Film Screening: We Are Next of Kin
When:
Sunday, Jun 25, 2023 11:00a -
1:00p
Sunday, Jun 25, 2023 11:00a -
1:00p
Where:
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA 02446
Admission:
$7
Hosted by:
Categories:
Movies, Rainy Day Ideas
Event website:
https://coolidge.org/films/we-are-next-kin
One day in 1996 everything changes for 13-year-old Johann. For the first time in his life, he experiences true fear when his father is kidnapped. Johann and his mother are forced to go through 33 days of a living nightmare. After the police move into his family's home, it increasingly seems that their investigative skills leave much to be desired. Desperate letters from his father reach Johann between various failed attempts at money drops. It gradually becomes clear that his father's life can only be saved if the family doesn't follow the police's lead. The story of the kidnapping of Jan Philipp Reemstma, one of the richest men in Germany, from the perspective of the family. Based on the autobiographical book written by his son Johann Scheerer.
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Germany 2022
DCP, 118 min.
German with English subtitles
Watch the trailer here.
