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16 Nov – 22 Nov

  1. Corpus Delicti

    In the near future, the “method” controls the health and freedom of society. The life of neuroscientist Mia Holl, who is loyal to the system, changes abruptly when her brother Moritz Holl is wrongly accused of murder and imprisoned. In the fight for truth and justice, Mia begins to question the system and becomes the hunted herself.
    • Drama
    • Science Fiction

    Citydome Darmstadt

  2. TMDB 74RT 79IMDb 7.2

    Sense and Sensibility

    A charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood.

    • Drama
    • Romance

    Citydome Darmstadt

  3. Biermann

    Portrait of the German-German singer-songwriter and intellectual Wolf Biermann, whose famous Cologne concert in 1976 made German history.

    • Documentary

    Rex Darmstadt

  4. RT 93

    Wild Horse Nine

    Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Thriller

    Rex Darmstadt

  5. RT 85

    A Talent for Murder

    A young man travels from New York to Switzerland to try to persuade acclaimed thriller writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of her Tom Ripley series, with his efforts gradually turning more sinister.
    • Drama
    • Crime
    • Thriller

    Citydome Darmstadt

  6. Block 10

    In early 1943, at the Auschwitz main camp, hundreds of Jewish women are confined in cramped quarters in BLOCK 10, which is separated from the rest of the camp grounds. Nazi doctors subject them to the most painful methods of forced sterilization. Prisoner doctors are forced to collaborate. The Jewish gynecologist Dr. Maximilian Samuel is blackmailed with the gassing of his 20-year-old daughter if he refuses to participate in the brutal experiments. Caught in this moral dilemma, he seeks his own path.
    • Drama

    Rex Darmstadt

  7. Identitti

    A student named Nivedita finds an old photo of her professor and discovers the latter had been living a lie. Saraswati, of all people — a woman of color who lectures on cultural identity — is in fact white. While the media and online community whip up a frenzy, Nivedita faces a political and personal dilemma as she tries to find out Saraswati's motive.
    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Citydome Darmstadt

  8. RT 95IMDb 8.7

    Primetime

    In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.

    • Drama
    • Thriller

    Citydome Darmstadt

  9. Klara and the Sun

    When Klara, an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home, meets Josie, each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother and they've suffered great loss, but Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie's complicated world.
    • Science Fiction
    • Drama

    Rex Darmstadt

  10. Where do I go from here?

    Majd and Shahfaisal live together in a residential group for unaccompanied refugee minors in Germany. Here, in the protected environment of the group, for the first time after fleeing, they should be able to live a life true to who they really are: teenagers who are just developing a personality, have dreams and are looking for their place in society. But how is this supposed to work if they are not even part of this society due to their refugee status?
    • Documentary

    Rex Darmstadt

  11. TMDB 69IMDb 7.5

    The Drama

    OmU

    A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

    • Romance
    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Filmkreis TUProgrammkino RexOmU

  12. TMDB 79RT 96IMDb 8.0

    Persepolis

    OmU

    In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
    • Animation
    • Drama

    Filmkreis TUAudimaxOmU


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