THE LAST CITY
LA úLTIMA CIUDAD
GERMANY | 2020 | DCP | COLOUR | ENGLISH | 100 MIN | HEINZ EMIGHOLZ
Director / Director: Heinz Emigholz
Guión / Screenplay: Heinz Emigholz
Productor / Producer: Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti
Fotografía / Cinematography: Heinz Emigholz, Till Beckmann
Edición / Editing: Heinz Emigholz, Till Beckmann
Sonido / Sound: Christian Obermaier Martin Langenbach Jochen Jezussek
Musica / Music: Kreidler (Alexander Paulick, Andreas Reihse)
Compañía Productora / Production Company: Filmgalerie 451
Reparto / Cast: John Erdman, Jonathan Perel, Young Sun Han, Dorothy Ko, Susanne Sachsse, Laurean Wagner
Sinopsis / Synopsis:
An archeologist and a weapons designer – who, in a prior life, knew each other as a filmmaker and a
psychoanalyst – meet at an archeological excavation site in the Negev Desert and begin discussing
love and war; a conversation they continue in the Israeli city of Be'er Sheva. The film then proceeds
with changing actors in changing roles; a round dance that takes us to the cities of Athens, Berlin,
Hong Kong and São Paulo. The characters include: an old artist, who meets his younger self; a mother,
who lives with her two grown sons – a priest and a policeman; a Chinese woman and a Japanese
woman; a curator and a cosmologist.
psychoanalyst – meet at an archeological excavation site in the Negev Desert and begin discussing
love and war; a conversation they continue in the Israeli city of Be'er Sheva. The film then proceeds
with changing actors in changing roles; a round dance that takes us to the cities of Athens, Berlin,
Hong Kong and São Paulo. The characters include: an old artist, who meets his younger self; a mother,
who lives with her two grown sons – a priest and a policeman; a Chinese woman and a Japanese
woman; a curator and a cosmologist.
Biografía / Biography:
Born in 1948 near Bremen in Germany, Heinz Emigholz trained first as a draftsman before studying philosophy and literature in Hamburg. He began filmmaking in 1968 and has worked since 1973 as a filmmaker, artist, writer and producer in Germany and the USA.
Festivales / Festivals:
Berlin International Film Festival - Encounters Competition - Germany, 2020
New York Film Festival - United States, 2020
Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival - Mexico, 2020
Vienna International Film Festival - Austria, 2020
Mar del Plata International Film Festival - Argentina, 2020
Documenta Madrid - Premio especial del jurado - Spain, 2020
Doclisboa - Portugal, 2020
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin - France,2021
Hong Kong International Film Festival - Hong Kong, 2021
New York Film Festival - United States, 2020
Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival - Mexico, 2020
Vienna International Film Festival - Austria, 2020
Mar del Plata International Film Festival - Argentina, 2020
Documenta Madrid - Premio especial del jurado - Spain, 2020
Doclisboa - Portugal, 2020
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin - France,2021
Hong Kong International Film Festival - Hong Kong, 2021
Contacto / Contact:
Viviana Kammel
presse@filmgalerie451.de
presse@filmgalerie451.de