Presented in 35mm
Thursday, April 20 | 5:30 & 8 pm
The remarkable first feature from Maren Ade—director of the universally-acclaimed, Academy-Award®-nominated comedy Toni Erdmann and the brilliant, bracing relationship comedy-drama Everyone Else (2009)—The Forest for the Trees tells the story of Melanie Pröschle, an idealistic young teacher who dreams of professional glory, while simultaneously alienating her colleagues and neighbors with her stunning lack of social graces. Anchored by a fearless, multi-faceted performance from Eva Löbau as Melanie, The Forest for the Trees is an inspired work of art-house cringe-comedy that is one part devastating character study, and one part rueful cautionary tale. Produced when she was only twenty-seven years-old, Ade’s measured, preternaturally assured debut—which earned her a Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival—is the work of a filmmaker with a fully formed worldview and a singular aesthetic vision.
Director Maren Ade 2003 Germany 81 minutes NR 35mm
