No. 44 (2019) 25 K/H. May 14th.

Film No. 44 (2019) May 14th.  6:45 PM  PALACE CINEMAS  Northbridge. 

Preview evening for The German Film Festival presented by Palace Cinemas; Perth chapter May 28th till June 11th.

"All he would ask is, 'have you heard from Christian?' 'He's a good boy Christian' - and we never heard from Christian." (Georg tells his brother of their father's questions close to his death).

This German road movie covers all the tried and tested themes we've grown to love in the genre, with aplomb. Brothers Christian, (Lars Eidinger) an international financier and Georg, (Bjarne Madel) a local carpenter, were once close childhood buddies,but haven't been in contact in years. They are drawn back together by their father's funeral in hometown, Gengenbach nestled within the Black Forest of south western Germany. The brothers find a creed they wrote as teenagers, decreeing they'd travel by moped (25k/m max speed) across Germany ending their journey in the north by peeing into the Baltic Sea. Okay, so other than the slow moving moped as a metaphor for ratcheting back the speed of modern life, it's the chemistry Madel and Eidinger exude in a very entertaining two hours which seals the deal. Internationally acclaimed The Intouchables (2011) comes to mind in paralleling this heartfelt, buddy drama; both are headlined by charismatic lead performances. A film full of laughter, tears, challenges and arguably the best ping pong contest depicted on screen, is the highly entertaining 25k/h.  10GUMS.