GER24 Scorched Earth

GER24 Scorched Earth

GER24 Scorched Earth

Australian premiere
Direct from the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival, Mišel Matičević (Exile GFF21, Babylon Berlin) delivers a standout performance in moody crime thriller Scorched Earth, the second part of writer/director Thomas Arslan’s (In the Shadows) planned trilogy.
Twelve years after career criminal Trojan (Matičević) was forced to flee Berlin, a desperate search for work leads him back to the city. But Berlin and crime have changed since then and the digital world has taken over, with his old contacts no longer of much use.
Unwilling to go into cybercrime, it takes some time before he can secure a job via his handler Rebecca, who offers him a lucrative contract: the theft of a painting by Caspar David Friedrich. The heist unites Trojan with getaway driver Diana (Marie Leuenberger, Caged Birds GFF22), old acquaintance Luca and cyber expert Chris.
Everything looks promising, but the shadowy client and his middleman Victor (Alexander Fehling, Labyrinth of Lies, The Captain GFF19) have their own plans agenda and soon the meticulously planned heist gets out of hand, and it becomes all about survival.
“An outstanding piece of German genre cinema.” - Film Starts

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Berlin International Film Festival 2024
NOMINEE - Panorama Audience Award, Berlin International Film Festival 2024
Rating: CTC
Runtime: 101 mins

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas
Wed, May 22:
13:30

Fri, May 24:
13:30

Thu, May 30:
13:30

Prospect Cinemas
Fri, May 17:
13:15

Tue, May 21:
20:10

Tue, May 28:
20:10

Wed, May 29:
17:45

Tue, Jun 4:
13:15

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