Transit
Year: 2018
Country:
GERMANY, FRANCE
Language:
German, French
Run Time:
101 minutes
When resourceful German refugee Georg acquires the correspondence and papers of a noted writer who committed suicide, he has no idea how complicated his life is about to become. Based on Anna Seghers’ 1942 novel, Transit, this suspense-filled film follows Georg as he escapes to Marseilles and takes on the author’s identity. As he dodges German troops sweeping into France, he crosses paths with a variety of elusive characters, including a deaf woman and her spirited son, Driss, a mercurial, mistrustful doctor panicked about the growing conflict, and the dead writer’s wife, Marie, a melodramatic figure whose intentions are never quite clear. Such ambiguity also permeates TRANSIT’s setting—although ostensibly about World War II-inspired events, the film possesses a modern sheen that adds intriguing depth—and plot twists that wrestle with the slippery nature of reality and personal ethics when survival is at stake. However, TRANSIT’s violent political backdrop is portrayed with gripping realism, lending tension and desperation to Georg’s encounters and eventual sacrifices. (In German and French with subtitles) —A.Z.
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Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 8:50 PM
Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 1:30 PM
- This screening is on Stand By.
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Competition
International Narrative Competition
Director
Christian Petzold
Christian Petzold was born in Hilden, Germany. After studying German and drama at the Freie Universität Berlin, he enrolled in Berlin's German Academy for Film and Television (DFFB). He studied film direction while working as an assistant director to Harun Farocki and Hartmut Bitomsky. His theatrical features have garnered many awards.
Filmography
The State I Am In (2000), Wolfsburg (2003), Gespenster (2005), Yella (2007), Jerichow (2008), Barbara (2012), Phoenix (2014), TRANSIT (2018)
Producers
Antonin Dedet, Florian Koerner von Gustorf
Screenwriting
Christian Petzold
Cinematography
Hans Fromm
Editing
Bettina Böhler
Principal Cast
Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese
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This film is presented in loving memory of JACK DOBBS.
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