Cortex

Local title
Ajukoor
Title in Russian
Кортекс
Original title
Cortex
Director
Moritz Bleibtreu
Country
Germany
Year
2020
Programme
Rebels with a Cause Competition, In Focus: New German Cinema

Moritz Bleibtreu has starred in many of the most successful German films of recent memory, including in "Lola Runs" from 1998 (where he co-starred along Franka Potente, also in this selection with a debut of her own). This is his first outing as a director and screenwriter, and could hardly be more ambitious: A labyrinthine psycho-thriller in which the lives and dreams of two men intertwine, setting of a downward spiral that will change both in the most extreme way.

Stars like Nadja Uhl and Jannis Niewöhner play alongside Moritz Bleibtreu to create an intricately woven cinematic nightmarish trip.

The film will be screened at the Rebels with a Cause Competition Programme.

Christoph Gröner

Director
Moritz Bleibtreu
Screenwriter
Moritz Bleibtreu
Cast
Nadja Uhl, Jannis Niewöhner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Anna Bederke, Murathan Muslu
Producer
Emek Kavukcuoglu, Moritz Bleibtreu, Jan Krüger
DoP
Thomas W. Kiennast
Editor
Jan Ruschke
Music
Erwin Kiennast
Production
Paloma Entertainment, Port-Au-Prince Film & Kultur Produktion
Runtime
Language
German
Subtitles
Estonian, English

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