Love, Death and Stoicism: Sandrine Kiberlaine, Keanu Reeves and John Malkovich star in this week's movies.
Pure action: "John Wick: Chapter 4"
In the action hit "John Wick: Chapter 4", Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, now 58 years old, shows himself to be a tough survivor. In the now fourth part of the globally successful Wick saga, the story of the professional killer who has to assert himself against an army of murderers chasing him is once again told. Corpses pave his way.
The story is secondary. Countless brilliantly choreographed fight scenes around the globe are crucial. Because of the many brutal scenes of violence, the film has received the rarely given highest age restriction in Germany and is only approved for viewers over the age of 18.
John Wick: Chapter 4, USA 2023, 169 min, FSK 18+, by Chad Stahelski, with Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Skarsgård, Donnie Yen
Great theater in the cinema: John Malkovich is "Seneca"
The internationally acclaimed German film director Robert Schwentke ("The Captain") looks at the life and death of the philosopher Seneca with a star ensemble led by Hollywood icon John Malkovich. And derives insights into the present from looking at history.
The film is stylistically reminiscent of legendary productions by the theater director Frank Castorf at the Berlin Volksbühne. The history play effectively criticizes current gaps between the speeches and actions of many rulers worldwide. As cinematic theatre, this is of great appeal.
Seneca - Or: About the birth of earthquakes, Germany 2023, 112 minutes, FSK from 16, by Robert Schwentke, with John Malkovich, Geraldine Chaplin, Alexander Fehling
"Diary of a Paris Affair": The Art of Infidelity
In "Diary of a Parisian Affair", Emmanuel Mouret once again uncovers the mysteries of love. A romantic and funny comedy starring Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Macaigne.
Charlotte (Kiberlain) is a single mother, Simon (Macaigne) is a married family man. The two meet at a party where Charlotte hits him straight out: "I really want to sleep with you". Their first meeting then ends in her bedroom - others will follow. But the chemistry isn't just right during sex, slowly feelings creep in that neither of them really wanted.
Diary of a Paris affair, France 2022, 100 min., FSK oA, by Emmanuel Mouret, with Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Macaigne, Georgia Scalliet
