01/04/2011

The City Below [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Christoph Hochhäusler
film profile], the third feature by Christoph Hochhäusler (This Very Moment, I Am Guilty), which was shown in the Un Certain Regard section at last year’s Cannes Festival (see review), is finally being launched in German theatres by Piffl (even though it was released in France last December).

Produced by Cologne-based Heimatfilm, this cold-looking drama describes the irresistible yet icy adulterous relationship that forms between Svenja (Nicolette Krebitz in an acclaimed performance) and powerful banker Roland Cordes (Robert Hunger-Bühler), under whose orders Svenja’s husband Oliver (Mark Waschke of Buddenbrooks [+see also:
trailer
film profile]) works. But Cordes too will lose control of this game of power and desire set against the backdrop of Frankfurt’s financial district.

This week, Buntfilm is launching its production Die Letzte Lüge by Jonas Grosch, an Easter comedy in which adultery takes on lyrical, vaudeville-like tones.

Meanwhile, Sabotakt is unspooling its production Gegengerade by Tarek Ehlail, starring Denis Moschitto and Timo Jacobs. Here, FC St. Pauli football team’s return to the first division is compromised by trouble with the police.

This week’s fourth European release is also German: Irene Graef’s documentary Im Kopfstand Zum Glück observes some city-dwellers who practise yoga (distribution: Movienet).

(Translated from French)