72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Scherbentanz (Shattered Glass) / Shattered Glass

Chris Kraus
Germany      97 m.
Synopsis
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In his mid-thirties, the leukemia suffering Jesko hasn't got much longer to live. Perceived by all as an unbearable cynic he, in turn, views himself as a ?fickle tailor who likes to wear skirts?. Lured to his bourgeois family's villa under the pretext of saving his life, Jesko rejects the suggestion that his mother may be a possible bone marrow donor due to the fact that he hasn't seen her since she had attempted to kill both himself and his brother years before. A bizarre yet tragic family feud unravels round dark secrets, psychic devastation and the horrible feeling of insoluble solidarity; a battle into which Jesko is ultimately drawn to find love.
Director
Chris Kraus
Screenplay
Chris Kraus
Photography
Judith Kaufmann
Edition
Renate Merck
Music
Jan Tilman Schade
Cast
Jürgen Vogel, Margit Carstensen, Nadja Uhl, Peter Davor, Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
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Beta Cinema Robert-Buerklestr. 3 D-85737 Ismaning Tel.: 49 899 956 27 19 Fax: 49
Running Time
97 m.
Country
Germany
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