Bliss (Glück)
Thu
5
Thu May 5 4:30 PM
Jetty Memorial Theatre
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
100 Percent
Subtitled
Allocated Seating
Unclassified 18+
89 Mins May
NOMINEE · BEST QUEER FILM · BERLINALE
Alternating between waiting in the break room, having sex, and lining up for the next john: artist and poet Maria is new to the Berlin brothel, where established, single mother Sascha has been working for several years. An immediately intense kinship blossoms into romance. But as the emotional barriers come down, new vulnerabilities surface, threatening a tenderly optimistic new love.
Filmed from inside a Berlin brothel with precision and a lightness of touch, Henrika Kull’s second feature boasts charming central performances from Katharina Behrens and Adam Hoya, while her intimate portrayal of sex work is refreshingly realised. Showcasing a sunlit Berlin through the eyes of new lovers, Bliss is an authentic and deeply romantic love story.
In German and Italian with English subtitles
Alternating between waiting in the break room, having sex, and lining up for the next john: artist and poet Maria is new to the Berlin brothel, where established, single mother Sascha has been working for several years. An immediately intense kinship blossoms into romance. But as the emotional barriers come down, new vulnerabilities surface, threatening a tenderly optimistic new love.
Filmed from inside a Berlin brothel with precision and a lightness of touch, Henrika Kull’s second feature boasts charming central performances from Katharina Behrens and Adam Hoya, while her intimate portrayal of sex work is refreshingly realised. Showcasing a sunlit Berlin through the eyes of new lovers, Bliss is an authentic and deeply romantic love story.
In German and Italian with English subtitles
May