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6:00 PM-8:30 PM
A Land Within
Film screening, followed by a Q&A|Achtung Film!
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Cinémathèque québécoise, Montréal
- Language Original version with English subtitles.
- Price General Admission: 14 $
- Part of series: Achtung Film!
A Land Within
Zweitland
Germany, Austria, Italy, 2025, 113 min.
Director: Michael Kofler
With : Thomas Prenn, Aenne Schwarz, Laurence Rupp, Francesco Acquaroli and Andrea Fuorto
Canadian Premiere
South Tyrol, 1961. The northern Italian region with a German-speaking minority is shaken by a series of separatist bomb attacks. Free spirit Paul wants to escape the narrowness and lack of prospects of his little village and study painting in Munich. When his hardliner brother, Anton, becomes a fugitive terrorist, Paul reluctantly puts his own plans on hold to support his brother's wife, Anna, and their little son on the small farm. As ethnic tensions and police repression in the village grow, Paul gets drawn into a downward spiral of violence and toxic masculinity. Anna openly condemns the radicalization of her husband but increasingly clashes with the patriarchal structures of the time. When events spin out of control, Paul must choose between following his dream and standing up against violence and his brother. - www.filmportal.de
The film screening will be followed by a discussion with director Michael Kofler, moderated by André Lavoie.
Zweitland
Germany, Austria, Italy, 2025, 113 min.
Director: Michael Kofler
With : Thomas Prenn, Aenne Schwarz, Laurence Rupp, Francesco Acquaroli and Andrea Fuorto
Canadian Premiere
South Tyrol, 1961. The northern Italian region with a German-speaking minority is shaken by a series of separatist bomb attacks. Free spirit Paul wants to escape the narrowness and lack of prospects of his little village and study painting in Munich. When his hardliner brother, Anton, becomes a fugitive terrorist, Paul reluctantly puts his own plans on hold to support his brother's wife, Anna, and their little son on the small farm. As ethnic tensions and police repression in the village grow, Paul gets drawn into a downward spiral of violence and toxic masculinity. Anna openly condemns the radicalization of her husband but increasingly clashes with the patriarchal structures of the time. When events spin out of control, Paul must choose between following his dream and standing up against violence and his brother. - www.filmportal.de
The film screening will be followed by a discussion with director Michael Kofler, moderated by André Lavoie.
About the Director
Michael Kofler
Filmmaker
Michael Kofler grew up in South Tyrol. He studied film directing in London, where he also spent several years working for a leading film and TV production company. His short films and video works have been screened at various international film festivals. His screenplay for his first feature film, A LAND WITHIN, received the top award at the IDM Film Commission’s Racconti | IDM Script Lab.
Location
Cinémathèque québécoise
335 boul. de Maisonneuve Est
Montréal H2X 1K1
Kanada
335 boul. de Maisonneuve Est
Montréal H2X 1K1
Kanada
