THE FREE WILL

DER FREIE WILLE

Directed by Matthias Glasner

SATURDAY JANUARY 13 9PM CASTRO

Matthias Glasner has created an unflinching and at times brutal drama that profiles a complex character: Theo, a convicted rapist. Theo’s vicious tendencies are revealed in the first few minutes of the film, as the audience witnesses him attacking an unsuspecting victim. The crime leads to Theo’s incarceration in a psychiatric detention center for nine years. Once released, he works hard to adjust, eventually acquiring a position at a print shop. It is there that he meets Nettie, the owner’s daughter, with whom he forms a tenuous friendship. Abused by her father, Nettie is finally moving away from home at the age of 27. When she goes to Belgium for an internship, Theo follows her, and their bond becomes increasingly intense and complex. At its core, this is an atypical love story about an abuser and a woman who has been abused. The two leads, Jürgen Vogel and Sabine Timoteo, deliver brave, bold performances.
- Courtesy of Tribeca film festival

IN PERSON Matthias Glasner

PURCHASE TICKET

West Coast Premiere

Country
Germany
Year
2006
Run Time
35 mm, 163 min, color
German with
English subtitles
Cast
Jürgen Vogel
Sabine Timoteo
André Hennicke
Manfred Zapatka
Judith Engel
Anna Brass
Camera
Matthias Glasner
Screenwriter
Matthias Glasner
Judith Angerbauer
Jürgen Vogel
Printsource
Bavaria Film International
Email
bavaria.international
@bavaria-film.de
Awards
Berlinale 2006:
Prize of the Guild
of German Art House Cinemas.
Silver Berlin Bear
Outstanding Artistic Achievement.
Golden Bear Nomination 2006.

Director

Matthias Glasner
was born in 1965 in Hamburg. In 1993, Glasner, a member of the band homesweethome, founded Jack Film and Music Production. The following year, he filmed his movie debut DIE MEDIOCREN (1994). With his friend and colleague Jürgen Vogel, he founded the Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion in 1996. His films include, among others, SEXY SADIE (1996), FANDANGO (2000) and DIE FREMDE FRAU (2003).