Jerichow June 7, 2010

Yerichow (Jerichow)
Blockbuster
Film
Monday, June 7th 2010,7:00 p.m.
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, 5750 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tickets: $5.00 (Free for FOG) / $20.00 Blockbuster Pass
Germany 2008, Dir. Christian Petzold, 93min, color, starring Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Hilmi Sözer, German w/Engl. subtitles, digital proj.
Former soldier Thomas and sexy Laura the wife of Thomas’s new boss Ali both have enormous debts.
After they get to know each other through Ali, a fiery passion ignites, but they need the self-made man of Turkish origins to keep their creditors at a safe distance.
Aided by some gorgeous, mostly sun-lit widescreen photography, Christian Petzold lets his story unfold with the logic of a Greek tragedy.

Official Website: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/los/ver/en6011918v.htm