Agnes and His Brothers
Oskar Roehler (No Place to Go, ND/NF 2001) returns with a bone-dry comedy about male hysteria that reads as a metaphor for Germany today. Agnes is a colorful portrait of a peculiar group—three brothers, their father, and one son—whose dysfunctions subvert any chance of domesticity. An homage to Fassbinder, whose In the Year of Thirteen Moons was an inspiration, this provocative work also recalls the delicious melodramas of Douglas Sirk. Moritz Bleibtrau (Run Lola Run, ND/NF 1999) plays a chronic masturbator; while Martin Weiss portrays Agnes, once a brother, now a sister; and Herbert Knaup is Werner, a Green Party leader with a bickering marriage and delinquent adolescent son. Germany, 2004. 115 min. Preceded by RYAN. Chris Landreth’s Oscar-nominated short traces the frac-tured world of a broken man once considered a genius. Canada, 2004.14 min.
M-2c Sat April 2 at 6pm
M-3a Sun April 3 at 12noon
A Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
W Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
M Museum of Modern Art