Die Unschuld (Bundesstart)

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Screenings:

• Sun, March 24, 2024 - Thu, March 28, 2024 at 6:30 pm
• Fri, March 29, 2024 - Sat, March 30, 2024 at 7:00 pm
• Sun, March 31, 2024 - Wed, April 3, 2024 at 6:30 pm
• Thu, April 4, 2024 - Sat, April 6, 2024 at 9:00 pm

Wednesdays: Original version with German subtitles (OmU)

Performers: Sakura Andô, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa...

Saori Mugino is a young widow and mother. All her love belongs to her son Minato. When the boy begins to withdraw more and more, she senses that something must be wrong. With horror, Saori learns that Minato's teacher is to blame for his strange behavior. Upset, she storms into the school and demands answers. She senses that she is being stalled, that she is not being told the whole truth. But she doesn't let up and wants to get to the bottom of the matter. Until it gradually becomes clear what really happened. It changes the lives of everyone involved forever...
With his precise eye and pronounced humanism, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has made a name for himself worldwide as an exceptional filmmaker. He was awarded the Palme d'Or in Cannes for "Shoplifters - Family Ties". Now Kore-eda presents his greatest and most ambitious work. Written by the acclaimed Japanese author Yûji Sakamoto, the award-winning film THE INNOCENCE tells a moving story about people fighting for happiness and a friendship between two boys that should not be. Told in three episodes from three different perspectives, almost like a psychological thriller, this masterful epic only gradually reveals the truth. And in the end, it becomes clear with great force what fatal consequences premature conclusions can have. DIE UNSCHULD is a captivating masterpiece about all that heaven allows. The recently deceased Oscar® winner Ryuichi Sakamoto is responsible for the extraordinary music.