303 (Hans Weingartner 2018)

Two Berlin university students meet on the road and travel southward in a classic Mercedes "303" van, engaged in passionate debates. Romance eventually ensues, but Weingartner is in no hurry because the socio-political-biological issues are paramount to him. Luckily the two actors, Anton Stiekner and Mala Ende, who resemble a young Kate Winslet and Heath Ledger, are sensational together, and the slow-burn relationship feels so unrehearsed and real and the off-road scenery is so attractive the 2 1/2 hours slip by like a breeze.

BERLIN & BEYOND, SAN FRANCISCO SHOWTIME:

Thu. March 14, 2019 8:00 p.m.
Goethe-Institut, San Francisco
West Coast Premiere