SF Berlin & Beyond Festival 2024

[Chris Knipp]

INGEBORG BACHMAN: JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT (Margarethe von Trotta 2023)

Portrait of one of Germany's most prominent poets, intellectuals, and teachers, had a great influence though she died at only 47. This is a handsome production to tell her sotory, focusing on the time when she was involved with the playwright Max Frisch. Starring the much admired Vicky Krieps. However, Krieps isn't entirely convincing as an intellectual, and the whole thing is a bit low-wattage. Debuted at the Berlinale.

Part of the 28th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, presented by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco, will run April 18-20, 2024 at the historic Roxie Theater in San Francisco's Mission District, and April 21-22, 2024 at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley.
Showtimes:
Apr. 20, 2024 at 6:30 PM – Roxie Theater, San Francisco
April 22, 2024 at 7:45 PM – Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, Berkeley