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The Whole Shebang / 19th Berlin & Beyond Castro Closing Night
THE WHOLE SHEBANG (ALLES INKLUSIVE)
Castro Closing Night Film
Click to view the English-subtitled trailer.
Sun., Feb. 1, 2015 8:30 pm
Castro Theatre, San Francisco
California Premiere
In Person: Doris Dörrie & Hannelore Elsner
124 mins. Narrative Feature Film. Germany (2014). DCP. In German with English subtitles.
1967, the Summer of Love. Torremolinos in Southern Spain is a hotbed of hippy culture, home to free-spirited Ingrid (Hannelore Elsner), and her daughter, Apple (Nadja Uhl). Thirty years later, Apple prefers to forget her upbringing. Unlucky in love and consoled only by her paralytic dog, she's still looking for an ever-elusive stability. Her mother, meanwhile, lives in her rebellious past, but when she returns to Torremolinos to rejuvenate following a hip replacement, it is not the paradise she remembers. High-rise hotels and sunburned tourists abound, and a cross-dressing lounge singer forces her to reflect differently on her memories. When Apple decides to join her mother, revelations ensue and things get complicated! Absolutely Fabulous by way of Shirley Valentine, The Whole Shebang is a thoughtful comedy for mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, friends and lovers everywhere.
Abbie Algar, Honolulu Museum of Art
Director: Doris Dörrie
Cast: Hannelore Elsner, Nadja Uhl, Hinnerk Schönemann, Axel Prahl, Peter Striebeck
Screenwriter: Doris Dörrie
DoP: Hanno Lentz
World Sales: ARRI Worldsales, Munich
FILM DIRECTOR'S BIO
Doris Dörrie was born in 1955 in Hanover, Germany. Since 1976 she has made over 30 feature films and received numerous national and international awards. She is also a writer of novels and short stories, a director of operas, and runs the writing department of the Munich Film School (HFF München). Connecting both her devotion to Buddhism and the Bay Area: her documentary How To Cook Your Life (2007) profiled Zen cook Edward Espé Brown, while Enlightenment Guaranteed received San Francisco's Buddhism and Film award in 2002, and the life-affirming drama Cherry Blossoms (2008), starring Hannelore Elsner, opened the 2009 Berlin & Beyond. The Whole Shebang (2014), reuniting Dörrie with Elsner, is based on her 2011 novel "Alles inklusive." Her other well-known works include Am I Beautiful? (1998), Nobody Loves Me (1994) and the international sensation, Men (1985).
SCREENING SPONSORS
- MetaDesign
- Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund
**THIS EVENT HAS A STRICT REFUND POLICY. No refunds will be processed by Brown Paper Tickets more than 12 hours after the time of purchase.**
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LocationCastro Theatre (View)
429 Castro Street @ Market
San Francisco, CA 94114
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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