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Small-town loner Lou is currently working as a gym manager, a job where she’s wasting away, unclogging toilets and slipping steroids to bulked-up juicers. That suddenly changes when a new customer walks in and hits her like a lightning strike of love: Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, as there´s also Lou´s family, especially her estranged father, who´s shadowy influence begins to pull both women into a…

Adam (Andrew Scott) works as a television writer and lives in an almost empty apartment building in London. In trying to find inspiration for a new script, he returns to his childhood home where – strangely – his long dead parents welcome him. Then one night, Adam is visited by Harry (Paul Mescal), the only other resident in the building. Though Adam is hesitant at first, the two develop a special bond. As past troubles slowly surface between Adam and…

Following the events of “Joker“, Arthur Fleck alias Joker is now being held in a psychiatric hospital, passing his days in a state of madness. Only after meeting his musical therapist, Lee, whom he falls in love with, does he start to brighten up, having finally found someone to share his mental delusion with. “Joker: Folie à Deux“ by Todd Phillips is the highly anticipated sequel to the box office hit and fan favourite “Joker“ from 2019 which earned Joaquin…

Das thüringische Dorf Böhlen liegt im Schiefergebirge, nicht weit von Ilmenau, und war einst Heimat vieler Leineweber. Doch als im Zuge der Industrialisierung industrielle Weberei die Handarbeit ersetzte, verloren sie in kurzer Zeit ihre Lebensgrundlage. Vor dem Hintergrund dieses Strukturwandels trug sich eine Geschichte zu, die bis vor kurzem in der Gegend von Böhlen als die „Brasiliensache“ nur äußerst schemenhaft bekannt war: 154 Böhlener wurden im Jahr 1852 nach Brasilien deportiert. Denn hier wurden händeringend Arbeitskräfte gesucht. Doch was es…