Mercy, Asterix, cannibals, and sushi

by Bénédicte Prot

19/10/2012 - All this out in Germany this week, as well as Kaya Yanar’s first comedy and a feature directed by Nicolaj Arcel between writing the screenplay for Millenium and his excellent A Royal Affair

German cinema-goers are spoilt for choice with all the new titles released yesterday. For the local general public, whereas Warner continues to offer Til Schweiger and Marc Rothemund’s latest films, Constantin is distributing a title that marks popular comedian Kaya Yanar’s first steps on the silver screen: Michael Karen’s Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt [+see also:
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Those who like comedies can also discover the latest instalment in Asterix’ adventures, Laurent Tirard’s Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia [+see also:
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For the more serious cinephiles, after several months of waiting (the film competed at the Berlinale last February), Matthias Glasner (The Free Will) has finally released his Mercy [+see also:
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film profile] (photo), a magnificent journey into the harshness of a Norwegian polar night in a story of burying guilt after which the sun re-appears on the horizon. This title featuring the famous Jürgen Vogel and Austrian actress Birgit Minichmayr (who won a Silver Bear in 2009 for her performance in Everyone Else [+see also:
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interview: Maren Ade
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Two genre films are also out. Zsolt Bács’s local thriller Das Kind [+see also:
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