The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty

Description

By Wim Wenders. Starring Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar. Digitally restored copy. A goalkeeper who has been dismissed from his team meets a young woman in a cinema in Vienna and kills her. He then tries to escape from the police... Adapted from a novel by Peter Handke by the filmmaker and the writer himself, the film presents itself as a false crime story, using the criminal plot as a pretext to deliver a metaphysical reflection: "Wenders wants to film what the viewer never sees: he therefore avoids moments of dramatic tension to focus solely on the accessory and the banality of everyday life. Thus, he manages to create a diffuse feeling of familiar strangeness. Everything the main character does appears banal (...), but the viewer always keeps in the back of their mind that he is a murderer" (Virgile Dumez, www.cinedweller.com, 2018). West Germany, Austria · 1971 · 100' · original version with French subtitles - format: DC@CAP 2 – Capitole, Salle Lucienne Schnegg (CAP 2) - indicative price: 10.-

Highlights

• Digitally restored copy of a classic film
• Directed by Wim Wenders
• Original version with French subtitles

General Information

The film 'The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty' is a 1971 West German-Austrian production directed by Wim Wenders. It follows a goalkeeper who, after being dismissed from his team, commits a murder and attempts to evade the police, offering a unique blend of crime and metaphysical reflection.

Location

Avenue du Théâtre 6, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

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