1975 | Color | 100 min During a traditional Weiberfastnacht (or carnival) party, housekeeper Katharina Blum falls in love with a young fugitive named Ludwig, who is on the run from the police after deserting the army and stealing money from his camp. After spending the night with him, she helps him to escape from the police and journalists who are hounding him. In the process, she turns her peaceful and orderly life upside-down until she is finally driven to commit an act of extreme violence. Country: Alemania Direction: von Trotta; Margarethe, Schlöndorff; Volker Script: von Trotta; Margarethe, Böll; Heinrich, Schlöndorff; Volker Production: Benninger; Willi, Junkersdorf; Eberhard Photography: Vacano; Jost Music: Werner Henze; Hans Cast:Laser; Dieter, Hoger; Hannelore, Prochnow; Jürgen, Becker; Rolf, Lutz; Regine, Bennent; Heinz, Winkler; Angela, Adorf; Mario, Strietzel; Achim Participation year at FICM: 2012
1975 | Color | 100 min During a traditional Weiberfastnacht (or carnival) party, housekeeper Katharina Blum falls in love with a young fugitive named Ludwig, who is on the run from the police after deserting the army and stealing money from his camp. After spending the night with him, she helps him to escape from the police and journalists who are hounding him. In the process, she turns her peaceful and orderly life upside-down until she is finally driven to commit an act of extreme violence. Country: Alemania Direction: von Trotta; Margarethe, Schlöndorff; Volker Script: von Trotta; Margarethe, Böll; Heinrich, Schlöndorff; Volker Production: Benninger; Willi, Junkersdorf; Eberhard Photography: Vacano; Jost Music: Werner Henze; Hans Cast:Laser; Dieter, Hoger; Hannelore, Prochnow; Jürgen, Becker; Rolf, Lutz; Regine, Bennent; Heinz, Winkler; Angela, Adorf; Mario, Strietzel; Achim Participation year at FICM: 2012
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
Yolanda Montes “Tongolele”, diosa de la danza 02 · 18 · 25 PEPE EL TORO appears in Cahiers 02 · 13 · 25 David Lynch (1946-2025), Mexico and a Lynchian Anecdote 01 · 23 · 25 MÉXICO, MÉXICO, RA, RA, RA, RA after half a century 01 · 16 · 25
