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Desire Will Set You Free(2015)
Status: Released
Date: 2015-08-28
49%
10 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk.
Languages: German, Arabic, English, Hebrew.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies:
Ammo Content
Altered Innocence
Movie: Desire Will Set You Free
Top 10 Billed Cast
Yony Leyser
Ezra
Tim-Fabian Hoffmann
Amber Benson
Til Schindler
Rosa von Praunheim
Nina Hagen
Blixa Bargeld
Peaches
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Overview
Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk.
Release Date
2015-08-28
Average
4.9
Rating:
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