Hochschulfilmclub

In "The Last Duel", Scott tells the events leading up to the historical duel of 26 December 1386 from the three different perspectives of the main characters. Marguerite de Carrouges, the wife of Jean de Carrouges, accuses her husband's friend Jaques Le Gris of raping her. Le Gris denies and is supported by Prince Pierre d'Alençon. So, Jean de Carrouges approaches the French king to demand a duel to the death between him and Le Gris. For in 14th century…

Hutch Mansell is a nobody. The stereotypical boring father and husband takes life's indignities and never pushes back. When two thieves break into his home one night Hutch even declines to defend himself or his family to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake, is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca, seems to pull only further away. The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch's long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path…

For most of us, the cyclists at the back of the race are simply the losers. They are called water carriers, domestics, gregarios, and the Sancho Panzas of professional cycling. Moreover, they rarely experience personal victories - these sportsmen sacrifice their careers to help their teammates. We follow the magnificent world of the cycle race from the point of view of the doctors' team situated in a claustrophobically small medical car surrounded by wounded cyclists. The life of the medical…

“Last Night in Soho” is the most fun you can have with an Edgar Wright film. The story revolves around Eloise (Thomasin Mckenzie) who is moving from the English countryside to London to study fashion. At night she is mysteriously able to enter the London of the 60’s where she has several encounters with a singer named Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy). She quickly starts to idolize and dress like her until she realizes that 1960’s London is not what she thought…

In „Ich bin dein Mensch“ versucht die eigenständige Wissenschaftlerin Alma durch die Teilnahme an einer Studie ihre Forschung im Pergamon-Museum zu finanzieren. Dabei wird ihr für drei Wochen ein perfekt auf sie zugeschnittener und auf ihre Bedürfnisse abgestimmter humanoider Roboter namens Tom als ihr Partner zum Testen zugeteilt, zu dem sie anschließend ihr Gutachten abgeben soll. Nach einer ersten holprigen Kennenlernphase nimmt Alma Tom mit nach Hause. Dieser räumt allerdings ungefragt ihre Wohnung auf und versucht romantische Momente zu kreieren.…

PLEASURE is the story of Linnéa, who leaves her Swedish smalltown to work as a porn actress in Los Angeles. With her goal of becoming the next big star in the industry, she takes great risks and challenges her limits. Due to the patriarchal working environment, she soon realises that it is harder than expected to put her plan into action. Ninja Thyberg's brilliantly extreme debut doesn’t hold anything back and presents a dark and multi-layered portrait of an industry…

The eponymous magazine „The French Dispatch” is the French branch of an US newspaper, its editorial department located in the picturesque city of Ennui-sur-Blasé. When editor-in-chief and founder Arthur Howitzer Jr. dies, his testament states the immediate dissolution of the magazine. His staff, however, insists on releasing one final issue, in which some of the magazine’s biggest and weirdest stories are reprinted: A convicted murderer finds a new creative muse in the form of his female jailor. A reporter revises…

After Egon Spengler died in the small town of Summerville, alone and under mysterious supernatural circumstances, his dilapidated estate has been bequeathed to his estranged and financially struggling daughter Callie. With no other choice left, Callie moves into her father’s farm with her children Trevor and Phoebe after being evicted from their Chicago apartment. While Trevor gets a summer job, where he becomes infatuated with carhop Lucky Domingo, Phoede enrolls in a summer science class by seismologist Gary Grooberson. Phoebe…