Luis travels to Berlin for a weekend of partying and meets Viktor, a mysterious man who captivates him. Mistaken for Dimitri, Viktor’s missing ex-partner, Luis becomes entangled in Viktor’s controlling world, leading to a surreal experience where reality blurs. Inspired by the true story of a young Portuguese man who disappeared after a night at Berghain.
After seven years in prison, a female student in Tehran is hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defence against a rapist. For a pardon, she would have had to retract her testimony. This moving film reopens the case.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a country with a very strong social cohesion and the unprecedented admiration of the people for their leader, which is absolutely unique and incomprehensible especially from a Western point of view. The native Korean director Sung-Hyung Cho tries to understand this by accompanying several Koreans from different backgrounds in their daily lives. The film shows the country and its people in a way, as it is rarely done in Western media, non-judgmental and respectful towards the people.
