Begegnungen nach Mitternacht

In the organizer's words:

Special screening in cooperation with Museum für Kommunikation on the occasion of the current exhibition Apropos Sex! followed by a themed discussion on the topic of ego & sexuality

Guests: Jens Balkenborg (film critic) & Dr. Corinna Engel (art historian), moderator: Muna Mawassi (Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt)

The young couple Ali (Kate Moran) and Matthias (Niels Schneider) invite strangers to an erotic party at midnight. Their lascivious maid Udo (Nicolas Maury) serves whiskey and poppers, a jukebox plays music to match the mood of the guests. One by one, the insatiable slut (Julie Brémond), the above-average stud (Eric Cantona), the runaway teenager (Alain-Fabien Delon) and the unapproachable star (Fabienne Babe) appear. In order to get to know each other, the guests talk about their lives, their dreams and their longings. A great sadness begins to take hold of them all, but is finally overcome in a tender orgy. Then a final, unexpected guest appears

In his debut, Yann Gonzalez, the new star of French cinema, has staged a sensual, surrealistic fantasy that, like its characters, belongs entirely to the night. This elegantly filmed party, completely removed from realism, is held together by a fantastic ensemble of actors, who are joined in a subplot by the legendary Béatrice Dalle, and by the soundtrack by M83, probably the most influential French electro band after Daft Punk, who previously composed the soundtrack to the sci-fi blockbuster Oblivion. Premiered in the Semaine de la Critique at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival, Encounters after Midnight has so far been awarded the main prize at the Athens International Film Festival and the Milan International Film Festival, among others, and was nominated for the New Visions Award in Sitges.

France 2013; Director: Yann Gonzalez

Starring: Kate Moran, Niels Schneider, Nicolas Maury, Eric Cantona, Fabienne Babe, Alain-Fabien Delon, Julie Brémond, Béatrice Dalle and others.