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4:30 PM-9:30 PM
German Film Festival
Film |in cooperation with Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation
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Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium, Chennai
Discovering German culture: Films are one of the most popular formats of cultural events for those who are interested in Germany and want to learn more about culture and people. The Goethe-Institut offers mainly those films that are representative of current trends in German film. Whether individual films or a German Film Weekend at the Goethe-Institut, or online, the cinema experience is appealing and informative for young and old.
The German films intend to provide cineastes with an up-to-date picture of the German film world and, as works of cinematic art, to convey an image of Germany. The German selected films premiered at festivals such as the Berlinale, Hofer Filmtage, Filmfest München or the SCHLINGEL Kinderfilmfestival.
In cooperation with Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation, we are glad to present five contemporary German Films over the weekend.
All are welcome. Seating on first-come; fi<
Friday 1st September, 2023
4.30 pm
Coup
Regie. Seven O Hill | 2019 | 81 min.
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Summer 1988: a 22-year-old bank employee, family man and rocker discovers a security gap at his employer´s bank - a prestigious, time-honored bank. He embezzles millions and clears off with the money to Australia. His life as a millionaire can now begin. But the love of his life is not prepared to follow him with their son. "I stole the money for you! For us! What shall I do now?"
In a mixture of feature film, documentary and animated film, the film tells the true and unbelievable story of an unusual bank employee based on original interviews.
6.30 pm
Das Schönste Paar
Dir. Sven Taddicken 93 min.
Trigger Warning: Sexual abuse (18+ only)
@Goethe-Institut Chennai
Teachers Liv and Malte are a happy couple. That is until a crime alters their lives: While vacating in Spain, they are assaulted by three young Germans. Liv gets raped, while Malte is forced to watch helplessly. Despite the traumatic experience, the two firmly hold on to their relationship. With passing time, they seem to regain their mutual trust and shared joy in sex. Then Malte accidently runs into one of the three perpetrators. He sees a chance for justice – and revenge. Yet this might also destroy his slowly healing relationship with Liv.
Saturday, 2nd September 2023
3.00 pm
Ivie wie Ivie
Dir. Sarah Blaßkiewitz 109 min.
@Goethe-Institut Chennai
Sarah Blaßkiewitz's feature debut centers on Ivie, a 30-year-old woman with African roots living in Leipzig, who is searching for permanent employment as a teacher whilst working at her best friend's solarium. One day, her younger half-sister Naomie turns up unexpectedly from Berlin at her front door. Ivie had previously not even known of her existence and now learns that their father has died in Africa. The question is whether she will travel to Guinea for the funeral with Naomie. But, first of all, they have to get to know each other, triggering a rollercoaster of feelings and alienating her friends and work colleagues who suddenly see her in a new light...
5.10 pm
Le Prince
Dir. Lisa Bierwirth 125 min
@Goethe-Institut Chennai
Monika, a curator in in her mid-forties, is firmly anchored in the art and culture scene in Frankfurt. One evening, against the backdrop of a police raid in the station district, she meets the Congolese businessman Joseph, who is looking for investors for a diamond mine in the Congo, and an intense love affair develops between the two. The relationship is put to the test not only by the prejudices of those around them, but also by a slowly growing distrust between the two. And increasingly, their lives reflect existing postcolonial conflicts, which raises the question of whether an equal partnership is even possible.
7.30 pm
Undine
Dir. Christian Petzold 90 min.
@Goethe-Institut Chennai
Undine is a historian who works as a museum guide in Berlin. She knows all about the Humboldt Forum, and has the knack of choosing just the right blouse and suit. She is nonchalantly beautiful, and the way she imparts her knowledge about the city that was built on a swamp is as professional as it is graceful. And yet, time and again, her gaze wanders over to the courtyard café at the Stadtmuseum to see if he is there, or is still there, or if he’s there again. Him. But Johannes is leaving, leaving her, and Undine’s world is collapsing. The magic has gone... Christian Petzold reworks the myth of the mysterious water spirit as a modern fairy-tale in a disenchanted world. His Undine defies her role as a powerless and spurned woman and falls in love anew, with Christoph, who dives into the sunken world of a reservoir. Petzold’s deeply assured work reimagines this legend by way of his own cinematic vision, in which precise everyday gestures are combined with ghostly hyperrealism. The story of a life-or-death love, splendidly and effortlessly told.
