8th German Film Week: Next Door
Tuesday 20 September 2022, 20:00 to 22:00
In German with English subtitles
Free admission, mandatory booking here
Next Door
Directed by Daniel Brühl, 2021
92’, Germany
Cast: Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth, Rike Eckermann, Aenne Schwarz
Screenplay: Daniel Kehlmann
Director of Photography: Jens Harant
Editing: Marty Schenk
Music: Moritz Friedrich, Jakob Grunert
Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. When this summer day is over, nothing will ever be the same again. The protagonist of this tragicomic scenario is as unsuspecting as he is accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny has the children under control. Everything is tip-top, bilingual and ready for him to jet off to an audition where a role in a superhero film awaits the celebrated German-Spanish actor. Popping into the bar on the corner, he finds Bruno sitting there. As transpires by the minute, Bruno has been waiting for this moment for a long time. And so this eternally overlooked man – one of the reunification’s losers and a victim of the gentrification of what was once East Berlin – takes his revenge. With Daniel as his target...