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PUPPET MASTER (14:55)
Written and directed by Hanna Bergholm, Finland, German
Premiere A lonely woman, yearning to be caressed, allows a
man to transform her into a puppet. But when the man loses his
interest, the puppet won’t let go.
20H Feature FILM: NANCY
(85:00)
Written and directed by Christina
Choe, US, 2018, Berlin Premiere
Starring Andrea Riseborough, Steve
Buscemi, Ann Dowd
NANCY is a provocative psychological
thriller about love, intimacy, and
trust – and what happens when lies
become truth. Craving connection
with others, Nancy creates elaborate
identities and hoaxes under
pseudonyms on the internet. When
she meets a couple whose daughter
went missing thirty years ago, fact
and fiction begin to blur in Nancy’s
mind, and she becomes increasingly
convinced these strangers are her
real parents. As their bond deepens, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief – and the
power of emotion threatens to overcome all rationality.
22H Feature film: AS BOAS MANEIRAS
(good manners)
(135:00)
Written and directed by Juliana Rojas &
Marco Dutra, Brazil/France/Germany,
2017 Starring Isabel Zuaa, Marjorie
Estiano Set in São Paulo, the film
follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the
outskirts of the city who is hired by
mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the
nanny of her soon to be born child.
Against all odds, the two women
develop a strong bond. But a fateful
night marked by a full moon changes
their plans. With powerful visuals and
an impeccable cinematography, GOOD
MANNERS is a genre hybrid - an
unexpected and wild werewolf movie
unlike any other and a poignant social
and racial allegory on modern-day
Brazilian society.