Film
Western (Ottawa)

Goethe-Cinema Ottawa

Fri, 06/08/2018
7:30 PM Goethe-Institut Ottawa

(Western)
By: Valeska Grisebach, Germany, 2017, 119 min. With: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov.
German and Bulgarian with French subtitles. 
 
The latest film by talented filmmaker Valeska Grisebach was launched this year at Cannes in the section Un Certain Regard. A group of German workers at a rural Bulgarian construction site are faced with their prejudice and mistrust of the locals due to language barriers and cultural differences. The stage is quickly set for a showdown.


The Goethe-Institut Ottawa’s monthly series on contemporary German cinema presented at Saint Paul University.