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Self-important novelist Leon holidays as a forest fire rages nearby, in Christian Petzold’s humorous take on finding meaning in our lives against a backdrop of existential peril.

Comedy 2023 103 mins

Director: Christian Petzold

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Overview

Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a beautiful, care-free woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest fires rage around them. Unfolding like a modern-day fable, Christian Petzold’s latest film is a humorous commentary on artists, relationships and storytelling that asks how we might find meaning in our lives against a backdrop of existential peril.

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