ZEIT Verbrechen: December & Love by Proxy
The Goethe-Institut Boston and the Coolidge Corner Theatre are proud to present two episodes of the miniseries ZEIT Verbrechen (Crime).
First, we will be screening the episode Dezember (December) followed by an in-person Q&A with director Mariko Minoguchi. Following the Q&A, we will screen the episode Love by Proxy.
About December
Tim is out clubbing with his mates and is having a great time. But then the buoyant mood changes when he suddenly loses control. A little later, he is picked up on the street by an ambulance, but the paramedics see no need to take further action. The police also refuse to help Tim home. So the 18-year-old sets off alone. In the middle of the night, he rings on strangers’ doorbells but they also want to get rid of him as quickly as possible. The police show up again. This time, they take Tim with them and, shortly afterwards, drop him off in the middle of nowhere on a lonely country road. With his strength ebbing away, Tim struggles through the impenetrable darkness. He will never find his way back home. Who will accept responsibility for his death?
About Mariko Minoguchi
The German-Japanese director was born in Munich, Germany in 1988. At the age of 18, she made her first short film Maybe and then gained experience on various film productions. In 2010, she founded the production company Trimafilm together with Trini Götze. Her feature film debut as a director, Mein Ende. Dein Anfang, won several prizes including awards by the German Film Critics Association for Best Debut Film and Best Screenplay. Collaborating with director Tim Fehlbaum, she wrote the script for his film Tides which premiered at the Berlinale in 2021 and reached number 1 in the US Netflix charts.
About Love by Proxy
Widower Ralf is in love with a young American woman called Earlie Thomas. Beautiful and mysterious, Earlie is in great danger. Having travelled to Ghana to inherit her murdered father’s legacy, she soon realises that her family – owners of one of the country’s most lucrative gold mines since colonial times – has a number of enemies. Earlie gets caught up in a web of opaque plots. But then rescue is at hand when Mr. Saw, her father’s former bodyguard, offers to take Earlie and her inheritance to Germany. For this to work, Ralf’s support is essential. A love story unfolds between Ghana and Germany as Ralf embarks on the adventure of his lifetime. He is determined that Earlie will survive – whatever the cost.
