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Film|Film screening during the Festival Cinéma du Monde de Sherbrooke
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Online, Montreal
- Language German and French, subtitled in French
- Price Free of charge.
- Part of series: Festival Cinéma du Monde de Sherbrooke
Directed by: Christian Petzold; Germany 2018, 101 min.
With: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese
German / French, with French subtitles.
Based on the story of Anna Seghers.
German troops are approaching Paris quickly. Georg, a German refugee, escapes to Marseille in the nick of time. In his luggage, he carries the documents of Weidel, an author who has taken his own life in fear of his persecutors. Those documents include a manuscript, letters and visa assurance from the Mexican embassy. Thins get even more complex when Georg falls in love with the mysterious Marie. Is it devotion or calculation that has led her to share her life with a doctor, Richard, before journeying on in search of her husband? He is said to have surfaced in Marseille in possession of a Mexican visa for him and his wife.
With: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese
German / French, with French subtitles.
Based on the story of Anna Seghers.
German troops are approaching Paris quickly. Georg, a German refugee, escapes to Marseille in the nick of time. In his luggage, he carries the documents of Weidel, an author who has taken his own life in fear of his persecutors. Those documents include a manuscript, letters and visa assurance from the Mexican embassy. Thins get even more complex when Georg falls in love with the mysterious Marie. Is it devotion or calculation that has led her to share her life with a doctor, Richard, before journeying on in search of her husband? He is said to have surfaced in Marseille in possession of a Mexican visa for him and his wife.