Toni Erdmann

Imagine you’re a grown woman, excelling in your career, when your retired, divorced dad suddenly shows up out of the blue, and gets all up in your business with his dad jokes and cringeworthy pranks. On the surface, this appears to be the plot of German director Maren Ade’s film sensation. But by the time we have lived the film’s 162 minutes, which go by in a flash, we have learned more about the complexities of these two previously estranged family members than we perhaps know about ourselves, and it’s awfully revealing. A weird, thoughtful, affecting triumph set in the unpromising world of German business consultancy, “Toni Erdmann” is some new, evolved form of awkward comedy that makes you actually experience every strange, uncomfortable moment. Definitely the funniest almost-three-hour German comedy you will ever see, this multi-award winner is infamous for making audiences scream at the screen. Really, they go crazy. What will our audiences make of it?

PRE-SHOW MUSIC BY
Manitou Winds and Neo Trio (Thu)
Manitou Winds and Neo Trio (Fri)

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