{"id":3003,"date":"2023-12-08T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2024-01-12T19:11:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T19:11:27","slug":"afire-germany-thursday-22-february-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/2023\/12\/afire-germany-thursday-22-february-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"AFIRE [Germany], Thursday 22 February, 8pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Afire - Official Trailer (2023) Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ss0jpO3txVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Online booking is appreciated. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Afire-22ndFeb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to buy your ticket for AFIRE.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our third film by Christian Petzold [Barbara, 2013; Transit, 2020], the director renowned as a modern master of suspense and a poet of Germany\u2019s divided self.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon (Thomas Schubert) and photographer Felix (Langston Uibel) are surprised by the presence of Nadja (Petzold regular, Paula Beer), a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at Felix\u2019s family\u2019s holiday home. Nadja distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel and with brutal honesty, forces him to confront his caustic temperament and self-absorption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest fire threatens the group and tensions escalate when a handsome lifeguard and Leon&#8217;s tight-lipped book editor also arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petzold\u2019s acclaimed latest won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival. Intelligent and compelling, Afire is full of humour and tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/afire\">91% Rotten Tomatoes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>This entertaining, masterly, genre-defying comedy rightly took home Berlin\u2019s Silver Bear. German master Christian Petzold deftly weaves ecological catastrophe, sexual capering and a portrait of beta masculinity into something extraordinary.<\/em> \u2013 Irish Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Afire is an entertainment with spark and philosophical insight \u2014 and a reminder that, as we contemplate apocalypse, we\u2019d better learn to start understanding each other, and ourselves, a little more.<\/em> \u2013 Financial Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Christian Petzold returns with something lighter, funnier and more instantly-lovable \u2026 a film that\u2019s much lighter and outwardly entertaining than what we\u2019ve come to expect from him.<\/em> &#8211; Little White Lies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Throughout this movie, an absorbing, barbed and frequently funny evisceration of artistic ego, Petzold practices a deft and disarming sleight of hand, using key details to keep the viewer off balance and deliver a stinging rebuke to Leon\u2019s myopia.<\/em> \u2013 Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On one level, it seems to belong to international cinema\u2019s increasingly prevalent strain of climate catastrophe dramas, on another it\u2019s a brittle character piece, a comedy of social embarrassment with a dark and ultimately tragic undertow.<\/em> &#8211; Screen International<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>AFIRE (ROTER HIMMEL)<\/strong><\/li><li>Germany, 2023 | Language: German | 1 h 43 min | Cert: TBC<\/li><li>Director: Christian Petzold<\/li><li>Cast: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel<\/li><li>Foreign language films are subtitled.\u00a0<\/li><li>Cert: CLUB for over 18s.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>BOOKING<\/strong><\/li><li>Tickets: \u20ac8.50\/\u20ac7 concession<\/li><li>Book online:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Afire-22ndFeb\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/Afire-22ndFeb<\/a><\/li><li>Cork Cine Club absorbs the cost of online booking fees.<\/li><li>Online booking closes at 5pm on the night of the film.<\/li><li>Pay at the door by card or cash. 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