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7:30 PM

KINO/18: Grand Opening with THE SILENT REVOLUTION

Film|Hong Kong premiere

  • Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hongkong

  • HK$80/HK$60*
    *Full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder - Tickets for full-time students are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.

Das schweigende Klassenzimmer © Studiocanal GmbH / Julia Terjung

KINO returns this autumn with films that again depict strong stories. This year, we are opening the festival with the premiere of THE SILENT REVOLUTION, an inspiring true story set in post-war East Germany directed by Lars Kraume. Join us for an Opening Night and enjoy some German beer and food in the open-air space outside the Hong Kong Arts Centre after the screening. Tickets are available on URBTIX now!
 
THE SILENT REVOLUTION
Director: Lars Kraume
Germany │ 2018 │ Colour │ 111 mins │ German with English and Chinese subtitles
 
It’s 1956 and during a visit to West Berlin, high school students Theo and Kurt witness dramatic footage of the Budapest uprising. Back at school in Stalinstadt, in the GDR, they spontaneously hold a two minute silence during class in solidarity with the victims of the Hungarian struggle against Soviet oppression. But the gesture causes much bigger ripples than expected. The People's Education Minister condemns the action as a counterrevolutionary act and demands that the ringleader be named, forcing the students to choose between standing together or not.
 

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