops could contribute to healthy, lively, inclusive, sustainable, attractive and resilient cities. They do this by organising an annual festival the Rotterdamse Dakendagen (Rooftop Days), where thousands of residents and visitors of the city are welcomed to explore its currently underutilised rooftops, collectively known as the roofscape.
About Infernal Affairs (2002) by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak
A cop who’s secretly a gangster and a gangster who’s secretly a cop. This ice-cool Hong Kong classic’s simple premise sets the stage for a swirling drama of clandestine meetings, twists and betrayal where the moral lines between good and bad fade into the murky shadows of the metropolis. Iconic lead Tony Leung swaps the slickness of his characters in Wong Kar Wai’s earlier hits (Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love) with this unkempt and edgy gangster-cop, facing off against fellow star Andy Lau in a race against time to find each other out. Later adapted into Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, the film’s questions on moral ambiguities and shifting allegiances have lost none of their bite.
Rooftop: Las Palmas
Entrance: Wilhelminakade 332
Language: Cantonese spoken, English subtitled
Extra info: Wheelchair accessible, with headphones (included)
Event
Year round 2024