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Christian Petzold (Germany, 1960)
Pilotinnen / Pilotes (1995)
Pilotinnen follows the story of two perfume saleswomen who travel around Germany, spending time in small
towns and cheap hotels. Despite the stagnant atmosphere that backs every day of their lives, the two women
keep believing in their dream of a more satisfying existence.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
Cuba Libre (1996)
Cuba Libre confirms Petzold’s predilection for bitter ends. As a matter of fact, the movie tracks a young couple
trying to save their soured relationship by escaping to Cuba, but the unfortunate meeting with an unreliable gangster
prevents the project of a new start from being as the couple planned.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
Die Beischlafdiebin (1998)
Die Beischlafdiebin focuses on the concept of family which is one of Petzold’s typical thematic traits. Despite their will to rejoin to the family,
two sisters build their relationship on lies trying to find a place in the post-wall life.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
Die innere Sicherheit/The State I Am In (2000)
The State I Am In is the first chapter of Petzold’s "Ghost Trilogy" that explicits the director’s aim to make
people who has fallen out of history protagonists of his stories. An analysis on how one generation’s myths can affect the next one, the
movie follows the story of a young girl who is constantly shunted from one country to another due to her parents’ past as terrorists.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
Toter Mann / Something To Remind Me (2002)
Something to Remind Me is Petzold's first psychological thriller. Immersed in a world ruled by a feeling of inevitable solitude,
a young man becomes obsessed by a fascinating woman who constantly disappears, increasing his interest in seeing her again.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
Wolfsburg (2003)
Wolfsburg analyses the complexity of human sense of guilt. The life of a respectable car salesman deeply changes
when he kills a little kid in a car accident. He initially tries to avoid responsibilities in order to preserve his reputation but he is soon
forced to admit what he has done by his increasing frustation.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
Gespenter / Ghosts (2005)
Ghosts is the second part of Petzold’s “Ghost Trilogy”. Realizing the impossibility of meeting her alleged real
mother, a young orphan girl relinquishes hope of rebuilding her past.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
Yella (2007)
Yella is the last part of the "Ghost Trilogy". The in-between Germany often explored by Petzold is once again the background of
the movie story . Young woman Yella is a lost soul in the desolate Eastern Germany that she left with the hope of a new start in the West.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
Jerichow (2008)
Jerichow follows the story of a love triangle born among an Afghanistan veteran and a married couple who hire the discharged soldier
as a driver. Internally divided between passion and reason, the characters are unable to fulfill their desires.
(Stub prepared by Virginia Liverani)
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