Off Beat
(Kammerflimmern) Director: Hendrik Hölzemann, NĚM, 2004, German version / English subtitles / simultaneously translated into Czech, 101 min
Crash isn’t his name, but it's what they call him. Orphaned at the age of seven when a car accident killed both of his parents, Crash grew up with a scar on his face and a scar in his soul. A fear of intimacy has turned him into a melancholy loner; a longing to help others has led him to become a medic on a rescue team. When he’s not out on the streets saving lives, he dreams. Of escaping. Of finding the young woman who always appears just before he wakes up. One night, he comes face to face with the woman of his dreams. And whene fate seems about to repeat itself, it is up to him to choose between leaving everything behind or grabbing his new life with both hands… Hendrik Hölzemann’s directing debut 'Off beat', with up-and-coming star Matthias Schweighöfer in the lead, is a film about the wondrous rescue of a rescue worker. It tells of the power of dreams – and that there is always a way if you just don't stop breathing.
Another screening:
6. 10. Friday / 20.30
cinema AERO
