Sparta - The Special Film
Drama about paedophile tendencies // Tuesday 12 September// 8 pm// Kinodrom// 6 euros// Culture pass possible// The story of two brothers in whose lives the patriarchal violence of their father meets different breeding grounds.
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The extroverted artist "Richie Bravo" is a washed-up pop singer and struggles with the demands of a daughter who has unexpectedly turned up. His introverted brother Ewald is a power plant engineer. The link between the two is their demented father in Austria, who has always remained true to his Nazi ideology. Ewald buys an old school in poor Romania and builds a fortress for boys there called "Sparta", posing as a judo coach. Despite his own strong stature, Ewald often seems lost, insecure and frightened. He struggles with his paedophilic tendencies. The film exposes the consequences of brutal gender-stereotypical parenting, but it does not give a pass for the brothers' clearly wrong actions. A film that resonates for a long time and is very haunting in its documentary style.
101 minutes, Director: Ulrich Seidl
The culture pass can be used.
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About the special film campaign
The film series "KINO Bocholt - der besondere Film" has existed since 1977 as a cooperation between the Department of Education and Culture and the Kinodrom Bocholt. The aim is to present unusual films - which would otherwise not be shown in Bocholt - to an interested audience of all ages at a reasonable price. As a rule, selected films are shown every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.