show movies
Friday, 11 / 10 / 2006:
12:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Der Junge ohne Eigenschaften
. Director: Thomas Stiller Director is present .
96 Min. . 
Tim suffers from the trauma that his father nearly murdered his whole family. His development slowed by a bullet fragment in his head, Tim sets out on a liberating journey to come into contact with reality ? and with himself.
12:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12
Bokura Wa Mo Kaerenai (We Can't Go Home Again)
. Director: Fujiwara Toshi . 111 Min. .
In contemporary Tokyo, the paths of five young strangers cross. Sensitive portraits provide insight into each of their emotions as they search for the meaning of life.
03:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 8
Voices of Bam
. Director: Aliona van der Horst, Maasja Ooms . 90 Min. .
The town of Bam in Southern Iran has been nothing but rubble and ruins since the massive earthquake of December 2003. ?Voices of Bam? is a tender portrait to the once beautiful city of Bam and its people, whose hearts appear to have collapsed with their homes, but who are still able to muster the courage to stay and persevere.
03:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Sofie's Schwester
. Director: Hanna Laura Klar Director is present . 52 Min. .
Elisabeth Hartnagel is the last surviving sister of Hans and Sofie Scholl, the German teenagers executed by the Nazis for openly defying the regime. For the first time, she speaks about her family, and it becomes clear how strongly the actions of her brother and sister were motivated by their family context.
03:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 11
Love
. Director: Vladan Nikolic Director is present . 93 Min. .
A classical love triangle occurring between a hit man, his former lover and her new police officer boyfriend set in wintry Manhattan. This stylish crime tale may remind many of Pulp Fiction.
03:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12 Lech Kowalski Retrospektive
DOA
. Director: Lech Kowalski . 90 Min. .
A documentation of the Sex Pistols? American Tour in 1978 with Sid Vicious, The Clash and many more on the big screen.
05:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 8
Bittersweet Place
. Director: Alexandra Brodsky Director is present . 86 Min. .
Against the backdrop of a dilapidated auto repair shop, a family?s world begins to derail in a wonderful story about love, fear and uncertainty in a constantly changing world.
05:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Chats Perch?s (The Case of the Grinning Cat)
. Director: Chris Marker . 58 Min. .
Shortly after the shock of September 11th 2001, grinning cats appear on the roofs of Paris to spread badly needed good news throughout the city.
05:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 11
Brinkmanns Zorn
. Director: Harald Bergmann . 105 Min. .
In Harald Bergmann?s filmic portrait of the poet Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, documentary and biography merge into an cinematic work of art; one that in regards to authenticity and fascination is nearly unsurpassable.
05:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12 Dennis Hopper
Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) ? Apu Trilogie
. Director: Satyajit Ray . 115 Min. .
The first part of the Apu-trilogy by Satyajit Ray, ?Pather Panchali? is an empathetic and impressive portrait of a young boy growing up in India during the 1920?s.
08:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Going Shopping
. Director: Henry Jaglom . 106 Min. .
?Going Shopping? is a film which deals with the often overlooked phenomenon of women?s addiction to shopping ? imbedded in the amusing personal ?chaos? of clothing designer and boutique-owner Holly.
08:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 11
Valley of Flowers
. Director: Pan Nalin . 120 Min. .
?Valley of Flowers? is a Himalayen legend about love and the inevitability of death. A wonderous tale of life ? a journey from the early 19th century up to the modern, hectic pace of everyday life in modern Tokyo.
08:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12
Going Under
. Director: Eric Werthman Director is present . 98 Min. .
?Going Under? is about a psychotherapist, a dominatrix and a devoted wife who accepts her husband?s tastes. With a tender liaison starting to bloom between the dominatrix and her client, a crisis becomes the trigger for an important decision.
10:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 8
Lunacy
. Director: Jan ?vankmajer . 118 Min. .
Early childhood experiences bestow frightful nightmares upon young Berlot. Aided by the Marquis, Berlot finally gets the chance to sort things out after his mother has died.
10:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback
. Director: Dietmar Post & Luc?a Palacios Director is present . 100 Min. .
?The Monks? tells the entertaining story of five American GI?s stationed in Germany during the Cold War who started an eclectic rock band, which they described as the ?anti-Beatles.?
10:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 11
Gwoemul (The Host)
. Director: Bong Joon-Ho . 119 Min. .
This fantasy monster movie by Bong Joon-Ho expertly mixes humor and horror and has rightly been compared to both ?Jaws? and ?Alien.? An object on the riverbank reveals itself as a terrifying, bloodthirsty creature. Amid the ensuing chaos, a regular family is thrust into battle to rescue their beloved daughter.
10:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12 Lech Kowalski Retrospektive
Chico and the People
. Director: Lech Kowalski . 20 Min. .
Lech Kowalski asked Chico Freeman to compose a soundtrack for his film about the homeless in New York. The music was recorded on a cold January afternoon in Tompkins Square Park with three musicians and several homeless people.
Rock Soup
. Director: Lech Kowalski . 85 Min. .
A documentary about a group of homeless people who live in a camp in New York's Lower East Side: marginalized men and women who, to survive in the heart of this great metropolis, have organized a welcome center in Culture Plaza, the Rainbow Soup Kitchen