»In this gripping crime saga set in modern china, Zhao Tao stars as a resolute woman devoted to her mobster lover Bin and loyal to the Jianhu underworld. But after she is arrested and sentenced to five years in prison, she returns to society only to find that Bin has moved on, leaving her to fight for her place in a world she no longer recognises.«
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Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Pedro Almodóvar
Wednesday, 02. 09. 2026 / 13:00 / Main Hall
Bitter Christmas tells two alternating stories. One takes place in 2004 and stars an advertising director Elsa during a long weekend in December. The other, set in the present, features Raúl, a cult director working on a new script. Soon we discover Raúl is writing about Elsa, her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia… Almodóvar’s—always stylish—latest comes straight from Cannes!
A Private Life Vie privée
Rebecca Zlotowski
Wednesday, 02. 09. 2026 / 15:30 / Main Hall
When prominent psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her patients, the news deeply shakes her. Convinced that it is a murder, she decides to investigate the matter.