THE PERFECT HUMAN
THE GREAT FORTUNE, Das Grosse Glück, Kirsten Burger, Mikko Gaestel, Johannes Mülle, Documentary, Germany, 2015
„When I’ll be dead I will have a red casket. I will put on my Indian chief costume and enjoy death. // „I will have a red casket when I’ll die. With silk and everything. Very soft. (...) I will lie cozily in that casket, all cozy and cuddly.Everyone will take care of me, wash me. And then they’ll lower the casket. But I’m still alive. And my house belongs to me.“ These are the words of Mirco Kuball, the protagonist of „The Great Fortune“, a film by Kirsten Burger, Mikko Gaestel and Johannes Müller. The camera follows Mirco on his way between boutiques, his dentist, oculist,massagist, luxurious cafés and restaurants, etc. Yes, he does live at a huge castle in „Downie Street“ and yes, he happens to fall in love with guys. But, much more important, he’s an artist, which, as he states, „means being an actor. It has a lot of meanings. Artist is when you want to do something. Like acting in theatre. What makes you an actor ... an actor wants to say something. Being an actor means: what to do? Something like: I am here. Or I am not here.“
VENUSIA, Louise Carrin, Documentary, Switzerland, 2016
Lisa, the brothel madam of the luxurious “Le Vénusia” in Geneva, and Lena, an artless prostitute as unpredictable as she is lazy, are filmed in the intimacy of a smoking room—where their relationship will combine tenderness and cruelty.
THE MUTE'S HOUSE, Beit Ha'Ilemet, Tamar Kay, Documentary, Israel, 2015
Eight-year-old Yousef and his deaf mother Sahar are the last Palestinian residents of an otherwise deserted building in the Israeli part of the city of Hebron. Their island within the Jewish quarter is called “The Mute’s House” by Israeli soldiers, even though Sahar isn’t mute at all. Travel agencies have included the property in their tours. Yousef makes good use of his privilege to cross the border when he goes to school. Through the tour guides’ explanations, we learn the story of Yousef and Sahar, who bravely withstand all the threats and bullying. None of Yousef’s Palestinian classmates can come to his house, and filmmaker Tamar Kay isn’t allowed to cross the border to film the Palestinian quarter with Yousef. Despite his disability – Yousef was born with one arm – he amuses himself with the chickens, goats and rabbits that forage among the ruined neighboring houses, and he plays the guitar and video games. The remarkable situation elegantly illustrates the absurdity of the endless conflict.
Films are demonstrated in their original language with English subtitles.
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