When:
Friday, Nov 15, 2024 2:00p -
4:00p

Where:
Parker Hill Branch of the Boston Public Library
1497 Tremont St
Roxbury, MA 02120

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Admission:
FREE

Hosted by:
joyraft.host57223 Goethe-Institut Boston

Categories:
Movies

Event website:
https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/bos/ver.cfm?event_id=26148067

German Film Screening in Roxbury

From life in the fast lane, portfolio manager Oliver (Tom Schilling) ends up straight in a wheelchair: paralyzed after a serious self-inflicted car accident. In addition to a broken body and his new degrading feeling of being “disabled”, Oliver has another problem: He must get his illegally earned money from Switzerland to Germany as quickly as possible. Organizing a group excursion for his disabled living community, who call themselves "the goldfish”, to Switzerland for a camel therapy, seems like his best option. The fast-paced road movie, which challenges the perception of what is considered “normal”, can begin.


A great cast with Jan-Hendrik Stahlberg and Axel Stein as autistic people, Jella Haase as the compassionate caregiver, Birgit Minichmayr as a brash blind woman, Kida Khodr Ramadan as a stoic carer and - great discovery - Luisa Wöllisch as a young woman with Down's syndrome, the humor of this fast-paced road movie doesn't stop at any minority - and no majority either. Everything is ruthlessly attacked, laughter can be so liberating. 


Die Goldfische

Directed by Alireza Golafshan

Germany, 2019

DCP, 112 minutes

German with English subtitles

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