Summer Open-Air Cinema at the Goethe-Institut

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Hours:	8:00 pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Outdoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Movies

Summer at last!

At the Goethe-Institut, that means unpacking the big screen, hanging it outside in the backyard, and enjoying entertaining German films together on mild summer evenings.

From the romantic comedy 'Hello Again - A Wedding A Day' and essayistic documentary 'Love, Deutschmarks and Death' over the satirical tragic comedy 'Almanya - Welcome to Germany' and biographical music film 'Gundermann' to the coming-of-age drama 'Hördur' - there will be a different film every Wednesday in August.

As always: Admission is free.

The films will be shown in German with English subtitles.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at our open air theatre in the Goethe-Institut's backyard at 170 Back Street.

Feel free to bring friends, snacks, and beverages.

No RSVP required.

Wednesday, 08/02
Hello Again - A Wedding A Day
8:00 PM | Comedy

'Groundhog Day' meets 'My Best Friend's Wedding' in this topsy-turvy romantic comedy, that turns the fairy-tale of finding the one great love upside down.

Zazie lives with two roommates, womanizer Patrick and sweetheart Anton.

All three are completely incapable of being in a relationship.

Finding the great love?

No need.

Zazie is sure of that.

When Philipp, Zazie’s best friend from childhood, sends an invitation to his wedding, Zazie is shocked to find out that he wants to marry stuck up and vicious Franziska.

She is definitely the wrong girl for Philipp!

Zazie decides to do everything she can to save him from making the biggest mistake of his life.

But will this turn out to be her own path to happiness?

Germany 2020
Director: Maggie Peren
DVD, 95 min.

Watch trailer HERE!

Wednesday, 08/09
Love, Deutschmarks and Death
8:00 PM | Documentary

In the early 1960s, the so-called guest workers from Anatolia and other parts of Turkey were recruited by the Federal Republic of Germany.

From the beginning, there was something that always accompanied them and was part of their culture: their music – a piece of home in a foreign land.

Over the years, independent musical directions developed in Germany that did not exist in this form in their mother country.

This exciting documentary by Cem Kaya tells the unprecedented story of an independent musical culture of immigrants from Turkey, their children and grandchildren in Germany in an entertaining and very complex way with never-before-seen archive footage.

Germany 2022
Director: Cem Kayas
DVD, 102 min

Watch trailer HERE!

Wednesday, 08/16
Almanya - Welcome to Germany
8:00 PM | Satirical comedy

On 10 September, 1964, Germany’s one-millionth 'guest worker' was welcomed.

Spanning a period of no less than forty-five years, this film by sisters Yasemin Samdereli (director) and Nesrin Samdereli (screenplay) tells the story of guest worker number one-million-and-one – a man named Hüseyin Yilmaz and his family.

Germany had long since become the family’s home when without warning one night, Hüseyin surprises his loved ones with the news that he has bought a house in Turkey and now wants to return to the old country.

Refusing to brook the slightest opposition, the entire family set off for Turkey.

This marks the beginning of a journey full of memories, arguments and reconciliations – until, that is, the family trip takes an unexpected turn…

Germany 2010
Director: Yasemin Şamdereli DVD, 95 min

Watch trailer HERE!

Wednesday, 08/23
Gundermann
8:00 PM | Biographical music film

Biopic about East-German singer-songwriter Gerhard Gundermann (1955–1998).

During the day, he worked as a digger operator in a coal mine.

Yet after his shift, he successfully performed as a singer who reached the masses.

In his songs, he pondered existential questions of life and death, but also didn't shy away from addressing current political and social issues.

His very personal lyrics and authentic performances made him a cultural icon in the German Democratic Republic of the Eighties.

Germany 2018
Director: Andreas Dresen
DVD, 127 min

Watch trailer HERE!

Wednesday, 08/30
Hördur
8:00 PM | Coming-of-age drama

After a run in with the law, Aylin, a 17-year old Muslim girl - part of the Turkish Diaspora - finds herself sentenced to community service at an out of town horse stable in Germany.

Beset by troubles at home and school, it is here that she, despite all odds, is set on the road to self-discovery.

As the pace quickens her blossoming relationship with the stallion Hördur and her fledgling dreams are tested to the breaking point.

Can Aylin build a bridge between worlds?

And if she can, will others follow?

Germany 2015
Director: Ekrem Ergün
DVD, 84 min
Appropriate for ages 6 and older

Watch trailer HERE!

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WEBSITE

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www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/bos/ver.cfm?event_id=24829933

LOCATION

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170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116, Boston, MA, 02116 map

Screenings will take place at 8 pm in the Goethe Backyard, off the Back Alley (third courtyard from Clarendon Street).