Saturday at PÖFF brings films to the cinema that waver between fearless sensuality, satire and chaos. These stories today are full of passion, rebellion and dreams that are difficult to tame. The wildest souls step in front of the audience as heroes today.
The day kicks off with Easy Girl which shows that finding oneself can be beautiful and chaotic at the same time. In the film, the spontaneous livelihoods of two friends turn out to be a frisky, sensual and, at times, an uncomfortably honest journey. The Megalomaniacs takes a step further and switches from intellectual tension to erotic overheating. The obsession of an archaeologist and the sceptical sputters of a ceramicist bump heads in such a convivial way that even the amphoras seem to be blushing.
FIume o morte! reminds us that history is always a little bit crazier than the textbooks say. Especially if it's being retold by modern people who have never longingly kissed the toes of authority.
Mid-evening PÖFF turns simultaneously more political and personal. Divine Comedy creates a humorous and critical image of the restrictions of creative freedom in Iran. Nino in Paradise brings a hunger for life interweaved with youthful rebellion to the cinema screen, in which Parisian nights are filled with promises that the morning will rarely fulfil.
Saturday ends with two films that boldly step into the darker corridors of the human psyche. Sunday Ninth takes a look at the memories blurred from alzheimer’s and shattered brotherly love to answer the question, whether forgiveness is always possible or if it’s just a lovely illusion. Dead Man’s Wire ends the day with such a tense real-life drama that viewers might find themselves afterwards instinctively checking if anybody had tied wires to their bodies.
Look at all of the films premiering today, Saturday, at PÖFF here!
22nd of November, Saturday at 15.30 at Sõprus cinema
Dir: H. Norden (Germany)
Easy Girl follows two childhood friends who spontaneously move in together and get into a whirlwind of crazy discoveries, lust and freedom. Playful adventure, however, unveils deeper hidden traumas that start to shadow every romantic and sexual meeting. Hille Norden’s film is a sensual yet disturbing take on women’s journeys to self-discovery.
22nd of November, Saturday at 17.15 at Apollo Kino Plaza
Dir: S. Stathoulopoulos (Greece, Cyprus, Colombia)
The Megalomaniacs throws together the obsession of an archaeologist and the scepticism of a ceramist. Sophia is searching for sounds of the past from clay amphoras. Potter, on the other hand, does not believe in anything other than the handiness of his hands. The film shows it all through tasteful satire that ridicules academic importance as boldly as it flirts with chaos and eroticism.
18th of November, Tuesday, at 17.00 at Artis cinema
Dir: I. Bezinovic (Croatia, Italy, Slovenia)
Fiume o Morte! looks at the eccentric rule of the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio in Fiume. Igor Bezinovic reconstructs the story through the people living in the city today, creating a personal and bold commentary on how authoritarian regimes begin. The result is a provocative metadocumentary that is Croatia’s best contender for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
22nd of November, Saturday at 18.00 at Apollo Kino Plaza
Dir: A. Asgari (Italy, France, Germany and Turkey)
Divine Comedy is Ali Asgari’s sharp and sarcastic satire about the limitations of creative freedom and censorship in Iran. In the film, Bahram Ark is a filmmaker who defies the system to bring his work to home audiences by navigating the labyrinth of absurd bureaucracy and personal doubts. The result is a metatextual, humorous and bold commentary on the resistance of creators in the world.
22nd of November, Saturday at 20.45 at Apollo Kino Solaris
Dir: L. Mihcheli (Belgium and Drance)
Nino Paradis is out for himself but finds himself once again in the highs of Parisian nights and the lows of midday, where, with friends, he seeks love, freedom and the point of a forgotten world. Laurent Micheli brings Capucine’s and Simon Johanni’s novel to the screen with raw energy, youthful rebellion and chaotic beauty, creating a film that is full of life.
22nd of November, Saturday at 21.00 at Sõprus cinema
Dir: K. Steppe (Belgium)
Horst and his brother Franz meet in a nursing home after tens of years of silence, where memory haze caused by Alzheimer's forces them to take a look at their difficult past. Sunday Ninth interweaves reality and imagination into a touching story, whether it is possible to find forgiveness in the fragments of memory or, at the very least, face the reasons for loss.
22nd of November, Saturday at 21.15 at Apollo Kino Solaris
Dir: G. Van Sant (USA)
Dead Man’s Wire brings the shocking hostage drama of 1977 to the screen where Anthony Kritsis ties (in a literal sense) the life of a loan company’s president to his weapon. Gus Van Sant translates this crazy real-life case into a tense historical drama that shows how thin the line is between chaos and hunger for justice.