Hafenkino Open Air: Radical - Eine Klasse für sich

SUNDANCE WINNER FESTIVAL FAVORITE AWARD; audience favorite and heartbreaker of the 2023 Sundance Festival. The sixth-graders at Jose Urbina Lopez Elementary School in Matamoros are astonished when their new teacher Sergio Juarez (played by Latin megastar Eugenio Derbez) begins his first lesson. They are considered the lowest-achieving pupils in Mexico and their world is characterized by violence, neglect and corruption. An atmosphere of harshness and discipline prevails in the classroom, but Sergio chooses a different way to help the students out of their dead-end situation: He turns to the class with freedom and empathy to unleash their curiosity, their potential and perhaps even their genius. However, Sergios' unconventional curriculum is not only met with surprised and puzzled faces from the children, but also with little acceptance and support in the staff room...

Radical - A class of its own. Christopher Zalla, Mexico 2024, 122 minutes, from 12 years, OmU

Admission 8.30 pm, movie starts when it is dark enough (sunset 9.32 pm). Admission in advance and at the Box Office 10 euros.