Berlin -- Punks, killers and other upstanding citizens are the stars of the Berlin International Film Festival's 2009 Perspectives on German Cinema section.
Director Lars Jessen returns to his youth -- Germany of the 1980s -- for his Perspectives entry: "Dorfpunks." Based on the cult novel by Rocko Schamoni, it tells the story of a group a punk rockers who move to a tiny village in rural Switzerland. Jessen's tongue-in-cheek take on the '80s is familiar to fans of his debut, "The Day Bobby Ewing Died" (2005), which won the Max Ophuls Prize.
There's little to laugh about in Lars-Gunnar Lotz's psychodrama "For Miriam," which examines how a teacher is undone by an accident that results in the death of her best pupil's sister.
"Jedem das Seine" (Each to his Own) also looks at crime and punishment as two brothers meet up after years apart: one as a police officer, the...
Director Lars Jessen returns to his youth -- Germany of the 1980s -- for his Perspectives entry: "Dorfpunks." Based on the cult novel by Rocko Schamoni, it tells the story of a group a punk rockers who move to a tiny village in rural Switzerland. Jessen's tongue-in-cheek take on the '80s is familiar to fans of his debut, "The Day Bobby Ewing Died" (2005), which won the Max Ophuls Prize.
There's little to laugh about in Lars-Gunnar Lotz's psychodrama "For Miriam," which examines how a teacher is undone by an accident that results in the death of her best pupil's sister.
"Jedem das Seine" (Each to his Own) also looks at crime and punishment as two brothers meet up after years apart: one as a police officer, the...
- 1/13/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlin -- "Distance," a drama from first-timer Thomas Sieben, will open the Perspectives on German Cinema sidebar at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival.
The film, which features rising star Ken Duken as both star and co-producer, will bow Feb. 6. Duken is on set with Quentin Tarantino's World War II film "Inglorious Bastards," in which he has a bit part.
Alfred Holighaus, head of the Perspectives sidebar, has picked five more titles for 2009: Martin Busker's comedy "Roller Coaster," the drama "Polar" from Michael Koch, Abel Lindner's "In the Blink of an Eye" and two documentaries: "Gitti" from Anna Deutsch and "Generation Undecided" from director Elmar Szucs.
The remaining films in the Perspectives section will be announced in early January.
The 59th Berlinale is set for Feb. 5-15.
The film, which features rising star Ken Duken as both star and co-producer, will bow Feb. 6. Duken is on set with Quentin Tarantino's World War II film "Inglorious Bastards," in which he has a bit part.
Alfred Holighaus, head of the Perspectives sidebar, has picked five more titles for 2009: Martin Busker's comedy "Roller Coaster," the drama "Polar" from Michael Koch, Abel Lindner's "In the Blink of an Eye" and two documentaries: "Gitti" from Anna Deutsch and "Generation Undecided" from director Elmar Szucs.
The remaining films in the Perspectives section will be announced in early January.
The 59th Berlinale is set for Feb. 5-15.
- 12/18/2008
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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