Family Movie: The Ordinaries
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Family Movie: The Ordinaries

Have you ever felt like a minor character in your own life? What if you’re really one...

By Goethe-Institut Toronto

Date and time

Sat, Dec 14, 2024 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST

Location

Goethe-Institut Toronto

100 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5J 1V6 Canada

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

In a fabulous world, strictly divided into main characters, supporting characters and outtakes, Paula faces the most important test of her life: she has to prove that she has what it takes to be the main character. Paula wants a glamorous life with her own storyline, exciting scenes and full of music – not like her mother, who works as a supporting character in the background. She is best in class in cliffhanger scenes, masters slow motion and panicked screaming in her sleep - only she just doesn't want to succeed in creating emotions. In search of a solution, she comes across inconsistencies in the death of her father, a heroic main character. Her investigations lead her to the oppressed, despised outtakes, people with film defects, on the margins of society. But instead of vicious rebels, she meets broken characters with real emotions trying to survive in an unjust world. Paula begins to doubt – herself, her place in the story and those who tell it.

Director: Sophie Linnenbaum
Germany 2022
DCP, 120 min.
German with English subtitles

For children 14 years and up!

The movie will be shown in German with English subtitles.

View trailer here:

https://youtu.be/Apms0xu_jq0?si=C4TLxJ-mFP22yLzy