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Berlin International Film Festival · 2022

Berlin International Film Festival 2022

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Axiom

Review preview for Axiom

The way doubt starts to enter into everything we hear from any of the characters is subtly orchestrated.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
A well-liked young museum attendant invites his colleagues on a sailing trip on his aristocratic family’s boat, but all is not quite as it seems.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Jöns Jönsson; Writer: Jöns Jönsson; Stars: Moritz von Treuenfels, Rolf Kanies, Rojan Juan Barani, Deniz Orta, Ben Plunkett-Reynolds, Thomas Schubert, Marita Breuer, Lou Strenger, Ricarda Seifried, Zejhun Demirov, Maximilian Brauer, Max Themak, Ines Marie Westernströer, Jürgen Hartmann, Petra Welteroth)

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Rule 34 (Regra 34)

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There’s a lot going on in Júlia Murat’s accomplished drama.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A young woman studies criminal law and advocates for women's rights and at night she performs in front of a live sex cam. One night watching a film awakens her dark impulses for a more dangerous means of sexual gratification.

(Country: Brazil, France; Year: 2022; Director: Júlia Murat; Writer: Gabriel Bortolini, Gabriela Capello, Rafael Lessa; Stars: Lucas Andrade, Julia Bernat, Lorena Comparato, Marcos Damigo)

Full review See: Interview with Júlia Murat about Rule 34 (Regra 34)

Small, Slow But Steady (Keiko, me wo sumasete)

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Transcendental is often a pretentious word, but Miyake’s cadenced, Ozu-reminiscent, directorial style has a talent for sensing tensions and charging shots with profound meaning and sereneness.

Dora Leu · 4 out of 5
A young Deaf boxer struggles to find the will to fight through the pandemic.

(Country: Japan, France; Year: 2022; Director: Shô Miyake; Writer: Shô Miyake, Masaaki Sakai; Stars: Yukino Kishii, Tomokazu Miura, Masaki Miura, Shinichirô Matsuura, Hiroko Nakajima, Himi Satô, Nobuko Sendô)

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