TSCHICK
Original Title: TSCHICK
Year: 2016
Director: Fatih Akin
DOP: Rainer Klausmann
While his mother is in rehab and his father is on a ‘business trip’ with his assistant, 14-year-old outsider Maik (Tristan Göbel) is spending the summer holidays bored and alone at his parents’ villa, when rebellious teenager Tschick appears. Tschick (Anand Batbileg), a Russian immigrant and an outcast, steals a car and decides to set off on a journeyaway from Berlin with Maik tagging along for the ride. So begins a wild adventure where the two experience the trip of a lifetime and share a summer that they will never forget.
THE VOICES
Year: 2014
Director: Marjane Satrapi
DOP: Maxime Alexandre
Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is that chipper guy clocking the nine-to-five at a bathtub factory, with the offbeat charm of anyone who could use a few friends. With the help of his court-appointed psychiatrist, he pursues his office crush (Gemma Arterton). However, the relationship takes a sudden, murderous turn after she stands him up for a date. Guided by his evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog, Jerry must decide whether to keep striving for normalcy, or indulge in a much more sinister path.
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
Year: 2013
Director: Jim Jarmusch
DOP: Yorick Le Saux
Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangiers, the underground musician adam (Tom Hiddleton), deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover Eva (Tilda Swinton). Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska)…
Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?
A DANGEROUS METHOD
Year: 2011
Director: David Cronenberg
DOP: Peter Suschitzky
On the eve of WWI, Zurich and Vienna are the setting for a dark tale of sexual and intellectual discovery. Drawn from true-life events, the film takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), his mentor Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), and Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), the troubled but beautiful young woman who comes between them. Into the mix comes Otto Gross (Vincent Cassel), a debauched patient who is determined to push the boundaries. In this exploration of sensuality, ambition and deceit set the scene for the pivotal moment when Jung, Freud and Sabina come together and split apart, forever changing the face of modern thought.
MR. NOBODY
Year: 2009
Director: Jaco Van Dormael
DOP: Christophe Beaucarne
MR. NOBODY tells the life story of Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto), a 118-year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. On his deathbed, Nemo shares his life story with a reporter and reviews the choices he made along the way. Yet even with his last breath, a pivotal decision awaits to conclude his destiny.
SURVEILLANCE
Year: 2008
Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
DOP: Peter Wunstorf
When FBI agents Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at a local police station to investigate a series of gruesome murders, there are three witnesses with three differnet stories of the roadside rampage. However, as the agents begin to expose the fragile little details each witness conceals so carefully with a well practiceed lie. They soon discover that uncovering ‚the truth’ can come at a very big cost.