The German films intend to provide cineastes with an up-to-date picture of the German film world and, as works of cinematic art, to convey an image of Germany. The German selected films premiered at festivals such as the Berlinale, Hofer Filmtage, Filmfest München or the SCHLINGEL Kinderfilmfestival.
In cooperation with Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation, we are glad to present five contemporary German Films over the weekend.
All are welcome. Seating on first-come; fi<
Friday 1st September, 2023
4.30 pm
Coup
Regie. Seven O Hill | 2019 | 81 min.
Summer 1988: a 22-year-old bank employee, family man and rocker discovers a security gap at his employer´s bank - a prestigious, time-honored bank. He embezzles millions and clears off with the money to Australia. His life as a millionaire can now begin. But the love of his life is not prepared to follow him with their son. "I stole the money for you! For us! What shall I do now?"
In a mixture of feature film, documentary and animated film, the film tells the true and unbelievable story of an unusual bank employee based on original interviews.
6.30 pm
Das Schönste Paar
Dir. Sven Taddicken 93 min.
Trigger Warning: Sexual abuse (18+ only)
@Goethe-Institut Chennai
Teachers Liv and Malte are a happy couple. That is until a crime alters their lives: While vacating in Spain, they are assaulted by three young Germans. Liv gets raped, while Malte is forced to watch helplessly. Despite the traumatic experience, the two firmly hold on to their relationship. With passing time, they seem to regain their mutual trust and shared joy in sex. Then Malte accidently runs into one of the three perpetrators. He sees a chance for justice – and revenge. Yet this might also destroy his slowly healing relationship with Liv.
Saturday, 2nd September 2023
3.00 pm
Ivie wie Ivie
Dir. Sarah Blaßkiewitz 109 min.
@Goethe-Institut Chennai
Sarah Blaßkiewitz's feature debut centers on Ivie, a 30-year-old woman with African roots living in Leipzig, who is searching for permanent employment as a teacher whilst working at her best friend's solarium. One day, her younger half-sister Naomie turns up unexpectedly from Berlin at her front door. Ivie had previously not even known of her existence and now learns that their father has died in Africa. The question is whether she will travel to Guinea for the funeral with Naomie. But, first of all, they have to get to know each other, triggering a rollercoaster of feelings and alienating her friends and work colleagues who suddenly see her in a new light...
5.10 pm
Le Prince
Dir. Lisa Bierwirth 125 min
@Goethe-Institut Chennai
Monika, a curator in in her mid-forties, is firmly anchored in the art and culture scene in Frankfurt. One evening, against the backdrop of a police raid in the station district, she meets the Congolese businessman Joseph, who is looking for investors for a diamond mine in the Congo, and an intense love affair develops between the two. The relationship is put to the test not only by the prejudices of those around them, but also by a slowly growing distrust between the two. And increasingly, their lives reflect existing postcolonial conflicts, which raises the question of whether an equal partnership is even possible.
7.30 pm
Undine
Dir. Christian Petzold 90 min.
@Goethe-Institut Chennai
Undine is a historian who works as a museum guide in Berlin. She knows all about the Humboldt Forum, and has the knack of choosing just the right blouse and suit. She is nonchalantly beautiful, and the way she imparts her knowledge about the city that was built on a swamp is as professional as it is graceful. And yet, time and again, her gaze wanders over to the courtyard café at the Stadtmuseum to see if he is there, or is still there, or if he’s there again. Him. But Johannes is leaving, leaving her, and Undine’s world is collapsing. The magic has gone... Christian Petzold reworks the myth of the mysterious water spirit as a modern fairy-tale in a disenchanted world. His Undine defies her role as a powerless and spurned woman and falls in love anew, with Christoph, who dives into the sunken world of a reservoir. Petzold’s deeply assured work reimagines this legend by way of his own cinematic vision, in which precise everyday gestures are combined with ghostly hyperrealism. The story of a life-or-death love, splendidly and effortlessly told.
Location
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium
No 4 Rutland Gate 5th Street
Chennai 600006
India
No 4 Rutland Gate 5th Street
Chennai 600006
India