Cloud Nine 6 Jan 2010 Director: Andreas Dresen Germany 2008 99 min After 30 years of marriage, Inge, in her 60s, embarks on a passionate affair with 76 year-old Karl. She is now torn between the husband she loves dearly and the man who ignites a spark of life in her.Inge feels her youth re-awakened… Continue reading Wolke Neun
Category: Film Season 2009-2010
Entre Les Murs
The Class 17 Feb 2010 Director: Laurent Cantet France 2008 128 min This film is based on the autobiographical novel of François Begaudeau. It follows a year in the life of François Marin who teaches at a racially mixed school in inner city Paris. Marin starts the year with a determination and passion to give… Continue reading Entre Les Murs
Fugitive Pieces
3 Mar 2010 Director: Jeremy Podeswa Canada, Greece 2007 104 min A powerful and graceful adaptation of a best-selling novel by Canadian poet Anne Michael. The story begins in Poland in 1942. Athos, a Greek archaeologist, finds a Jewish boy, Jakob, who has witnessed his parents murdered by the Nazis and his sister abducted. Athos… Continue reading Fugitive Pieces
Encounters At The End Of The World
4 Nov 2009 Director: Werner Herzog USA 2007 99 min This is a fascinating and visually entrancing documentary by the veteran filmmaker Werner Herzog. The filmmaker travels to the Antarctica community of McMurdo Station. The station is the headquarters of the National Science Foundation. In the Antarctic summer it is home to eleven hundred men… Continue reading Encounters At The End Of The World