Winner of Best Director at Cannes 2026. At the height of the Cold War, writer Thomas Mann and his daughter embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins.
In the summer of 1949, Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas May (Hans Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) - actress, writer and rally driver - embark on an emotional road trip in a black Buick taking them across a Germany in ruins - from US dominated Frankfurt to Soviet controlled Weimar. Returning home after sixteen years in exile in the US, Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also a deep fracture within his own family. Pawlikowski picks up where he left off with his award-winning ‘Ida’ and ‘Cold War’, exploring - in his elliptic, distilled style - the themes of identity, family, love and guilt amid the turmoil and confusion of post-war Europe. This is unmissable, quality cinema, and as has become routinely predictable, Sandra Hüller puts in another outstanding performance. (Subtitles)
Poland/Germany 2026 Paweł Pawlikowski 82m
