Cesare deve morire, directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, has been called a “docufiction” in Italy. It is set in Rome’s high-security Rebibbia prison and was filmed there.  Most of the actors are actual inmates in the prison.  It tells the story of a prison production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” from auditions to opening night.  Other than the beginning and ending scenes of the opening of the play, the movie is in black and white.  The film unfolds as the story of the work in progress. Some of the most affecting scenes are of the auditions, in which the inmate-actors are filmed in close-up.  The roles are then assigned and each actor is asked to learn his lines and deliver them in his own dialect.  Truth and reality mix with the play’s plot.  It ends up making history and Shakespeare’s play very human.  Even if you don’t like films of Shakespearean plays, this one is worth seeing.