GOETHEFEST 2024 • Friday, October 11th

19:00
Jonja
Germany, 2023, 85’

Director: Anika Matzke

Cast: Eline Doenst, Ted Trube, Oskar Reim,· Katharina Behrens, Katarina Schröter…

Without telling her mother, 13-year-old Jonja embarks on a vacation with the family of her best friend, Paul. The days by the lake are exciting and beautiful. Jonja falls in love with a girl, and her friendship with Paul becomes even more intense. She relishes the time away from her family routine, until the lie is eventually exposed, and Paul questions their friendship. Anika Mätzke precisely captures the inner world of adolescents, subtly addressing issues related to class and sexual orientation.

21:00
The Devil’s Bath / Des Teufels Bad
Austria, Germany, 2024, 121’

Directors: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

Cast: Anja Plaschg, David Scheid, Maria Hofstätter

Upper Austria in 1750. A fish pond reflects the overcast sky. A deep, dark forest swallows the sunlight. On a hilltop, the corpse of a hanged woman is displayed. As an example. A warning. An omen? The deeply religious and highly sensitive Agnes regards the dead woman with pity. But also with longing: she feels like a stranger in the world of her husband Wolf, whom she has just married. It is an emotionally cold world consisting of work, chores and expectations. Agnes increasingly withdraws into herself. Her internal prison becomes ever more oppressive, her melancholy more overwhelming. Soon, her only way out seems to be a shocking act of violence.