decade kicked off on Nov. 1 at the Hanoi Goethe Institute.
Among the screenings will be Policewoman (2000), Head-On (2004), Go for
Zucker (2004), Longing (2006), The Lives of Others (2006) and Jerichow
(2008).
The Lives of Others, directed by Florian
Henckel von Donnersmarck, was released at the same time as the
screenplay was published. It is set in 1984 East Berlin . An agent of
the secret police, monitoring the conduct of a writer, who is also his
lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed in their lives. It
won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It had
earlier won seven Deutscher Filmpreis awards – including best film, best
director, best screenplay, best actor, and best supporting actor –
after setting a new record for having received 11 nominations.
It also won the Bavarian Film Prize and the German Film Prize. At the
Locarno International Film Festival it won the People's Choice Award,
while in France it won the Cesar for Best Foreign Film.
The movie will be shown on November 6 at 7.30pm.
Head-On, which drew widespread attention for focusing on Turkish
immigrants, was the fourth film by German/Turkish director Fatih Akin,
and marked his international breakthrough.
It was
awarded the Golden Bear, the German Film Prize and the European Film
Prize. It will be screened on November 3 at 7.30pm.
The film week is part of the celebrations to mark Germany Year in
Vietnam . Every two months a decade of German cinema history will be
featured. Each film, in its own right, was talked about, shocked and
impressed, and epitomised the era both in East and West Germany ,
according to organisers.
"In November we focus on the
new millennium, the time of the reunification of divided Germany ,
with all its problems," organisers said.
The films will have English subtitles and Vietnamese dubbing. Free tickets can be picked up at 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street./.
