FRIDAY FILMS @GOETHE
Are you interested in Germany and German culture? Are you looking for an opportunity to improve your German language skills? Do you enjoy German films? Then this is your event! Every third Friday of the month, the Goethe-Institut San Francisco will present recent German films ranging from small, independent productions to box office hits. All screenings are in German with English subtitles. Admission is free!
PLOT:
Small-time crook Nick Gutlicht makes a living from selling stolen books. It’s not particularly lucrative. He has debts and has to go underground for a while. He ends up in the mansion of the well-known old philosopher and psychologist Curt Ledig, who refuses to give in and move in with his daughter. Nick is hired by the family as a minder. Curt wants to work on a lecture that no one thinks he can write. The partnership of convenience between these two individualists quickly develops its own set of dynamics. Curt sees in Nick a worthwhile object of study and subjects him to an absurd therapy. Nick suspects Curt’s library will provide him with the opportunity to pay off his debts. The strange duo gets closer and survives a number of absurd adventures and self-induced hazards.
REVIEWS:
Just because of the many side blows on the psycho world, which can be seen in a clever way both as biting criticism, but also as a charming parody, one can easily chuckle through the film.
- Spiegel online
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