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Germany 2001

Thirty-six-year-old Martin Schulz was behind bars when the wall came down. Now, after eleven years’ imprisonment, the former citizen of the GDR has been released from jail and must find his way in reunified Germany. With nothing but the items taken from him at the time of his arrest – a blue East German ID card, an East German driver's licence, and a wallet of East German notes – he sets off into the world with good humour and enthusiasm.

After re-establishing contact with his ex-wife and eleven-year-old son, he applies for a licence as a taxi driver. Meanwhile, fellow jailbird Victor finds him a job in a video store. Life seems to be going well, but his past comes back to haunt him. Schulz is barred from taking the taxi driver’s exam because of his criminal record, and his association with the shady Victor leads to serious trouble…

Director/Screenplay: Hannes Stöhr
Producer: Gudrun Ruzivková-Steiner
Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister
Editor: Anne Fabini
Music: Florian Appl

With: Jörg Schüttauf (Martin Schulz), Julia Jäger (Manuela Schulz), Robin Becker (Rokko Schulz), Tom Jahn (Peter Pau), Edita Malovcic (Ludmila), Robert Lohr (Wolfgang Riedel), Valentin Platareanu (Victor Valentin), Oscar Martinez (Enrique Cortés)

In German with English subtitles

93 mins, DV

M sex scenes, offensive language

Nelson Film Society
Thursday 25 March, 6.00pm

Queenstown Film Society
Tuesday 8 June, 8.00pm

Waitati Film Society
Tuesday 15 June, 8.00pm

Canterbury Film Society
Monday 28 June, 6.30pm

Hamilton Film Society
Monday 5 July, 8.00pm

Dunedin Film Society
Wednesday 14 July, 7.30pm

Palmerston North Film Society

Wednesday 21 July, 5.30pm