Weekly overview
18 Nov – 24 Nov
TMDB 68IMDb 6.3 Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
115 min
He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered. Composing becomes his only obsession. The ticking clock rushes him to revolutionize music.
- Drama
- History
- Music
TMDB 65RT 73IMDb 6.7 Paradise: Faith
118 min
For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home—and soon prayers are replaced by fighting.
- Drama
Lügen über meine Mutter
112 min
In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.
- Drama
RT 93 Wild Horse Nine
117 min
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
- Comedy
- Crime
- Thriller
Helene Weigel - Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht
107 min
Who was Helene Weigel? Using impressive archive material, the film follows the convinced communist, acting icon, and free spirit from her early days in theater to her escape from the Nazi regime to the founding and management of the Berliner Ensemble. The result is a powerful portrait that finally puts the “woman at Brecht's side” in the spotlight.
- Documentary
RT 85 A Talent for Murder
subtitled OV · 106 min
A young man travels from New York to Switzerland to try to persuade acclaimed thriller writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of her Tom Ripley series, with his efforts gradually turning more sinister.
- Drama
- Crime
- Thriller
Le sucre, pour la douceur et pour le pire
DF
Sugar has played an important role in human history for five centuries. But what price does dependence on sugar exact? Its seductive sweetness and lucrative business were the driving forces behind conquest, colonization, slavery and forced labour.
- Documentary
- War & Politics
- Drama
IMDb 6.8 Visitation
121 min
A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.
- Drama
RT 93 Wild Horse Nine
subtitled OV · 117 min
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
- Comedy
- Crime
- Thriller
Identitti
103 min
A student named Nivedita finds an old photo of her professor and discovers the latter had been living a lie. Saraswati, of all people — a woman of color who lectures on cultural identity — is in fact white. While the media and online community whip up a frenzy, Nivedita faces a political and personal dilemma as she tries to find out Saraswati's motive.
- Comedy
- Drama
TMDB 55RT 82IMDb 5.9 A Private Life
OmdtU
When renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the sudden death of a patient, she suspects murder. She mounts a private investigation, enlisting an odd assortment of quirky characters.
- Mystery
- Crime
- Drama
The Mad Dog of Europe
OmdtU
A documentary exploring the 1933 screenplay of the same name by Citizen Kane co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, which warned of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, but was rejected by Hollywood studios at the time.
- Documentary
Film und Wein
Leica – A Century of Vision
92 min
LEICA - A CENTURY OF VISION shows how the invention of the 35mm format revolutionized documentary photography. Featuring legendary and contemporary photographers the film reveals the camera's enduring power to capture history as it unfolds.
- Documentary
IMDb 6.5 Mumbo Jumbo
DF
When the happy little hippo, Mumbo Jumbo, accidentally turns giant his life changes for the worse - seemingly forever. Now Mumbo is forced out on a challenging journey in order to encounter an unpredictable witch. Luckily Mumbo's best friends join him. It’s still an insurmountable task, but at least the friends are facing it together. It is not easy being a small hippo, nor a giant one, and when the only way back to normal depends on the cooperation of a frank and mischievous witch, anyone can imagine that it requires a true effort. Hopefully Mumbo Jumbo will develop a strong belief in himself during the adventure. Otherwise, it will definitely be an impossible mission.
- Animation
- Adventure
- Family
Felix Klein - Insights from the Outside
OmdtU
The Misanthrope
subtitled OV · 112 min
A woman invites all her friends over for a dinner party in order to break up with them.
- Comedy
- Drama
Curtains
90 min
In CURTAINS, Sandra Hüller tells the story of a woman who breaks out of a long-term violent relationship and of a political and social system that prefers to look the other way. The film shows the power structures behind the facades and how the state inadequately protects women.
- Documentary
TMDB 72RT 100IMDb 7.1 Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
DF
Ernest and Celestine are travelling back to Ernest's country, Gibberitia, to fix his broken violin. This exotic land is home to the best musicians on earth and music constantly fills the air with joy. However, upon arriving, our two heroes discover that all forms of music have been banned for many years - and for them, a life without music is unthinkable. Along with their friends and a mysterious masked outlaw, Ernest and Celestine must try their best to bring music and happiness back to the land of bears.
- Animation
- Family
- Music
- Adventure
Cyberpunk Romance
OV
The future is here: via so-called ports—USB-like connections on the head—human brains can be directly connected to computers. This enables things like upgrades (foreign languages! expert knowledge!), virtual buzz experiences, and even the networking of multiple brains. A group of neurohackers tries out everything and even develops their own apps. Only Mona is decidedly against this technology; the danger of external control just seems too great.
- Science Fiction
IMDb 7.6 The Thinking Game
OV
Chronicles the extraordinary life of visionary scientist Demis Hassabis and his relentless quest to solve the enigma of artificial general intelligence.
- Documentary
The Misanthrope
subtitled OV · 112 min
A woman invites all her friends over for a dinner party in order to break up with them.
- Comedy
- Drama
TMDB 73RT 80IMDb 7.6 21 Grams
OmdtU
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
- Drama
- Crime
- Thriller
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
subtitled OV · 100 min
The love of Olya and Oleh, a young queer Ukrainian couple, is put to the test when one partner’s gender transition collides with Russia’s full-scale invasion. As war narrows and challenges the boundaries of masculinity and femininity, they struggle to preserve their bond and sense of self. What does it mean to be a man in a country that is fighting for its identity and survival?
- Drama
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