‘I wanted to look death straight in the face’

Maltese arthouse film ‘Vanitas’ is premiering at the Mediterrane Film Festival, which kicks off on Sunday

A Maltese arthouse film whose production came to mirror its themes of death, power and grief will premiere at the Mediterrane Film Festival this week.

Set against the dramatic Gozitan landscape, Vanitas tells the story of Maria, a woman in her late 50s, who has dedicated the best years of her life to obsessively caring for her terminally ill husband, Felix. As his end approaches, she accompanies him to fulfil his last wish: dying in his childhood home in Gozo.

Read more about the film and the festival on Times2.

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