The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
Margarethe von Trotta's first solo feature is a story about the radicalisation of a young woman, inspired by real events.
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The Romantic Englishwoman
Pulp writer Lewis Fielding's (Michael Caine) wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson), vacationing alone in Baden-Baden, meets a drug courier and gigolo named Thomas (Helmut Berger, a Visconti amanuensis who effervescently exploits his real-life decadent image).
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The Quarterly Balance
A visitor to Sodankylä in 1988, Krzysztof Zanussi's crisis analysis, broadcast on Finnish television under the title "Välitilinpäätös" (Interim Report), continues this year's programme's shadow theme of unstable relationships.
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The Inheritance
After a lifetime of hard work, the aging widower Gregorio (Anthony Quinn) decides to sell his bakery business, but cuts his three adult children (the weak-willed Pippo, the womanising gambler Mario and the spouse of a government employee Teta) out of his will completely, leaving them with no promise of a future inheritance.
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The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh (1924) brought together the greatest German filmmakers of different fields from the golden age of silent film.
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Based on a story by Heinrich Böll and his own experiences, this political drama tells the nightmare of an innocent young woman in the clutches of the police and the media.
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Seafarers
The seafaring story about the travails of 17-year-old Jalmar ”Jallu” Yrjänen deepens into a tragic reminder of the finite nature... View Article
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Rosso
Excepting maybe Renny Harlin and Dome Karukoski, Mika Kaurismäki is Finland’s most international film director. Even his first feature-length film... View Article
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Night School of Experimental Cinema
This year, the motifs of the Night School revolve around the mundane and the horrific: cinema as food and light... View Article
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