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The film tips for Monday, July 5.

Three to see

MONDAY UM ZEHN

 

When Helga crashes through the floor of her living room, she finally realizes that she’s stuck. Ever since her husband left her for another woman two years ago, she hasn’t been able to overcome her anger. She also feels abandoned by her friends and her daughter. When her cleaning lady goes on vacation and sends Ryszard, a Polish workman, to fill in, everything changes. Ryszard goes from being the object of Helga’s resentment to being her confidant. Although they don’t speak the same language, Helga feels understood and can finally let go. In the shelter of her home, the two grow closer. But when Helga’s family and friends hear of her secret, Helga finds it difficult to admit to them her feelings for Ryszard, who in no way meets the common standard of masculinity in her circles. As a result, she risks losing her newfound happiness.

MONDAY UM ZEHN:  July 5, 9.15 pm, Kino, Mond & Sterne & July 6, 5 pm, Astor Filmlounge im ARRI.

THE MONEYCHANGER

 

The future is cashless, we’re told over and over. That might be practical, but it’s also a shame — if only because we’ll have to do without characters like Humberto Brause. In the turbulent 1970s, he makes an unscrupulous living in Montevideo as a money launderer. His clients include both the corrupt Uruguayan government and the armed resistance fighters who are battling the military dictatorship in neighboring Argentina. Whether fascists, Marxists, or opportunists, they all have dollar reserves in secret funds, which Brause skillfully secures. That’s why he occasionally winds up in jail. Thanks to influential amigos, he is released all too soon — as a millionaire, of course. His marriage to Gudrun, played by Latina star Dolores Fonzi, starts to go off the rails, however, because she is also the daughter of his boss, a long-serving, morally upright money changer named Schweinsteiger, who sees a threat to his reputation and his life’s work.

THE MONEYCHANGER: July 5, 5 pm,  Filmtheater Sendlinger Tor.

A PURE PLACE

 

“A girl emerged from dirt and soil, different from all the others. Her teeth were white as snow. Her name was Hygeia.” This story is told by the orphans who were taken to a remote Greek island by a mysterious cult leader called Fust. Among them are Irina and Paul, two siblings who live in the dirty basement underneath the immaculate villa of their “savior.” There they make a special soap that promises absolute purity to the cult members as a sacrament. When Fust takes notice of Irina and has her move in with him, the siblings are separated for the first time in their lives. Irina is intoxicated by the new power she receives through Fust. She doesn’t notice how Fust is preparing his cruel endgame, in which he has assigned her the pivotal role of Hygeia: she is to rid the world of filth. Paul promises the other children of the basement that he will take up the fight against the powerful manipulator. Dirt must defeat purity, in contrast to what the mystery play prophesizes. Things turn violent.

A PURE PLACE: July 5, 5 pm, Astor Filmlounge im ARRI.

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