The dry spell for Verden film fans is over. After the summer break, the municipal cinema (Koki) has put together a varied program for August. It starts this week. All films start on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the Cine City, Zollstraße 1.
“Of fathers and mothers”: This Danish comedy can be seen this Wednesday, August 7th. The plot: The married couple Piv and Ulrik have just placed their daughter Hannah in a new, prestigious school – not the first change for the twelve-year-old – and at the first parents’ meeting they have to deal with the annual joint trip for parents and students to a rural holiday resort. Once there, it quickly becomes apparent that, although the focus here is on the young people during the day, the parents use the evenings for extensive excesses. Not only does the alcohol flow, the odd joint is also passed around, and secret affairs develop in the bushes. Ulrik dutifully goes along with it, at least in the first two activities, and when he wakes up the next day with a hangover, a fight with his wife, who is arriving a day later, is inevitable. The pecking order between the parents is also secretly fought out again and again. And of course the snobs are by no means willing to give up the field to Piv and Ulrik without a fight. In order to fit in, the two have to overcome numerous hurdles.
“Bernhard Hoetger – Between the Worlds“: The film is a German artist biography of the sculptor and architect Bernhard Hoetger. The Koki is showing the film on Wednesday, August 14th. His buildings and sculptures still attract attention today, but the creator is almost forgotten: the sculptor and architect Bernhard Hoetger. He is one of the avant-gardists of modern art in the early 20th century. With his talent he won numerous patrons, including Ludwig Roselius, who commissioned him to design Böttcherstrasse in Bremen. In Worpswede, Hoetger shaped the image of the artists’ village together with the painter Heinrich Vogeler. Initially celebrated for his open art, he later turned to a “Nordic” path in search of “primal art”. Despite his earlier recognition, Hoetger’s art was classified as degenerate under Nazi rule. The film by Gabriele Rose tells the story of this idiosyncratic artist. Hoetger is played by the actor Moritz Führmann. At his side are Florian Lukas as Heinrich Vogeler, Katharina Stark as Paula Modersohn-Becker and Ulrich Gebauer as Ludwig Roselius.
“Little dirty letters”: The comedy can be seen on Wednesday, August 21st. Based on a real case, it creates a moral portrait of 1920s England. Director Thea Sharrock stages it as a pointed comedy with a lively ensemble. The eldest daughter, bachelor Edith Swan, still lives with her devout parents Edward and Victoria in the town of Littlehampton. The widowed young Irish woman Rose Gooding has been living next door for some time with her daughter Nancy and her boyfriend Bill. At first, the pious, very inhibited Edith and the free-spirited Rose were good friends, but then they fell out. Now Edith is receiving extremely obscene letters – and the bitter Edward in particular is absolutely certain that Rose is the author. After all, Rose swears “like a tinker”. Police chief Spedding and the zealous constable Papperwick are quickly convinced; Rose is immediately arrested. As she cannot afford the bail, she ends up in prison. The determined police officer Gladys Moss, who is not taken seriously by her colleagues, doubts that Rose is guilty and starts her own investigation. On the one hand, “Dirty Little Letters” is a collection of quirky characters. On the other hand, the film succeeds in giving these stereotypical characters exciting traits and thus repeatedly providing surprises over the course of the plot. This is not least due to the excellent cast.
“Blackbird in the bramble bush”: This Georgian drama is the last film in August and will be shown at Cine City on Wednesday, August 28. The celebrated writer Tamta Melaschwili, known for her commitment to women’s rights, is the literary voice of the young generation in Georgia. In her novel “Blackbird, Blackbird, Blackberry Bush” she tells the story of the 48-year-old single woman Etero. The novel has now been made into a film by the Georgian director Elene Naveriani under the title “Blackbird in the Blackberry Bush”. Etero lives in a provincial Georgian town. While picking blackberries, she falls from a ledge and injures herself critically. With a lot of luck, she is able to save herself. After this near-death experience, she is no longer the same and begins to question her life. After the near-fatal fall, Etero meets the delivery man Murman in her drugstore. Without keeping her usual distance, the woman approaches the friendly man. They make passionate love in the storeroom and become a couple.
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