Welcome to Germany
When:
Sunday, Sep 10, 2017 11:00a -
1:00p
Where:
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02446
Admission:
$5
Categories:
Film
Event website:
https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/bos/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21028322
Welcome to Germany’s No. 1 box office hit: the refugee crisis comedy Welcome to Germany tackles culture-clash issues when a well-to-do Munich socialite decides to take in an African refugee. In German with English subtitles.
The recently retired teacher Angelika decides, against her skeptical husband Richard’s will, to take in a refugee. Soon afterward, the young Nigerian Diallo moves into the Hartmann home, and a whirlwind of complications ensue. These events not only disrupt the lives of Angelika and Richard’s adult children Philip and Sophie; they also put their own marriage as well as Diallo’s chances of integration to the test. Despite all the chaos, hope prevails that the family will recover its stability, confidence, and peace – like the rest of Germany. Welcome to Germany, the highest-grossing German-language film of 2016, is a laugh-out-loud comedy about politics, cultural identity, xenophobia and everyday modern family issues that transcends borders as it touches on the current issues of today.
Director: Simon Verhoeven
Germany 2016
DCP, 116 min
The recently retired teacher Angelika decides, against her skeptical husband Richard’s will, to take in a refugee. Soon afterward, the young Nigerian Diallo moves into the Hartmann home, and a whirlwind of complications ensue. These events not only disrupt the lives of Angelika and Richard’s adult children Philip and Sophie; they also put their own marriage as well as Diallo’s chances of integration to the test. Despite all the chaos, hope prevails that the family will recover its stability, confidence, and peace – like the rest of Germany. Welcome to Germany, the highest-grossing German-language film of 2016, is a laugh-out-loud comedy about politics, cultural identity, xenophobia and everyday modern family issues that transcends borders as it touches on the current issues of today.
Director: Simon Verhoeven
Germany 2016
DCP, 116 min