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Cloud Atlas
CLOUD ATLAS is an epic story that follows the actions and consequences of lives impacting others through the past, present and future. The book tells six interconnected stories, such as a single act of kindness rippling out for centuries to inspire a revolution.
<more>Three
Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early forties, live together in Berlin. Unknown to each other they both become acquainted with Adam, a younger man - and fall in love with him.
<more>The International
In THE INTERNATIONAL Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring one of the world´s most powerful banks to justice.
<more>Perfume - The Story of a Murderer
A crowd has gathered in the town square to witness the sentencing of the perfume maker, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw). The mob erupts when he is dragged, in shackles, to the citadel balcony, roaring in approval when ...
<more>True - (short film)
True was initiated as a contribution to a portmanteau production, in which various directors were meant to respond to the mood and character of a different “quartier” of Paris. The project stalled, and Tykwer, having elected to do the 10th district, decided to press ahead with the story he had written about a blind student and a budding American actress.
<more>Heaven
Released only a few months after the atrocities of 9/11, Heaven confused (even appalled) many spectators with its opening sequence showing a young woman deliberately planting a bomb in a crowded skyscraper in Turin.
<more>The Princess and the Warrior
Just as Bergman’s Cries and Whispers stemmed from the vision of four women in white, whispering in a large red room, so Tykwer’s The Princess and the Warrior originated in the image of a woman lying somewhere in blackness.
<more>Run Lola Run
This roller-coaster of a film established Tom Tykwer as one of the most exciting writer-directors at work in European cinema. In part its success is due to the charismatic personality of Franka Potente as Lola
<more>Winter Sleepers
From Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey to Claude Sautet’s Les Choses de la Vie, the theme of fate and coincidence has coursed through Western film and literature. In his second movie, Tom Tykwer adapts the novel by Anne-Françoise Pyszora with
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