GOETHEFEST 2024 • Saturday, October 12th

19:00
FRANKY FIVE STAR
Germany, Finland, 2023, 114’

Director: Birgit Möller

Cast: Lena Urzendowsky, Sarah Hannemann, Jarkko Lahti, Gerti Drassl, Sophie Killer, Meryem Öz, Sven Hönig, Paul Pötsch, Christian Maximilian Neuhof, Alexander Swoboda…

It follows Franky, a woman who suffers from multiple-personality disorder. She’s having a hard time managing the four other characters living inside her. They seem to dwell in an old-fashioned hotel in the middle of nowhere.

21:00
Skin Deep / Aus meiner Haut
Germany, 2022, 104’

Director: Alex Schaad

Cast: Jonas Dassler, Mala Emde, Maryam Zaree, Dimitrij Schaad, Thomas Wodianka, Edgar Selge…

On first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins, which changes everything – their perception, their sexuality, their whole “self”. Not only is their relationship in jeopardy, they may never be who they once were again…The film explores the relationship between body, mind, and soul, and the essence of love, with a lot of humor and poetry. Alex Schaad, who made his directorial debut with this film, won the Queer Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.