Dying

Directed by Matthias Glasner
Germany
2024
181 mins

Synopsis

Winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin, this multi-generational epic follows a conductor and his turbulent family. Equally funny and poignant, it’s anchored by a superb performance from Lars Eidinger (Personal Shopper, SFF 2016).

Eidinger plays Tom Lunies, a conductor in Berlin who is busy with a new composition, called 'Sterben' – or 'Dying' – written by his close and increasingly unstable friend Bernard (Robert Gwisdek). Tom is on the verge of fatherhood; his ex-girlfriend wishes him to co-parent her child, even though he is not the biological father. Meanwhile Tom’s hard-partying sister, Ellen (Lilith Stangenberg), has just embarked on an affair with a married colleague (Ronald Zehrfeld; Barbara, SFF 2012), and rarely checks in on the pair’s aged parents, Lissy and Gerd (Corinna Harfouch and Hans-Uwe Bauer). But the chaos and indignities of life make a family reunion unavoidable. Brilliantly performed by the ensemble, Dying is an exceptionally emotional film that, in spite of its title, is all about living.

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Terrifically watchable and entertaining u2026 a bleak, bold, extravagantly crazy story
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Tickets

Sun 9 June 2024, 4am
State Theatre
Assisted ListeningWheelchairSubtitled
Tue 11 June 2024, 2:55am
State Theatre
Assisted ListeningWheelchairSubtitled
Sat 15 June 2024, 9:35am
Palace Norton Street - Cinema 4
Assisted ListeningWheelchairSubtitled
Wed 19 June 2024, 8:15am
Palace Norton Street - Cinema 4
Assisted ListeningWheelchairSubtitled
  • Original Title
    STERBEN
  • Year
    2024
  • Country
    Germany
  • Language
    In German with English subtitles
  • Director
    Matthias Glasner
  • Producer
    Matthias Glasner, Jan Krüger, Ulf Israel
  • Cast
    Lars Eidinger, Lilith Stangenberg, Corinna Harfouch
  • Screenwriter
    Matthias Glasner
  • Cinematographer
    Jakub Bejnarowicz
  • Editor
    Heike Gnida
  • Genre
    Festival Award Winners, Music
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Palace Films
  • Official Website
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