Dog Day Afternoon - Wednesday, September 23rd

$5.00

Kino42 (Podil) - 7pm
Kostiantynivska St, 11Б, Kyiv, 04071
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Please join us a for a film and Q&A.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Director: Sidney Lumet | Runtime: 125 mins | Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning

On a sweltering Brooklyn afternoon in August 1972, first-time bank robber Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) and his muted accomplice Sal (John Cazale) walk into a neighborhood bank expecting a routine ten-minute cash grab. What happens next would be unbelievable if it wasn’t closely based on a true story.

As the summer heat rises, a bungled heist rapidly mutates into a live, sensationalized television spectacle. Powered by Pacino’s electric, improvisational energy and Sidney Lumet’s relentless real-time pacing, Dog Day Afternoon is one of the high-water marks of 1970s New Hollywood — a breathless pressure cooker that turns a bank robbery into a masterclass on media, authority, and human desperation.

Why We're Screening It: Bringing back Sidney Lumet following the unanimous reception for 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon takes Lumet's signature single-location tension out into the chaotic heat of the Brooklyn streets. It is essential 70s cinema that demands to be experienced in a room full of people.

Kino42 (Podil) - 7pm
Kostiantynivska St, 11Б, Kyiv, 04071
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Qchv6ZqewmDM2PvT7

Please join us a for a film and Q&A.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Director: Sidney Lumet | Runtime: 125 mins | Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning

On a sweltering Brooklyn afternoon in August 1972, first-time bank robber Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) and his muted accomplice Sal (John Cazale) walk into a neighborhood bank expecting a routine ten-minute cash grab. What happens next would be unbelievable if it wasn’t closely based on a true story.

As the summer heat rises, a bungled heist rapidly mutates into a live, sensationalized television spectacle. Powered by Pacino’s electric, improvisational energy and Sidney Lumet’s relentless real-time pacing, Dog Day Afternoon is one of the high-water marks of 1970s New Hollywood — a breathless pressure cooker that turns a bank robbery into a masterclass on media, authority, and human desperation.

Why We're Screening It: Bringing back Sidney Lumet following the unanimous reception for 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon takes Lumet's signature single-location tension out into the chaotic heat of the Brooklyn streets. It is essential 70s cinema that demands to be experienced in a room full of people.